budget: tSc vs. Acoustech???

[zack7552]

Audioholic newbie. So, I got a 47" LCD TV about a year ago and have done nothing, until recently, to upgrade the HT. I have an old 5.1 Kenwood receiver with power amp and some JL-1105 speakers and two 40W surrounds. My wife inadvertently gave away the center. So, I purchased a Yamaha RX-V663 (95W RMS x 7.2) receiver, which I'm using with those JL-1105 (4 way speakers, non-powered sub) and the two surround speakers (which are 40W). I've got very little money so I wanted to start a budget system to last for a while. I'd like to keep it under $1K for the speakers.

First I was intrigued with the Acoustech line, HT-75 tower system with H-100 sub and the HT-65 center and HT-63 surrounds. I was under the impression that all of the towers are sold out, but AcousticSoundDesign still has the set whole theater still avail. for purchase. I haven't called to verify. I also liked the look of the tSc's TST2 set up. I called and the TST2 is unavailable until April. So, I'm thinking of getting the TST3's and the center and surrounds and T250 sub.

Bottom line: which is the better deal? TST3 or HT-75? I know the HT-75 is only a 2-way speaker and that's kind of...meh.

 

[Matt34]

Audioholic newbie. So, I got a 47" LCD TV about a year ago and have done nothing, until recently, to upgrade the HT. I have an old 5.1 Kenwood receiver with power amp and some JL-1105 speakers and two 40W surrounds. My wife inadvertently gave away the center. So, I purchased a Yamaha RX-V663 (95W RMS x 7.2) receiver, which I'm using with those JL-1105 (4 way speakers, non-powered sub) and the two surround speakers (which are 40W). I've got very little money so I wanted to start a budget system to last for a while. I'd like to keep it under $1K for the speakers.

First I was intrigued with the Acoustech line, HT-75 tower system with H-100 sub and the HT-65 center and HT-63 surrounds. I was under the impression that all of the towers are sold out, but AcousticSoundDesign still has the set whole theater still avail. for purchase. I haven't called to verify. I also liked the look of the tSc's TST2 set up. I called and the TST2 is unavailable until April. So, I'm thinking of getting the TST3's and the center and surrounds and T250 sub.

Bottom line: which is the better deal? TST3 or HT-75? I know the HT-75 is only a 2-way speaker and that's kind of...meh.

I would not recommend the HT-75 but I haven't heard the TST3 yet. Audioholics did a review of the TST2 however, so that might be of interest to you and I was able to do a mini-comparison of the HT-75, Infinity 362 and AV123 X-SLS awhile ago.

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48411&highlight=primus+362+av123+x-SLS+HT-75

 

[zack7552]

Thanks, I'll check out your comparison. I saw the TST2 review and it looks promising.

 

[Matt34]

The H-100 is a great sub for the money but I think you can do better than the Acoustech speakers.