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Good morning everyone -
I wanted to solicit some opinions about speaker brands. I am in the market to upgrade my front sound stage.
To give everyone an idea of where I'm coming from: I had been extremely interested in the new Usher Mini 2's. I love the value, reputation and craftsmanship that Usher brings to their products, and the Mini 2's seemed like a terrific blend of size, function and presence. They are also gorgeous, well constructed speakers. However, I demoed them at my dealers house this past weekend and while they are fantastic speakers, they weren't HT speakers. The sound stage was compressed, and (IMO) lacked detail. This demo was in his living room with optimal conditions, not a show room, so I don't think I'd have much of a different experience in my house. Don't get me wrong, fantastic, beautiful speakers, but they didn't excel at what I felt was important for HT.
Because I can't hide my speakers behind the screen right now, I'm looking for something that not only sounds great, but also is visually appealing for the significant other when the lights are on. We listened to the PSB Synchrony towers (my fiance thought they looked "boring"), which I very much liked, but wanted to look at some other options.
Love bang for the buck, slightly lesser known brands like Usher.
%92 movies.
Any things come to mind I should put on my short-list to listen to?
I wanted to solicit some opinions about speaker brands. I am in the market to upgrade my front sound stage.
To give everyone an idea of where I'm coming from: I had been extremely interested in the new Usher Mini 2's. I love the value, reputation and craftsmanship that Usher brings to their products, and the Mini 2's seemed like a terrific blend of size, function and presence. They are also gorgeous, well constructed speakers. However, I demoed them at my dealers house this past weekend and while they are fantastic speakers, they weren't HT speakers. The sound stage was compressed, and (IMO) lacked detail. This demo was in his living room with optimal conditions, not a show room, so I don't think I'd have much of a different experience in my house. Don't get me wrong, fantastic, beautiful speakers, but they didn't excel at what I felt was important for HT.
Because I can't hide my speakers behind the screen right now, I'm looking for something that not only sounds great, but also is visually appealing for the significant other when the lights are on. We listened to the PSB Synchrony towers (my fiance thought they looked "boring"), which I very much liked, but wanted to look at some other options.
Love bang for the buck, slightly lesser known brands like Usher.
%92 movies.
Any things come to mind I should put on my short-list to listen to?