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Originally Posted by
tvrgeek 
You wanted a simple answer. Sorry.
I hate to mention this, but it would seem that you are trying to live beyond your means by wanting something you are not ready for yet. I know, we all want it all now, but then again, that is how we got into this economic mess!
Might I recommend you build one of the well proven DIY designs/kits for just the mains. Pick a $200 kit of parts and that will leave you the budget for odds and ends. If you build the box, you can get something approaching a reasonable speaker for $300. When you save up another 4 or 5 hundred, build a decent sub, and go on from there. Center last.
After you build a kit, you will know what a crossover is and then can start to understand how and why they are designed the way they are. There is no right way which is what makes DIY so much fun. Everyone can tune to their own choice of tradeoffs. Start off on the right foot, and the journey to HT bliss will be a much finer one.
I would love to get a kit, and I think I would appreciate the speakers that much more knowing I built them, as I love making things with my own hands, and am pretty good with working with power tools. However I do not have the means to right now, as I am in an apartment, and do not currently have a workhorse, skill saw etc...
I would also like to add I am not living beyond my means, hence the budget speakers. I will upgrade when I have the means, otherwise I would just charge them.
I have waited over a year before making the plunge since I bought my new Sony kds60a3000 last year.
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Originally Posted by
zero the hero 
for that money it couldn't hurt to try them out. But I think worrying about crossover slope shapes on a set of 5 speakers that cost under $300 is a little pointless.
Also, may I ask why you went with the VSX-01 instead of the 1018 since they are the same receiver and the 1018 can usually be found much cheaper? I'm just curious
I did'nt I was kinda forced into the vsx-01. Long story short waiting for tax returns to come all the while watching all the deals going on, and and watching them disappear day by day

when I finaly got the money I put it on my card, and ordered a 1018 online. Well the next day it showed back ordered. So I waited for like two weeks or more, and got an E-Mail stating they were not getting anymore. Well all this time my card showed the money to them pending, and was otherwise tied up, so I could not get it anywhere else. I talked to the manager, and explained by frustration (To put it mildly) as now I could not buy it anywhere for the price they were charging for it. So I asked him to upgrade me to the vsx-01 for the same price as pioneer did a while back when they ran out of them. He agreed, and gave me the deal, so in the end I made out pretty good, however I much prefer the white LED display of the pio, but that is just cosmetic. There is more to this story as I just got an E-mail from them stating that there shipment of VSX-01 was damaged and had to send it back. Now I am waiting for their next shipment. For my troubles I am trying to get them to through in complete sets of Bananna Plugs for all my speakers ( when I get them ).
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Originally Posted by
kemist1117 
You may also want to look at thespeakercompany.com for another budget alternative. It also seems like TSC might be a step up in quality from fluance given their reviews.
I have been, and am highly considering them as well.
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Originally Posted by
Kal Rubinson 
In this instance, it is an example of techno-babble. While there are Butterworth filters and they are appropriate in many situations and, in addition, they may be used in these speakers, its use is mostly irrelevant to you. Using the term in the ad is to impress those who do not fully understand what it means. It is not a basis on which to select or reject a speaker.
This is why I asked, to see if it was just a term they were thowing out there to see if it was relevant. Like I stated I am new to this, and have been trying to absorb as much information on audio as I can so I can make informed decisions.
Thanks for all of your input!