Purchasing First Setup

[duggyb]

well i am in a dilemma between speakers i work at a electronic store that carries

KEF Audio
Polk Audio
Soundstage
Onkyo
Harmon Kardon

i won some $750 worth of giftcards in a sales contest at work and am looking to buy speakers with it...you may think this is not much to buy an audio setup but remember i work there and also get an additional 20 percent below cost

anyways the 2 setups i am stuck on are either

Soundstage 3D5's with a BFX10 sub brand new for $498

or my coworker wants to sell me his

Dahlquist QX8ab(2) and QX6ab(2) speakers for around $650

now i know Dahlquist is renowned for its audio in the 70's and 80's but what about its speakers in 2000-2003? which are where they range from.

i am debating what i should go with he says the QX's will sound 10x what the soundstage are but i also know he just wants to get rid of them becuase he wants to build a new 7.1 setup

any word of advice would be great...should i maybe consider another brand...KEF?

also i am thinking an Onkyo TX-SR706 for the Dahlquist package? yes or no?

Thanks in advance
Duggy

 

[jamie2112]

First of all the Dahlquists were $189 back when they came out so I think he is being a tool. Second of all if you store carries KEF's I would go have a listen to those. I would not buy his speakers period. I really like KEF....give them a shot. I would imagine you would be able to listen to them Correct? Are these the speakers you are talking about:http://www.audioreview.com/cat/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/dahlquist/qx-8a/PRD_341203_1594crx.aspx

 

[duggyb]

they are essentially the same speaker...excpet they are the QX8AB i do believe the AB is just the one slightly newer...i looked in our computer system at work and back in the day they had a cost of $550 and retailed for abour $999 and the QX6AB had a cost of $350 and retailed for $699 this would have been back in 2002-2003

and yes i can listen to KEF we have every IQ series in stock and can also get our hands on any KEF product...i have listened to them a bit...but not a true listen..i have to take my own demo material to work yet and see how they sound

reason i am asking all this is everyone seems to make a big deal about Dahlquist so i thought i would find out what the hype is about.


also is there some KEF speakers you would reccomend? i am going to start with a 2.1 setup and then move to a 5.1 in the end. so front towers first?

THNX
Duggy

 

[duggyb]

Forgive me i realized the B on the end just stated the color they were...so black and the C were cherry

sorry. yes the QX9A were the ones

cheers

THNX
Duggy