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
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