Focal speaker for home theater?

[pete085]

Like mentioned in the subwoofer thread I plan to get rid of my Senheiser soundbar in summer to get a set with real speakers. Had a conversation with a buddy yesterday who has to downsize his set up due to his wife and he wants to sell trade in my senheiser soundbar for some focal chorus 714 floor standing speakers and his onkyo tx nr5100 avr.

Focal seems to be famous brand in the music listening community but how good are these speakers for home theater usage and gaming only?

And is the onkyo avr any good.

I would be pleased hearing a few opinions from the more epxerienced folks.

In general I would not mind getting a avr and some speakers now already. I just need to get a center channel speaker and subwoofer later.

I have not made a decision as of now. I told my pal that i will think about it.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I would do that deal with your buddy. Good speakers are good speakers no matter what they’re playing. Games and movies have music and all kinds of cool sounds, and the speakers don’t care. They just do the job. IMO, Ht or music and games benefit from better speakers. Some people’s opinion is that with ht you can just use whatever. But to me that’s ridiculous.
The AVR is definitely entry level, but should work nicely for a long time, until you feel like it’s time for an upgrade.

 

[pete085]

Thanks for sharing your opinion. I also think the offer with the focal chorus is good. I will take it.

I also think that the AVR should do the trick. Before getting the offer with Focal I planned to build my future HT system around the Denon X 3800.

But the Onkyo should work fine for a 2.0 and then later a 3.1 system.