3db said:
and wonderful products. There are few relative Canadian unknowns that would make B&W sound like dirty dishwater draining down a sink. Ok, maybe that is a lil harsh but my point is that one should investigate everything that peaks your interest and audition them. An informed decision which is based on lots of auditions is peace of mind unless of course, you heard something you fell in love with but can't afford. Thats torture *chuckles*
PSB also offers on walls and have garnered favourable reviews by Home Theater magazine.
Just tossing out an another option.
I intend to try and compare the Sinclair's against a few others as you advise - was just wishing members might have piped up with some first- hand knowledge about them from either an ownership position or from having heard them in a demo or set up in a home theatre situation. The Sinclair brand seems to be very well built and an attractive design (which is obviously a consideration when they hang directly in the field of view beside a wall mounted screen) - but I know little about speakers in general aside from what appears to be a very robust weight and well fitted and finished construction.
Actually, and this may sound very illogical, I really don't have anywhere the hearing I had even ten years back due to some work-related hearing loss and advancing years and I really hope that a series of speakers mounted around will assist me in hearing even the local newscasts on the TV without blasting everyone else out of the room - movies / Hi Def TV will just be a bonus with a surround setup for me!
That said, probably just about any decent 5.1 or better surround system would help me out in this regard, I suspect - but I also enjoy good music, albeit at a slightly louder level than my wife would normally enjoy easy listening at (some of which is latent immaturity I admit) which is why I got a Yamaha RX-V659 to push whatever I decide on. The latest review and kudos it has received here has just helped me feel better that it was a good choice for what I intend to do with it!
The little I have heard of the sharpness of the B & W's hasn't really appealed to me all that much - but I will try and get them and the Paradigm's as well as the Sinclair's arranged for a series of listening adventures and go from there - as other than those brands I don't have much else around here to throw into the mix... Thanks - Randy
