I am begining to look around for replacement speakers for my FP based HT. The basement HT room is 13' * 24' * 7'. I currently have five Dynaco A-25's (don't laugh too hard) that sound very decent IMO driven by an Acurus Five 200 power amp (five channels by 200 w per). I also have a Mirage BPS-400 sub which I love in this setup.
My thinking is to ditch the sub and have all the LFE handled by all the surrounds (except the centre) so that I have less nodal problems and more seemless bass for both music and movies. This would also position me "better" in terms of bass management for DVD-A and SACD when I go down that path. On a side note, my long term plan is to almagamate my two ch system with my HT system but first I have to have $ to purchase a pre / pro that has a fantastic analog stage like the Bryston SP1 (which is a BP20) and I guess now SP 1.7.
I've been looking around and there are very few "reasonably" priced "full range" speakers that go sub 25 Hz. I know that in Stereophile for a true Class A rating the speakers must be "full range" and thus cover the 20-20K spectrum but like most of us here - I'm not going to take out a second mortage for these class "A" rated speakers. The two speakers that I have very briefly audtioned are the PMC FB1 and the Gershman Accoustics X-1 / SW-1 sub / satellite combo (very similar in look and design as the Wilson WATT / Puppy). Both of these speakers MSRP for about $3 - 3.6K CDN per pair. So I'd be looking at around 8k - 9k with a centre and taxes. The web links I provided do not state the +/- db at 23 and 20 Hz respectively for each speaker so I do not know how truly low they go.
There have got to be more "full range" speakers out there in the same price range unless I am missing something? I have listened to some of the Paradigm Studio Series, Energy Veritas and the B&W CDM NT series and while these speakers sound excellent and match my personal taste - they don't go low enough for me to ditch the sub. Am I making too much out of nothing in wanting to get rid of the sub? Any feedback is most welcomed.
My thinking is to ditch the sub and have all the LFE handled by all the surrounds (except the centre) so that I have less nodal problems and more seemless bass for both music and movies. This would also position me "better" in terms of bass management for DVD-A and SACD when I go down that path. On a side note, my long term plan is to almagamate my two ch system with my HT system but first I have to have $ to purchase a pre / pro that has a fantastic analog stage like the Bryston SP1 (which is a BP20) and I guess now SP 1.7.
I've been looking around and there are very few "reasonably" priced "full range" speakers that go sub 25 Hz. I know that in Stereophile for a true Class A rating the speakers must be "full range" and thus cover the 20-20K spectrum but like most of us here - I'm not going to take out a second mortage for these class "A" rated speakers. The two speakers that I have very briefly audtioned are the PMC FB1 and the Gershman Accoustics X-1 / SW-1 sub / satellite combo (very similar in look and design as the Wilson WATT / Puppy). Both of these speakers MSRP for about $3 - 3.6K CDN per pair. So I'd be looking at around 8k - 9k with a centre and taxes. The web links I provided do not state the +/- db at 23 and 20 Hz respectively for each speaker so I do not know how truly low they go.
There have got to be more "full range" speakers out there in the same price range unless I am missing something? I have listened to some of the Paradigm Studio Series, Energy Veritas and the B&W CDM NT series and while these speakers sound excellent and match my personal taste - they don't go low enough for me to ditch the sub. Am I making too much out of nothing in wanting to get rid of the sub? Any feedback is most welcomed.