Carlo_M
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Thanks for the kind words, Mike!
An update: since my flat white speaker wire won't arrive until tomorrow (hence I can't mount my front heights just yet) I kept the Elacs in their testing place, sitting atop my Energy Connoisseur C6 floorstanding speakers (with a matching Energy AC300 center channel) and my RSLs are still my surrounds. I re-enabled my 5.1 system (including the PSA 15S sub) and watched Mission Impossible Rogue Nation.
The Elacs performed admirably as HT L/R mains. They tonally matched the AC300 (in that it still sounded like a seamless front-stage versus three speakers, two of which were manufactured 20 years after the other and by a different company).
I will say that I am not surprised by this. I find music reproduction to be a great test of speakers, and if something performs well on music, I can't recall a speaker that then ended up sounding poorly while on movie duty.
I would not hesitate to recommend the B6.2 in a 5.1 setup as well. Ideally if I were starting from scratch and going for biggest bang for least buck, I'd buy 5 B6.2s but I think they're only sold in pairs. I have not heard Elac's center channel C6.2, but given how great the B6.2s sound I would be surprised if they didn't prove to be a very capable performer. Right now you can get 2 pairs of B6.2 for $300 total, and a C6.2 also on sale for $139 (I just checked Amazon).
For $450 you would be hard-pressed to find a better 5.0 setup capable of filling up a medium-sized room (mine is 15' x 14' x 8') with high quality sound at reference levels without breaking a sweat.
Add an SVS SB1000 or PB1000 and you're still under $1000. Or if you can up your budget by $300, to a total of $1300, you can upgrade to a HSU Research VTF3-MK5 HP ($799 direct) and have a 15" dual port sub that can almost peel paint from the walls. I'm a big fan of HSU subs (and PSA) owning one of each.
Full disclosure: if you do go this route it won't just be $1000 or $1300. These are bookshelf speakers, so if you don't already have them, you'll have to buy stands to make sure they're at an appropriate listening level height.
Oh, and for $135 each, I can wholeheartedly recommend RSL CG3 for height speakers if you can't go in-ceiling (i.e. if you're like me and live in an apartment).
An update: since my flat white speaker wire won't arrive until tomorrow (hence I can't mount my front heights just yet) I kept the Elacs in their testing place, sitting atop my Energy Connoisseur C6 floorstanding speakers (with a matching Energy AC300 center channel) and my RSLs are still my surrounds. I re-enabled my 5.1 system (including the PSA 15S sub) and watched Mission Impossible Rogue Nation.
The Elacs performed admirably as HT L/R mains. They tonally matched the AC300 (in that it still sounded like a seamless front-stage versus three speakers, two of which were manufactured 20 years after the other and by a different company).
I will say that I am not surprised by this. I find music reproduction to be a great test of speakers, and if something performs well on music, I can't recall a speaker that then ended up sounding poorly while on movie duty.
I would not hesitate to recommend the B6.2 in a 5.1 setup as well. Ideally if I were starting from scratch and going for biggest bang for least buck, I'd buy 5 B6.2s but I think they're only sold in pairs. I have not heard Elac's center channel C6.2, but given how great the B6.2s sound I would be surprised if they didn't prove to be a very capable performer. Right now you can get 2 pairs of B6.2 for $300 total, and a C6.2 also on sale for $139 (I just checked Amazon).
For $450 you would be hard-pressed to find a better 5.0 setup capable of filling up a medium-sized room (mine is 15' x 14' x 8') with high quality sound at reference levels without breaking a sweat.
Add an SVS SB1000 or PB1000 and you're still under $1000. Or if you can up your budget by $300, to a total of $1300, you can upgrade to a HSU Research VTF3-MK5 HP ($799 direct) and have a 15" dual port sub that can almost peel paint from the walls. I'm a big fan of HSU subs (and PSA) owning one of each.
Full disclosure: if you do go this route it won't just be $1000 or $1300. These are bookshelf speakers, so if you don't already have them, you'll have to buy stands to make sure they're at an appropriate listening level height.
Oh, and for $135 each, I can wholeheartedly recommend RSL CG3 for height speakers if you can't go in-ceiling (i.e. if you're like me and live in an apartment).
