Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
When I was setting up my 2ch gear, I replaced the Super Clef’s with a pair of Marantz Imperial 6G’s. I replaced the caps & tweeters & made a new grill for them so they looked good. I actually really liked them whether they were playing music, movies or my sons games. You can find them really cheap these days as well. I know you said no DIY but a really nice set that’s been gone through will likely run you $100-150. They are a bit large for bookshelves though. I have a poor picture of that setup from about 10yrs ago & before I made the grills. I’ll try to find & post so you can see that they are “larger” bookshelves.
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
Size isn't really a factor as long as they aren't tall floor standing speakers since I'll be using floor standing speakers for the "stands" and as nostalgia pieces to relive my youth from time to time. And I feel you get more for your money when you're not paying for a tall cabinet that may or may not be fully utilized by the woofer.
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
The receiver is a Denon 990. As we talked if you find the Denon not satisfactory enough for front speakers you could run it for your surrounds, dsp, and audio decoder (it supports up to TrueHD and DTS-MA) then use the front L R preout to a 2 channel amp.
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
Tannoy Golds for pre-order price !
Nice ca90ss
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
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Cliffnotes-Hillbilly is taking his audio snobbery into the house and needs some badass tonally pleasing bookshelf speakers that don't cost an arm and first born. For those who aren't skimmers keep reading:poke:
Alright folks, I'm getting a seemingly well taken care of Denon 7.1 receiver that's about 9 years old from someone I trust for a deal I can't pass up. He just wanted more modern bells and whistles and it will be a HUGE step up from my current Onkyo 5.1 that cost me $200 back in 08-09 and this Denon I'm getting cost around a $1000 new I think. Has auto eq and a 9 band eq with time alignment. And 120rms per channel at 8 ohms and 160 per channel at 6 ohms. He can peek in and say what the exact model number is. Should be a great unit to build a good 2.1 system around and even go the surround sound thing in the future if desired. Even has preouts I think to add a separate amp for speakers...he mentioned that anyway.
Anyway, right now I have my old 2001 model Cerwin Vega LS12 3-way speakers in use and they aren't bad for pissing off the neighbors and general TV watching but I'm not into pissing off the neighbors anymore and I'm wanting to build a more refined sounding setup. My plan is to use these big 2.75 cube monkey coffins as stands for the bookshelfs and keep them hooked up for nostalgia and if I ever decide to get stupid like I did 15-20 years ago when the neighbors were threatening bodily harm on me for loud music (yes that really happened a couple times!)Luckily I only have one house now that isn't separated by a big field and they don't seem to be easily bothered by people living life around them:)
Here's what is really catching my eye so far. Arkansas is Klipsch country since they're based in Hope, Arkansas. I hear the new ones have addressed the horny sound the old ones had and sound pretty buttoned up. Still has that toed up treble that they're known for. The Elac speakers I'm looking at cost less than half of what the Klipsch I'm looking at cost but have been said to be a more "safe" option. More neutral sounding but not as refined as the Klipsch I'm also linking below. Dude that goes by "Zero Fidelity" on YouTube seems to give really good unbiased reviews and is tight with Steve Guttenberg. I'm fully aware that there will be a lot of great options that I'll have to take a leap of faith on just like with car audio gear. I can audition the Klipsch speakers no problem local but just about everything else worth mentioning would require traveling and quite honestly they're gonna sound different once I get them home anyway. Here's the speakers I'm looking at. Anything else y'all can suggest worth researching I'm all ears. Only reason I'm looking into Klipsch is because of the rave reviews they're getting from "audiophiles" and I'll have actual EQ capability for them. The Elac's seem like they'd fit my tastes better in raw form pre-eq. I'll probably pair whatever I get with a powered subwoofer whether I diy that or get something that looks good right out of the box. Getting where I'd rather pay a little more and just get something already like it needs to be vs messing with diy:(
https://www.klipsch.com/products/rp-...kshelf-speaker
https://www.elac.com/product/b6-2/?r=us
I've got a pair of these that are surprising on the low end and amazingly realistic.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/polk-au...?skuId=5507264
Re: Bang for the buck home bookshelf speakers
Right now it's looking like the Wharfdale's linked above and the Elac's I linked are the two front runners. Also wanting to stick with a 6.5" woofer for better room filling capability. I really want to give the Klipsch rp600m a try but the price just isn't justifiable at this point.