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At my workplace we are in the process of replacing 8 bookshelf speakers that are installed in our work area, which is a large room (33ft x 100ft x 17ft). The room is acoustically bright (no carpets) and is full of noisy stainless steel machines.
Our setup:
Sherwood stereo receiver
Two amplifiers (Carver TFM-6CB)
Long runs (50 - 100 feet) of 12-gauge speaker wires (to the 8 speakers).
Our current speakers are some cheapie bookshelf ones from Radio Shack - 5 paper cone - three of them are already shot, since we listen to music at fairly high volumes...
We have three limitations. One is the budget (naturally...) - max $200 per speaker. Second one - we must purchase one from a B&M store (Best Buy, Fry's, etc). Third one is weight - our wall brackets cannot support speakers heavier than 15 pounds.
So far I have one speaker in mind - Best Buy's Insignia NS-B2111. It seems powerful enough (120W peak power), has decent bass thanks to the large cabinet and the 6.5 woofer. It is presumably durable as well, since the cone is made of carbon fiber. (We've blown enough speakers already - now we are trying to find a LASTING solution...)
The Insignia for $89/pair sure looks good, I am just not convinced that we couldn't do better for our budget... As I've said, we could spend up to $200 on a single speaker... So I am awaiting suggestions regarding better sounding, more durable alternatives!
One more thing - most of the time we are listening to FM stations at pretty high volumes; it is so nice to overpower all that noise from the machines with some LOUD pop or rock music...
At my workplace we are in the process of replacing 8 bookshelf speakers that are installed in our work area, which is a large room (33ft x 100ft x 17ft). The room is acoustically bright (no carpets) and is full of noisy stainless steel machines.
Our setup:
Sherwood stereo receiver
Two amplifiers (Carver TFM-6CB)
Long runs (50 - 100 feet) of 12-gauge speaker wires (to the 8 speakers).
Our current speakers are some cheapie bookshelf ones from Radio Shack - 5 paper cone - three of them are already shot, since we listen to music at fairly high volumes...
We have three limitations. One is the budget (naturally...) - max $200 per speaker. Second one - we must purchase one from a B&M store (Best Buy, Fry's, etc). Third one is weight - our wall brackets cannot support speakers heavier than 15 pounds.
So far I have one speaker in mind - Best Buy's Insignia NS-B2111. It seems powerful enough (120W peak power), has decent bass thanks to the large cabinet and the 6.5 woofer. It is presumably durable as well, since the cone is made of carbon fiber. (We've blown enough speakers already - now we are trying to find a LASTING solution...)
The Insignia for $89/pair sure looks good, I am just not convinced that we couldn't do better for our budget... As I've said, we could spend up to $200 on a single speaker... So I am awaiting suggestions regarding better sounding, more durable alternatives!
One more thing - most of the time we are listening to FM stations at pretty high volumes; it is so nice to overpower all that noise from the machines with some LOUD pop or rock music...