Speaker buying

[muiruri]

Im from kenya - East Africa. Last wek I purchased a Harman Kardon AVR 335. I need to by speakers but my choice is limited to JBL E60 or E80 for front L/R and EC25 for centre channel. I can also get a Sony SA-WX900 subwoofer. Sony SS-MF 550 for surround. Will these work? Please help.

 

[krzywica]

Work? I'm not sure what you mean by work, but as long as you are not trying to throw a disco party in a concert hall I think you should be ok. Granted I have no idea of your room size, speaker config, or listening prefs are.

 

[j_garcia]

For the average size room, that setup should work just fine.

 

[muiruri]

My room is about 4 metres by 6 metres. Im yet to by buy the speakers and the guys at the shop do not seem to have any idea whether I will get value fo money.

 

[RLA]

Hello Muiruri
Welcome to the forum,
If JBL were your only choice you would be wise to select a surround speaker that voice matches the front and center. The JBL E-10, E-20, E-30 and E-50
Would be good selections. I would also lean toward the JBL subwoofer over the Sony. The E250p is respectable and the S-120P II is pretty good

If you go with the JBL E-60 or E-80 front mains select the EC-35 instead of the EC-25 center The EC-25 will have a tough time keeping up with the dynamic capability’s of these two towers thus sounding a little recessed
The EC-35 would be a much better selection. My choice would be the E-80's over the E-60's

 

[muiruri]

I will buy the E80 pair On Saturday, which are availabe localy while I figure out how to import the rest from Middle East (UAE). For a long time I have hoped to own a system that will give me very good music. I have an out of the box Sony Home theater system Which is very disapointing!