Thanks for the warning
Hello, and thanks for the warning on av123. I'm the kind of person who does a lot of research before spending. Obviously, more research is needed on my part.
Room size is up in the air. Right now, I'm in Iraq and am between homes, as it were. I live in Hawaii, so I'll probably wind up with a smallish living room in a townhome/condo or small house. My last apartment's room was about 12X20 (ish), and opened in the back to dining and kitchen. And those little KEF's do a pretty good job. ( Just recently learned that I have the sub hooked up wrong, though...I'm using the LEF connection on my receiver but the sub doesn't have that, so I just plugged it into the left channel, since it was on the left side of the room. HAHA! Seemed to work okay) When I got my KEF 2005 for 1/2 off I was friggin thrilled.
About my budget: (Long answer)
It's amazing how easy it is to talk me in to spending more money!! I started looking at some Klipsh's that were on sale for $400 a pair. Then I went to Aperion, which look like a good value. Then I stumbled on that Rocket set. I just spent most of my evening looking at DefTech's Mythos STS system, which looks BA. Since I started doing research on upgrading, I've sort of set my heart on a set of towers. can "afford" that set up, but until today, never even considered spending that much. The question is do I really want to spend that much? Sure I can--but should I? I mean, looking around you can find packages that people rave about for $6-800. And I started reading a review for some speakers elsewhere for $38k. What I'm asking is what's the sweet spot? My KEF package cost $1000 reg price (I think they are discontinued now). Will I be doing a lot better if I spend $2000?
Budget (short answer):
So, I'd like to find a good set up for about $1500-$2000.
And it looks like I'm going to need a new receiver. I'll start looking in the previous posts for advice there.
Obviously, I have a lot to learn (and I thought I knew a fair amount already), as my admission about my sub indicates. I'm just glad no one who really knew what they were doing was there to see my mistake.
The other thing is that auditioning is going to be really hard being in Hawaii. Quality audio stores are pretty rare there, and even the ID companies with free shipping, I don't think, ship free to Hawaii. So I'm just trying to do as much research as possible and try to make a good choice.
Anyway thanks for turning me in a safer and hopefully better direction. And any further advice would be appreciated.
Dan