Are re-using HTiB speaker ok?



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Originally Posted by JOHNnDENVER /forum/post/14107938


Those speakers were not made for that sort of demand upon them. You run some rick of damaging the AVR by using them in my opinion.

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Do you really mean that? There might be a huge difference in output quality between cheap and expensive speakers, but a speaker is a speaker.


Calmevil, if the sub is powered ( has an AC outlet ), just hook it all up and save for a new speaker set. It will work.


Keep in mind that you're asking advice for a quick cheap solution in a forum where some people think they can't get satisfactory sound for under the price of car



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Originally Posted by Davy /forum/post/14108012


Do you really mean that? There might be a huge difference in output quality between cheap and expensive speakers, but a speaker is a speaker.

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A speaker is not always "just a speaker". There are 4 ohm and 8 ohm impedences (and with HTiB, perhaps other) to take into account just for starters.


I wouldn't mix HTiB with any receiver, ever. If you had the coin to spring for a receiver, just push a little harder and get some entry-level speakers. Even bottom-end speakers should blow away most HTiB's.


I recommend going to the speaker section of this forum and reading a few of the budget speaker threads there. There are plenty of great 5.1 systems to be had for cheap, cheap, cheap. Nobody on this forum would ever scoff at you for buying budget brands to get 5.1.


Mixing HTiB equipment with proper equipment sounds like a good penny-pinching practice on the surface but it's not a good idea and it just looks damn odd when you tell people you budgeted for only half of the equation. It would be like buying great speakers and trying to hook them up to your ipod directly to save money on the amp - it's kind of the same principal.


You could look at it like cars if you want. Whether you are driving a Civic, a Tiburon, a Mustang or a Ferarri, people want you to be happy with your purchase. But the second you start trying asking about putting Ferarri parts into a Civic to save money, people c.ock their heads and look at you funny.

Some potential pitfalls with HTIB speakers (not necessarily the ones in question):


--Proprietary connectors that will require modifications to use with a standard receiver;


--Passive subwoofers that won't work with a receiver's subwoofer/LFE output;


--Passive subwoofers that are wired together with the satellites in a pecular way that won't work with standard connections;


--Systems that require active EQ in order to not sound awful, and therefore sound awful with any receiver besides the one they came with;


--Speakers that sound so bad that you wonder why you spent all that money on a new AVR just to discover that it's the speakers that make the sounds, not the AVR, and these are the same crappy speakers that made you want an upgrade in the first place.



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Originally Posted by Davy /forum/post/14108012


Do you really mean that? There might be a huge difference in output quality between cheap and expensive speakers, but a speaker is a speaker.


Calmevil, if the sub is powered ( has an AC outlet ), just hook it all up and save for a new speaker set. It will work.


Keep in mind that you're asking advice for a quick cheap solution in a forum where some people think they can't get satisfactory sound for under the price of car

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I mean it. I have seen it enough times, where a blown driver and/or blown crossover component or just generally needed kludged together setup using HTIB speakers has caused AVR / AMP failure.


Those speakers were not meant to have real power applied. Wussy HTIB power only.


Of course all this depends on the product. But, my opinion stands. I speak or type if you will, from a lot of experience here.