Question on speakers

[gabeon]

Based on my HT equipment below, I know that I must upgrade, and I have some questions.

Since my receiver is only rated for 70W per channel, it would seem that my upgrades in speakers would only be limited to that power rating. Is this correct? I don't want to damage any potential speakers by underpowering them.

Should I upgrade my receiver first, and then work on the speakers to accomodate the increase in power capacity?

I am looking to spend around $1000 on speakers in a few months after I get my house, and I was looking for some suggestions.

Thanks.

[Brian Shannon]

Nothing wrong with 70w from a Denon receiver.

What does that budget cover? 5 speakers and a sub? Do you want bookshelf or floorstanding? What size room?

Some brands to consider, B&W, Paradigm, Boston Acoustics, Polk, PSB.

[vincew]

Since you seem to be a fan of Klipsch, you might look @ the SB-3, ss-1, sc-1, ksw-10 or 12 or the entry level reference package rf-15 or rb-15, rc-25, rs-25, and rw8 or rw10 (although I think the rw subwoofers might put you over your limit of 1K; you could always add this later.). I'm not sure on the price, but you might even look @ the new Reference Satellites; I've heard good things about them. Good luck.

[gabeon]

Brian Shannon,

The budget will only cover the 5 speakers since I think my sub now is fine(unless of course you guys talk me into changing or adding a second sub). I am hoping to get two floorstanding fronts, a center, and two bookshelf sized surround. I don't think I will need floorstading in the surround, right? Also, will the floorstanding speakers with built in woofers interfere with my sub or the way my receiver distributes the bass signal?

vincew,

Do you have a link where I can find some prices on the speakers you listed? I looked on the Best Buy site, but it doesn't have prices for those speakers.

Thanks for all the help.

[vincew]

synergy line @ Best Buy:

URL didn't work. Just do a search for Klipsch @ BB's web site.


for the reference line; the only place I've been able to find pricing on, on-line, is doing a search through Yahoo Shopping - shopping.yahoo.com

There several places in DFW that carries the ref. series; but, the only chain I know of that still carries them is Ultimate electronics. Kellum and Sons, off of Knox and Mckinney, carries the reference series as well.

Good luck.

[Brian Shannon]

The budget will only cover the 5 speakers since I think my sub now is fine(unless of course you guys talk me into changing or adding a second sub). I am hoping to get two floorstanding fronts, a center, and two bookshelf sized surround. I don't think I will need floorstading in the surround, right? Also, will the floorstanding speakers with built in woofers interfere with my sub or the way my receiver distributes the bass signal?

Personally I would not want to mix the subs.

I would begin by listening to floorstanding speakers, 1 pair only, with music (female vocal). Then evaluate the remainder of the matching speakers for movie listening. Floorstanding surrounds may be a problem depending on placement. Surround speakers need to be placed at or above ear height, preferrably above.

[gabeon]

Originally posted by Brian Shannon
Personally I would not want to mix the subs.

I would begin by listening to floorstanding speakers, 1 pair only, with music (female vocal). Then evaluate the remainder of the matching speakers for movie listening. Floorstanding surrounds may be a problem depending on placement. Surround speakers need to be placed at or above ear height, preferrably above.

So, you wouldn't want to mix the subs on the floorstanding speakers with my JBL sub?

So you think I should test the fronts first and get used to them before I listen to the surrounds and center? Any particular reason on this? I know I am pretty newbish on this, and I just want to get more knowledge from the more initiated group here. Thanks again.

[Brian Shannon]

Originally posted by gabeon
So, you wouldn't want to mix the subs on the floorstanding speakers with my JBL sub?

Correct.

So you think I should test the fronts first and get used to them before I listen to the surrounds and center? Any particular reason on this? I know I am pretty newbish on this, and I just want to get more knowledge from the more initiated group here. Thanks again.

Just my opinion on all of this of course :)

I am a believer of quality sound. The main speakers do alot of the work in a home theater system. The center speaker is the most important speaker for dialog. To my ear I want a speaker that can perform well across the widest variety of material possible. That is why I would audition the main speakers first, then match the center to them.