Hey
I was never a real audiophile, just because I never had the means or knowledge to get me the correct equipment.. And now I still only have the first one. After some extensive searching I bought me a ATH-WS1100i headphone, and now I am looking to buy a real speaker setup.
At this moment I am rocking a mash of 2x6ohm (both in same channel port) and 2x8ohm (through a selector without impediance protection) in the 2 speaker connections and 2x6ohm speakers in the subwoofer connection. The amp I'm using is a 2.1 Lepy 168s (68W for the 2 sub channels combined, and 40W per speaker channel) and needles to say this results in a pretty weird sound (not all speakers are equallly loud, lot of distortion etc).
Now I am looking to buy me a much better setup that will both be low budget (1000-1250euro) and long lasting. The "requirements" I have are these: I need a good pair of bookshelf speakers for on my desk which I will combine with 2 subwoofers (one positioned on the far end of the desk, and one diagonaly across on the other side of the room) and a center speaker, the tricky part is that I also want to have a surround system consisting of 4 extra speakers which should be toggled of when not needed. The plan I currently have is this:
1) Bookshelf speakers: 2x Q Acoustics 3010
2) Center Speaker: Q Acoustics 3090
2) Subwoofers: 1x Warfedale Diamond 150W and 1x ?? (probably another wharfe if first is decent)
3) Speaker Selecter: monoprice 8-channel speaker selecter with 5-ohm impediance protection and 2 inputs
and here is where I am not sure what to pick:
4) For the 4 extra speakers: (all 8 speakers are in my possesion so I can pick freely between them)
2x6ohm 60W speakers (Kenwood) and 2x6ohm 40W speakers (LG)
OR
4x8ohm speakers (not sure what wattage)
5) The amp/receiver: was thinking about a 5.1 receiver but didnt now how much power I would require. (edit: or would it be a better idea to get a realy powerfull 2 channel amp to drive the speaker selecter with all 7 speakers connected to it, if so which one would you recommend?)
How I would use the setup: connect 3 of the channels to the center and bookshelf speakers. The other 2 would go to the speaker selecter. I would split the subwoofer output to connect them both. I would also have 2 ways of listening:
1) I only use the subwoofers and bookshelf+center speakers (with all the speaker selecters off)
2) I want to use ALL speakers (for surround sound when having a party). When using it like this it wouldnt be necessary to have them all working at a immense sound level as the room is not really big. What I do want is that they have a similar sound level as the speakers directly connected to the amp.
What are your thoughts? What is absolutely unrealistic/impossible in this kind of setup, do you like my speaker/subwoofer picks, and what amp would best meet my needs?
THANKS
