speakers upgarde question

[timwileman]

Hi,

i have tannoy R1 as fronts at the mo with some Kef Coda 7s as rears...

to upgrade should i get some tannoy R2s or R3s as fronts with the R1s as rears or get another pair of R1s?

what do you think would give better balance?

 

[John Duncan]

R2s. Lovely lovely lovely.

 

[John Duncan]

Although there are some R3s on eBay currently sitting on £30. Have you got the R-C centre already (£100-odd BIN)?

 

[Anonymous]

I would say do what I did. Upgrade the fronts with the R2 or 3 to give you a better stereo pair / more weighty front, and put the exsiting R1s at the back. As they are all R series they should all be voiced the same. Upgrades all round...

I did mine with Quads but the theory is the same...

 

[Anonymous]

Hi!

I was just wondering the same question in my mind!

I currently have a Technics SU-C800U as pre and SE-900S as power-amplifier. I have a pair of JBL Northridge E80 speakers connected to the A terminal. I am very pleased with the sound that my setup produces (for my budget) but I think I could go a little further. I was planning to buy a second pair of speakers (JBL Northridge E20) and connect them to the B terminal. I would place these speakers at the back of my room.

The other question are the cables. Currently I have VDH CS-122 and I am very pleased with them. Since the cables are pretty large I was wondering if The Syline cable would do the job for the back speakers?

So... would you recommend to do this? Are there any problems since the speakers are not the same power? E80s are 100W and E20s are 60W... Both are running at 8 ohms. The amp (I think) is 95W per channel.

Thanks!

Nejc

P.S. I hope you arent mad because I borrowed your thread for my question.

 

[Andrew Everard]

No, Nejc, that wouldn't work. Well, I mean it would work, but it'll sound horrible.

I think the OP was talking about using his speakers for a proper surround system - doing what you're suggesting with a stereo amp will just make the sound very messy, and destroy the front soundstage.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Andrew!

I was hoping to get more sound in the back of my room. I am not really a surround fan, I like stereo technic more.

Just to clear my mind... the method would be successful if I bought another pair of E80s? (I am not going to do that)

 

[Anonymous]

Nejc

I don't know the model of your amp but is it a stereo amp with outputs for A and B speakers?

If that is the case then the amp isdesigned to run either the A pair OR the B pair OR both. This means that you can put pair A in one room, and pair B in another room and select which pair you would like to listen to, or indeed listen to both pairs.

Beakers, sorry Timwilemans question was for a surround sound system setup so the answer would be different for yourself.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Nejc Trdin:
Just to clear my mind... the method would be successful if I bought another pair of E80s? (I am not going to do that)

No, it's the mere fact of the two channels coming at you from two different directions that'll cause the problems, not the choice of speakers...

 

[Anonymous]

groberton, yes the amp has outpoust for A and B speakers. Never thought it was meant for two room use.

Andrew, thanks for explaining everything!

Nejc

 

[timwileman]

andrew,

thats right, its to use with my AV set up, so thats connected to the onkyp 606 av amp.

JD

yep spotted them, thats what prompted the question

cheers

 

[John Duncan]

Can't speak for them specifically, and they're quite a bit bigger physically if I remember, but my R2s were sveldt and fabulous.

 

[timwileman]

cheers JD i may bid or wait till some R2s in top condition come onto fleabay....

and yes i do have the center speaker as well

 

[John Duncan]

There you go then - rude not to. I seem to remember the R3 was well reviewed, but I just couldn't accommodate them - the space either side of my fireplace was exactly 17cm