Speaker help

[Don Harris]

Hi all!

I will be honest; I’m considering many speakers from different manufactures.
My room is a weird shaped (bonus room style). TV wall is 17’ wide to the room separator and another 15’ to the end, right side wall goes back roughly 30’ back to the kitchen. The ceilings are 8’ tall.
My listening habits are in the middle; I love music, but love a great action flick as well. I like music to sound on the warm side, but not too warm. Also, I already have two Def Tech Pro 100tl 10” 250w subs. My budget is roughly 1200.00 – 1400.00. I would like to keep it at 1200.00 (wife). What do you recommend?


My components are as fallow,

TV - Sony 36" KV-36FV27
A/V Receiver - NAD T753 70wpc 7.1, 90wpc in stereo (true wattage)
2 Ch Amp - Rotel RB-870BX 100wpc
CD - Rotel 930AX
DVD/DVDA - Panasonic DVD-A7
Pioneer DVD / SACD / DVDA



Thanks all,

Don

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

How many speakers are you looking for? I'm assuming you need a center and surrounds, too. If you are looking for a full setup (5,6, or 7 speakers), that budget is a bit tight compared to the nice equipment you already have. But, budgets are budgets, and we have to live with the wife. Athena makes a great set of speakers that should fit your budget well. They are a sister company of Energy, and more reasonably priced. What have you found so far?

 

[Don Harris]

How many speakers are you looking for? I'm assuming you need a center and surrounds, too.

I would love to buy the front three and back two.

Thanks Buckeyefan!

 

[jcPanny]

5.0 speakers

You can probably get an Axiom Audio 5.0 bookshelf system in that price range or the Paradigm monitor series.
Since music is a priority, you might consider returning one of the subs and upping your speaker budget. Keep in mind that speakers will have the biggest impact on the audio performance of your system.

 

[JennAir]

For the front three:

http://www.us.alegriaaudio.com/RosaLCR.htm

For the back:

http://www.us.alegriaaudio.com/Ling.htm

Rosa Review:
http://www.affordableaudio.org/AAIssue4-06.pdf

Ling Review:
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue20/alegrialing.htm

The speakers are voice matched so work very well together in HT.

 

[Don Harris]

You can probably get an Axiom Audio 5.0 bookshelf system in that price range or the Paradigm monitor series.
Since music is a priority, you might consider returning one of the subs and upping your speaker budget. Keep in mind that speakers will have the biggest impact on the audio performance of your system.

Thanks! I have owned my subs for roughly 5 years now, so a return is out of the question (LOL). I think I'm going with Axiom M60 or M22's for mains, V150 for the center and have not made up my mind about rears yet. Thanks for the help,
Don

 

[Don Harris]

For the front three:

http://www.us.alegriaaudio.com/RosaLCR.htm

For the back:

http://www.us.alegriaaudio.com/Ling.htm

Rosa Review:
http://www.affordableaudio.org/AAIssue4-06.pdf

Ling Review:
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue20/alegrialing.htm

The speakers are voice matched so work very well together in HT.

Thanks, I will do some research on these speakers just to be fair.