Need advise: BR5 or 1050?

[Slayermoonlight]

Greeting guys. I'm new in this forum and in home entertainment systems as well. I am planning to purchase an entertainment system next month, so perhaps I could obtain additional information from the experts and the experienced.

Considering budget constraints, Im choosing between these two floorstanding speakers: Monitor Audio BR5 and Q-Acoustics 1050. Both of them sound good but unfortunately I cannot audition them head-on because they're in different (rival) stores. The receiver that I'll gonna use is an Onkyo TX-SR605 and my subwoofer will be a Velodyne CHT-12R.

Which of the two speakers will be a better choice and will be of better chemistry with those component?

All your opinions are highly appreciated!

 

[Alamar]

The best things that you could probably do would be:

1. Try to demo the units in store with your own music / DVDs / etc. Make sure that the material that you take is something that you're familiar with and would give the speakers a good workout.

2. If you can arrange for an in-home demo period that would be great. If you can't do that then 1 becomes more important.

3. Take the recommendations of other people but remember that you're the one that must make the decision on what to buy based on what you want & need.