I am in the process of speaker shopping for my first home theatre system. I need some help on how to get the best for my money. I have been to best buy and other local retaliers. So far I like the Martin Logan prefcase speakers which are high on my list for my fronts. These speakers came down a lot in price since last year. They are not electrostatic speakers, so i'm not sure if that makes a difference or not.
ML also makes a nice center channel and has some nice subs as well. The only thing that scares me is I don't beleive they make rear speakers, so i'd have to go with a different brand for my rears, and i'm afraid that would hurt the quality since i'd have a differnt brand for the front and different for the rears. A freind of mine told me that should not matter as long as they are timber matched whatever that means. I have also been told you need the proper room austocitcs for a ML set up. I don't want to have to do construction to my home to get speakers sounding the way I want.
Other brands I am considering are Definitive Techology. I heard some of their speakers already and they sound awsome, but may be out of my price range. I'm not ruling them out yet. I have also been told some definitive technology speakers have built in subs, so that would elminiate me having to purchase a sub a savings their. Howver someone just told me getting a seprate sub would be better.
The other brand I am going to consider is paradigm which I havent had the chance to sample yet. Also once I get the speakers home and I hook them up to my receiver are they going to sound different than in the store?
Before I make this decision I want to be able to go to a store where I can spend some time listening to different music and sounds on different brands of speakers before I make the decisison. I am definately serious I just need to find the right store who will spend the time with me.
Please advise
