Need expert opinion on price and quality of these speakers

[tannerthehammer]

Hi all,

I need your opinion on these speakers:

http://www.gibbysaudiovideo.com/paradigm-cinema%C3%82%E2%84%A2-compact-theater-black-p-1435.html?osCsid=1d3f1e93e52e718f63274f55be8c1976

Are these a good combination of speakers for the price?? The prices are in Canadian Dollars and equals about $758 US at the current exchange rate...I have about $1000 total to spend on speakers alone so any suggestions on other combinations and where to get them would be appreciated...

Thanks!

 

[Seth=L]

If you can stretch your budget just a tad you can get much more performance from an internet direct company like SVS or HSU. That system below is an SVS. I don't know how much it would be in Canadian though.

http://www.svsound.com/products-sys-sbs_black.cfm

My personal experiance with Paradigm's subwoofers, like the one that is included with that system you proposed, is very poor. The satelite speakers are fine, but the subwoofer could be much better. The SVS PB10-NSD is a superior subwoofer to the Paradigm.

AV123.COM also has some very nice speaker deals in the Onix X-series, but they are full size speakers and a tad more expensive. But you could start with 2.1 setup and then move to 4.1 when you get more money and eventually get 5.1 or even 7.1 if you want to. If you go the route of AV123 Onix X-series I would get a pair of X-LS and a sub from an internet direct co. Then when you can afford it, get a pair of X-SLS and move the X-LS to surround duty. Then finish it with a X-CS.