I'm looking to build a good home theater system, on a limited budget. I just bought a new Yamaha RX-V795a Receiver. While I was there, I saw a great deal on some Boston Acoustic Speakers. The store is discountinuing them. I ones I like were the CR-6 and a CR-1 center. They are a good price, and they sounded good to me, but I'd like any input anyone has.

...I do have a good subwoofer to go with these speakers.

[This message has been edited by Light98 (edited November 14, 2000).]

In my experience, Bostons are typically of excellent build and sound quality. If they sound good to you, and the price is right, I'd probably go for it.

PS: Welcome to the forum

Took a look at the product line on the boston acoustics home page... You'll definitely want a subwoofer if you're planning on using these as mains.

[This message has been edited by edclem (edited November 13, 2000).]

I've used Boston Acoustics speakers for about twelve years now. Like I've said in other posts, they may very well be the some of the best speakers made for the money. I started with some large mains that are still as good as I've heard anywhere, and since added a pair of bookshelf speakers and three pair in my cars. I'm pretty picky about my audio, too.

Like the previous post said they are of consistently high quality. And I've NEVER read a bad review of theirs.

The CR-6 speakers are ok, but they really don't supply much bass...I guess your budget doesn't allow for a subwoofer does it? I currently use them as surround speakers.

I used to have the CR-1 as my center channel speaker, but I eventually got rid of it for something bigger. Also...Believe it or not, I found that the CR-6 does a better job at the center than the CR-1 (although space could be an issue).

FYI: my system is composed of Boston VR-20 fonts, Boston CR-6 surrounds, Infinity CC-3 center, and a Polk subwoofer.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Light98:
I'm looking to build a good home theater system, on a limited budget. I just bought a new Yamaha RX-V795a Receiver. While I was there, I saw a great deal on some Boston Acoustic Speakers. The store is discountinuing them. I ones I like were the CR-6 and a CR-1 center. They are a good price, and they sounded good to me, but I'd like any input anyone has.<HR>

I'm not sure what your budget is for speakers, but I bought the Micro90 BA's for about $950 last year. They're small, but heavy as anything and boy do they sound great. There's a cheaper version out there too, but I haven't looked at there speaker sets lately. This set has everything; including the sub. It more than fills my living room, which is ~16'x12'.

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