Velodyne Clearance vs. Yamaha Speakers

[LittleKing]

I am about to purchase either the Denon 1705 or the Yamaha HTR-5760 receiver. Right now I don't have room in the budget to get some really nice speakers but will be upgrading my speakers when I can save up more.

The delimia I'm having is with the new reciever I'll only have a stereo setup because I currently only have two older (but fairly nice) speakers. So in the mean time I'd like to puchase a cheaper set to have the suround experience. My ratio is mainly 85 movies / 15 music.

To get me by I'm look at either getting these Velodyne Clearence speakers or getting these Yamaha Speakers (Yamaha's Spec's website).

Here are some factors to weigh. I was pretty set on the Velodyne until this weekend. I have a 12% off coupon for BB, and with the Yamaha's being on sale the price is about the same. I don't have a subwoofer and it would probably be the last speaker I will buy in my full speaker setup, which will be awhile. The room is about 15'x15' and a vaulted ceiling with the highest point around 13' (We have hardwood flooring in the room, if it matters).

I'll probably incooperate my current speakers with my new speakers for the time being (yes I know the tone will be different), as they can probably produce a lower frequecy more accurately (besides having a subwoofer would) than the other speakers can.

What would you guys recommend?

Oh yeah, more one thing, my 12% coupon expires today, so if I"m going to buy the Yamaha speakers, I need to decided today.

Thanks a million.
LK

 

[Az B]

Do you already have a surround receiver? If you do, I would spend the money on good speakers. You will get far more bang for your buck with decent speakers than you will a minor reciever upgrade.

Also, I would simply wait on the surround speakers. Use that money to buy better mains. Upgrade as you can afford it. Buying cheap speakers to get by is really wasting your money. Speakers are the most important link in the chain, inmyonionheadedopinion.

 

[LittleKing]

I thought I said it before, but I guess I wasn't clear. The answer is I DO NOT have surround speakers of any kind. I only have two speakers.

I completely agree with you that the speakers are probably the most important part of a HT system, but the reciever I'm using is a VERY OLD 1960's (I think), stereo reciever that isn't that great. So I had to start with that upgrade.

While I do agree that speaker are VERY important, I would like to have surround speakers until I can save up and buy better speakers. I will be awhile before I'll be able to get better speakers, so as a stop gap, it seems that one of these two options is not a bad deal, I'm just trying to decide between the two. So in short, I agree with you, but I'm pretty decided on this corse of action. Which means, I rather have input on which speaker set would be the better choice right now, and I'll worry about getting my good speakers later.

(Trust me, I will be betting better speakers. I know some buy a nice reciever and skimp on the speakers and never bother upgrading. I am NOT the type of person that will do that. I will buy some nice speakers. Just thought I'd say that Thanks for listening.)

LK

 

[Shinerman]

Between those two systems, I would go with the Velodyne. But, don't buy speakers just to buy speakers. I would just make do with your current speakers and wait until you can afford a better speaker system. Two good speakers can sound better than 5 crappy ones, even with movies.

Shinerman.

 

[Leprkon]

get the Vels.. no tax on the set and better drivers... you could probably use the Vels as surrounds down the road... not so with the Yammies. I bought my brother the Yam package last year in a full HTiB set-up and it's not a gift I'm real proud of.

 

[Yamahaluver]

Why not opt for Yamaha's NS-333 with NS-444C combo, way better sound than either the Yamaha NSP package or the Velodyne and the cost is quite reasonable, wont blow a hole in your pocket.

 

[rschleicher]

Since there seems to be a lot of confusion as to what you are intending to do, MY reading of what you were intending (perhaps incorrect) is that you were going to keep your two good-quality existing speakers as front and left mains, and were only looking to buy some lower-cost "temporary" speakers for the surrounds, until you could afford something better.

If that is the case, then I'd stick with your current front speakers, set the center channel setting of your receiver to "None", so that you are operating in "phantom" center channel mode, get two speakers for surrounds at BB, assuming that is the best deal, and set them both to "small".

You don't want to spend money on a center channel speaker until you are set on your long-term solution for the front mains, so that you can timbre-match the center to the mains. Then you can upgrade the fronts and get a new center at the same time. You can either get a new "matching" set of surrounds at that time, or (depending on what kind of speakers they are, size, etc.) consider moving your current mains to new duty as the surrounds. (then you can decide if the cheap surrounds you bought today are simply "spare" speakers, or else maybe you use them as back-surrounds in a 6.1 or 7.1 set-up.

As someone else said - fewer good speakers is usually better sound than more, cheaper speakers.

In the short run, you only have a 4-speaker set-up to start, but you've minimized the cash outlay until you are ready for the "final" speaker purchase (yeah, right!)