SkunT

My wife and I have been talking about getting some good house speakers. Back in the day, in the 90's :P i saved up $500 and bought a "surround sound" JVC system. It sounded awesome at the time. Now 7 years down the road, its time to give them up.

The receiver is still working awesome. I just need some new speakers. I want something that will sound awesome, not necessarly extremly loud, but a nice thump.

I listened to these while at home, and i was 100% amazed at the sound without a sub. For $218 a pair, you cant go wrong, and I am highly considering these.

What kind of speakers do you have.

90accordIHI

get bose. they can't be beat for the money

lifestyle 38 surround system here. that bitch is bad.

unless you wanna shell out the cash for some high end home audio shiz. like movie theatre style speakers

R-MAK

my friend has a pair of Klipsch towers that are deadly. i was gonna buy some Paradigm myself, but not now

90accordIHI

word Klipsch is pretty nice too

hatrack48

try the 301's about 3 bills almost the same size
but a better sound with direct reflecting speakers
i have some matched up with some technics for sur sound

SkunT

I really wish i woulda snatched those speakers up when i had the chance. $100 for a pair.(used)

I see lots on egay, maybe i will hit that up.


I have heard good things about those Klipsch speakers, dont they sell those at best buy? i also heard though they dont last to long.

R-MAK

you heard wrong. my friend puts his RF's threw hell and back and they are still going strong. owell, IMO they are deadly and worth cash, considering he paid 1500 for just the towers.

baldur

Bose aren't worth ----. You pay big bucks for tiny speakers.

JBL Concert series is the ----.

deacon2377

I think bose sounds great, but you cant beat a floor speaker for the ranges that they have. I have JBL's with 2 10' drivers a piece and they are amazing. They use metal tweeters that will make youe ears bleed they are so sharp. I have the northridge series from a few years back; got them off of ubid for a steal. That site has gone downhill but you may want to check them out.

willahlborn

JBLs are good, Bose are bad, m'kay? The way they're baffled masks the true quality (or lack thereof) of their speaker cones. Their saving grace is that they're well-engineered, but in the end you're buying a well-engineered piece of crap. Unless you spring for their $2000+ surround systems, and who wants that? :P When my fiancee was DJing we had a pair of Cerwin Vega floor standing tower 3-ways with the 15" woofers, those things were ------- LOUD, good thing we don't have any neighbors. We were powering them with the Onkyo 2 channel receiver, said to only put out 100watts per channel, but I challenge ANY receiver (regarless of power rating) to push those (or any) speakers as hard as it did. When she got out of DJing we just got a basic Onkyo home theatre setup, 6.1 channel, and it sounds damn nice. Onkyo receiver's amps are designed much more solidly than other amps (Sony, Pioneer, Kenwood etc.) and will make any speaker sound better. Follow this general rule of thumb: Spend 50% of your budget on your receiver/DVD/CD player, and 50% on your speakers. You will be happy.