Hi there,
I am putting a home theatre system together, including a Panasonic TC-P46G25 TV and an Onkyo TX-SR608 receiver, and now I'm not sure what to do about speakers.
The whole budget for the system is approximately $3000 USD, so I've got just about $1500USD left for speakers (I'm not going to count IC's as part of the budget ), so I'm wondering if anyone could recommend what I should be looking at for a 5.1 system.
Things that I've been looking at so far:
B&W 685 Theatre -- As far as I can tell, B&W is one of the top-rated brands going, and this system has reviewed incredibly well wherever I've seen it. It's a smidge pricy, but I'm willing to make it happen if the results are going to be worth the extra expenditure.
Monitor Audio BR5/FX/LCR/W10 -- I'm really attracted to these because of the specs; the BR5 apparently goes from 36-30KHz, a much larger range than anything else I've seen. I know that numbers don't mean much (especially when it's the manufacturer who's providing them), but I'm still impressed.
Polk Monitor 70/50/CS2 -- The big attraction with this setup (70's for the fronts and 50's for the rears) is the ability to have all tower speakers, eliminating the need for stands or wall-mounting of the surround speakers. What worries me is that I can't find a single professional review of these speakers, but the price is better than anything I've listed, coming in way under budget. Polk also doesn't make any subs that are apparently worth the time at the price-point I'm looking for, so I've looked at pairing these with a BIC America F12, which reviews incredibly well (again, no professional reviews, though).
Other considerations, though I haven't looked into them much, are setups by Acoustic Energy, Axiom and Paradigm.
These will be going in an apartment, so their ability to operate well at high volume is much less critical than their ability at low volume. The room they're going in is attached to the kitchen/foyer area, and I'd say the whole thing is about 10ft*25ft (not at home right now, or I'd get the measuring tape out).
Also probably important is that I'll be using these mostly for watching movies and playing video games, with music being of much lesser importance. Still, I've heard it said a few times that if a speaker can't play music then it can't really do much of anything, so I'd imagine good musical performance would translate into adequate theatrical ability.
If anyone could let me know which of what I'm looking at sounds like the best option for me, and as well suggest anything else that would be somewhere near my budget and would also be worth looking into, I'd appreciate it very much.
Thank you!
I am putting a home theatre system together, including a Panasonic TC-P46G25 TV and an Onkyo TX-SR608 receiver, and now I'm not sure what to do about speakers.
The whole budget for the system is approximately $3000 USD, so I've got just about $1500USD left for speakers (I'm not going to count IC's as part of the budget ), so I'm wondering if anyone could recommend what I should be looking at for a 5.1 system.
Things that I've been looking at so far:
B&W 685 Theatre -- As far as I can tell, B&W is one of the top-rated brands going, and this system has reviewed incredibly well wherever I've seen it. It's a smidge pricy, but I'm willing to make it happen if the results are going to be worth the extra expenditure.
Monitor Audio BR5/FX/LCR/W10 -- I'm really attracted to these because of the specs; the BR5 apparently goes from 36-30KHz, a much larger range than anything else I've seen. I know that numbers don't mean much (especially when it's the manufacturer who's providing them), but I'm still impressed.
Polk Monitor 70/50/CS2 -- The big attraction with this setup (70's for the fronts and 50's for the rears) is the ability to have all tower speakers, eliminating the need for stands or wall-mounting of the surround speakers. What worries me is that I can't find a single professional review of these speakers, but the price is better than anything I've listed, coming in way under budget. Polk also doesn't make any subs that are apparently worth the time at the price-point I'm looking for, so I've looked at pairing these with a BIC America F12, which reviews incredibly well (again, no professional reviews, though).
Other considerations, though I haven't looked into them much, are setups by Acoustic Energy, Axiom and Paradigm.
These will be going in an apartment, so their ability to operate well at high volume is much less critical than their ability at low volume. The room they're going in is attached to the kitchen/foyer area, and I'd say the whole thing is about 10ft*25ft (not at home right now, or I'd get the measuring tape out).
Also probably important is that I'll be using these mostly for watching movies and playing video games, with music being of much lesser importance. Still, I've heard it said a few times that if a speaker can't play music then it can't really do much of anything, so I'd imagine good musical performance would translate into adequate theatrical ability.
If anyone could let me know which of what I'm looking at sounds like the best option for me, and as well suggest anything else that would be somewhere near my budget and would also be worth looking into, I'd appreciate it very much.
Thank you!