I have two Pioneer Andrew Jones tower speakers and a center channel connected to a Sony AVR. Still need to add a subwoofer and in ceiling speakers eventually. Those speakers are among the best-rated budget speakers.
i was talking to a co-worker about speakers he is getting installed in his media room. Initially, the guy was going to put the speakers a foot or 2 from the ceiling but my co-worker wanted him to put them more ear shot level. Is that the right way to do it? I figured it didn't matter but i'm no expert.
I don't know about that one, but most sets have a calibration microphone that you place at your sitting position and it'll calibrate the speakers for different tones and sound levels.
Most of these setups are for listening to movies. 5 channels, 7 channels, whatever. If you want to listen to music ... NAD 7225PE receiver Klipsch Heresy II speakers Panasonic SL-D2 turntable and yes, they are all over 30 years old and sound better than most crap sold today. Now you kids get off my lawn.
I highly recommend getting these: Mcintosh AV Processor and Amp Martin Logan speakers (Neolith model for front speakers)
If you don't already, you need to know about this company: http://www.critesspeakers.com/price...itesspeakers.com/prices_-_new_crossovers.html Brought my Forte II's back to life (Just saw that Klipsch has reintroduced the Forte with the Forte III under their heritage series........I could replace mine for almost four grand!)
Don't have one. I used to have a nice midrange setup, but I hardly ever listen to music like you would with a quality system. Gone for me are the days of spinning a good album on a turntable and I can't do two things at once, like that.
IDK. I've heard all-in-one home theaters "in a box" that when they crank up, I'd much rather listen to the on-board tv speakers instead.
I got a pair of the bookshelves from that AJ series on a closeout. Guess they're pretty good for the price, I'm just increasingly getting the feeling they have a much better reputation at being better than their price, on the internet, than they actually are irl. No knock on them, but you know, once a cult-review snowball effect starts rolling, the hype grows exponentially. Ppl get them, they sound good, and they parrot the reviews they read that convinced them to buy them, every time increasing the "best for <$xxx" you can get etc. hype. Probably the towers are much better, the best buy from that series though.
Running a pair of Kef R500s with Denon receiver that I've been happy with. I had one of the first powered SVS subs (20-39PC), but I had to leave it with family due to my current living conditions don't really support having a subwoofer. Those things are hard to beat, and highiy recommended. My standard recommendation for this kind of question is to take your favorite music to a bunch of different speaker shops where you can listen. Audio is pretty much one of the most subjective things, and speaker tastes will vary widely depending on the music you listen to, and all speakers will be better at some things than others. When I bought my first speakers I listed to a bunch of brands including Klipsch, B&W, PSB, Paradigm, and Kef. Ultimately settled on Kef Q35s, which I used for over 10 years before upgrading to the current R500s.
The bookshelves are probably the weakest speakers in that series. They're more supplementary than primary speakers as they don't have big enough speakers for the bass. I'd say that about any brand, really. Bookshelf speakers are too tiny. The towers have a wide range for the frequencies and the center speaker is great for dialogue/voices. I'd probably do 4 tower speakers and a center channel if I could, but that wouldn't be aesthetically pleasing for my room.
I have a 5.1.2(heights) Aperion speaker set up. And run them through a Pioneer Elite SC-67 receiver. Been very pleased with the set up for movies and music.
