Setup:
Onkyo 1009
input from Optical SPDF from PC (meaning... up to 7.1? any video is upmixed to 5.1, support for DTS, dolby)
room: 5x5m / 16x16ft
Use:
- HT 50
- Gaming 40
- Music 10 (or less)
Budget:
1400 EUR or so
Previous:
Cheapo 5.1 HT set:
Genius Sw5.1 Home Theater - 3600 Watts Pmpo 5.1 Speaker Set
4 X 15W Satellite(with stands + wall brackets) + 15W Center + 45W Sub Woofer + Remote Control
Was actually relatively happy with that, bass a bit... off. Blew out front 3 speakers (possibly rear ones too, bass seems unaffected). Using 2 speakers (temporarily!) from the house at the moment but even then really missing a center.
Totatl noob, don't know where to start. Looked at Teufel Columa 300's because some magazine was giving Teufel good reviews. 2x 5.1 = 9.2 + extra center. A set is easy for an unknowledgable person such as myself - more or less guaranteed harmony with the set and presumably cheaper than buying the speakers seperate. The only thing that looks poor about affordable teufel sets is the crossover appears to be at 140/150Hz. Isn't this very high? I thought 80Hz was more normal. Speaker size is not an issue (within reason... 1.5'x1'x1' or 45x30x30cm should be a max, excluding optional stands). A plus about those sets is regular surround speakers so in games I can clearly hear which direction the sound is coming from, as opposed to dipole speakers where the sound is more diffused (because it's shot in two directions parallel to the listener rather than one direction - at the listener.
Only thing left to decide is whether I want front wide or front high (in addition to surround back). ... How in the world can it get a 'high' output from a 5.1/7.1 input, anyway?
Edited by kennumen - 1/11/13 at 10:14am
Onkyo 1009
input from Optical SPDF from PC (meaning... up to 7.1? any video is upmixed to 5.1, support for DTS, dolby)
room: 5x5m / 16x16ft
Use:
- HT 50
- Gaming 40
- Music 10 (or less)
Budget:
1400 EUR or so
Previous:
Cheapo 5.1 HT set:
Genius Sw5.1 Home Theater - 3600 Watts Pmpo 5.1 Speaker Set
4 X 15W Satellite(with stands + wall brackets) + 15W Center + 45W Sub Woofer + Remote Control
Was actually relatively happy with that, bass a bit... off. Blew out front 3 speakers (possibly rear ones too, bass seems unaffected). Using 2 speakers (temporarily!) from the house at the moment but even then really missing a center.
Totatl noob, don't know where to start. Looked at Teufel Columa 300's because some magazine was giving Teufel good reviews. 2x 5.1 = 9.2 + extra center. A set is easy for an unknowledgable person such as myself - more or less guaranteed harmony with the set and presumably cheaper than buying the speakers seperate. The only thing that looks poor about affordable teufel sets is the crossover appears to be at 140/150Hz. Isn't this very high? I thought 80Hz was more normal. Speaker size is not an issue (within reason... 1.5'x1'x1' or 45x30x30cm should be a max, excluding optional stands). A plus about those sets is regular surround speakers so in games I can clearly hear which direction the sound is coming from, as opposed to dipole speakers where the sound is more diffused (because it's shot in two directions parallel to the listener rather than one direction - at the listener.
Only thing left to decide is whether I want front wide or front high (in addition to surround back). ... How in the world can it get a 'high' output from a 5.1/7.1 input, anyway?
Edited by kennumen - 1/11/13 at 10:14am














