Don't really agree with your dealer actually. Although it is true that the US has more dedicated home theater speaker manufacturers (only by a small margin) but plenty of British manufacturers sell you stereo speakers to which you can add rears, center and subwoofers to. While I do agree that there is little to no difference between home theater and music speakers, there are some music speakers which do not work well for movies (i.e planet duvels) and some which (they claim) do not work well for movies (i.e yamaha's NS series). The only reason for this is the soundstage they create, the duvels are omni-directional so their sound spreads throughout the listening room which is ideal for music but for movies you want a focused sound. I own the NS series from Yamaha, while they say it was designed solely for home theater use, I haven't found them horrible for music. One other market is the satellite speaker market, which are definitely ideal for movies rather than music but I don't think the American's make more of them than the British :?hortensio said:My local dealers told me that: british (european)-speakers tend toward stereo-music, american (and canadian) speakers more for HT....is it a myth or fact??
hortensio said:speakers DO sound different from each other, don't they??? I can hear a very different sound coming from a Whaferdale speaker and PSB, using the same set-up....
The_Lhc said:What he should have said is that American consumers buy far more HT gear than they do 2-channel stereo kit, WHF have published sales figures on a few occasions that suggest the American stereo market is pretty much dead. That being the case it stand to reason that American manufacturers would be more biased towards HT than stereo.
The_Lhc said:What he should have said is that American consumers buy far more HT gear than they do 2-channel stereo kit, WHF have published sales figures on a few occasions that suggest the American stereo market is pretty much dead. That being the case it stand to reason that American manufacturers would be more biased towards HT than stereo.
William1 said:The most ill-fated part of the story is that Giants manage to have onthebroadway a huge fan base because they arrive in the city, but Giants couldn't so far thrive for a World Series title for San Francisco.
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Alears said:Ah! Gets everywhere doesn't it? I prefer the tinned variety.
Alantiggger said:I hope you don't mind but
(and I know that so MANY of you guys know an awful lot more than I it seems in all things hi-fi, cinema and all things to do with all things contained within the What HiFi mag)
but to say this....
I have downstairs in my lounge the Tannoy Arena Speakers see here: http://www.tannoy.com/ResidentialSummary.aspx#&&TLZpQTjlSRThKRcXAWZIvSNT4yW339Qz3Mh3FmFSeuOvidsHfNQzD1eV3fXxqEfFVobsVRaTbHrISb9xIA0DfFJ0sTZrhbfMtCdT1V4/sWAKZSnyVIDFgkSZlOwMKOX5S0OiCOqCdsheKwXBUsb/Wg==
mine are in Bronze colour... and I have them connected to the Onkyo 508 amp seen here: http://www.uk.onkyo.com/en/products/tx-sr508-34491.html
From what I can hear it sounds fab whether with music or blu ray/ dvd played through the Sony BDP S370 seen here : http://www.whathifi.com/review/bdp-s370
A quick question: Can I actually get my sound to sound a lot better by doing upgrades which I read in What HiFi mag from a lot of you fellows ? I only ask because my music and movies sound brilliant to me .... do you guys all upgrade because you can or because the sound changes so much with more expensive equipment ?
Totally genuine question as I am most interested.... sorry for the sort of hijack.
(please excuse any ignorance)