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Help! I Need The Best Speaker Set For HD DVD.

1508 Views 18 Replies 13 Participants Last post by deneb, Jun 1, 2007

Django

Discussion Starter · May 25, 2007

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I need help upgrading my audio system. Since I bought the Matrix, I now have to have great speakers to go with my soon to be accuired Onkyo reciever.

I am not audio savvy as some of you, so I would prefer a complete set, preferably with wireless rear capabilities.

I went to Fry's but I just didn't trust their sales people that much, we have more audio savvy people in AVS.

Price is important, but of course I went to buy a 60" Toshiba DLP, and ended up with the 72" 1080P DLP.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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oliverjg

· #2 · May 25, 2007

you should post this question in the speaker forum and tell them how much money you want to spend.

you should go and listen to some speakers in a good hi. end shop. they don't all sound the same.

my setup is mostly klipsch heritage searies that took about 20 years to collect.

Django

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 25, 2007

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my setup is mostly klipsch heritage searies that took about 20 years to collect.

OMG!

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oliverjg

· #4 · May 25, 2007

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OMG!

patience is a virtue.

i love the sound of the horns.

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JDGJr1

· #5 · May 25, 2007

i LOVE my rockets. http://www.**********/ - 850s front and rear w/ SC200 center channel.

Didn't take 20 years, just 30 mins to get to their loading dock and they were on my truck! have to say they rocked last night watching Matrix 1!!

Capek

· #6 · May 25, 2007

There is only one way to buy speakers, and it is not by asking people what you should buy. You must listen for yourself, to find out what kind of sound YOU like.

What you should do is:

1) Start a thread in the speaker forum stating your budget. That will give you some suggestions as to what speakers you should audition.

2) With a list of speakers in mind, hit up what ever hifi stores are in your area, bringing with you a number of your favorite and most familiar CDs, and listen listen listen.

3) Then, when you find out what kind of sound you like (neutral, warm, aggressive etc), and you've narrowed it down to a couple of speakers that sound best to you, find a place that will allow you to audition them in your home, because the acoustics in your room play a MAJOR part in how the speakers will sound. If you can get a couple pairs in your house at once, maybe also auditioning an internet direct speaker manufacturer or two, all the better. A/B is the best way to make that final choice.

Now, that may sound like a lot of work, but there is nothing like the satisfaction of knowing from direct experience that you spent your money on the absolute best speakers for your personal situation, not based on somebody else's opinion. On the other hand if you just want something better than you already have take a poll of what speaker brand most people in the speaker forum own and go with those. Because the only thing that the vast majority of people will recommend is the brand they own.

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erick granato

· #7 · May 25, 2007

Capek-great advice!

tundrSQ

· #8 · May 25, 2007

check out Monitor Audio.

radtek

· #9 · May 25, 2007

Axiom's are nice, price to quality ratio is good.

TomsHT

· #10 · May 25, 2007

5.1, 7.1, with or without subwoofer? Pick a price range...

Once you figured that much out, start researching speakers online for your price range and spearkers, soon you will have enough info selected in your range its then a matter of researching and comparing reviews of what your looking at.

Unfortuantly last year when I started to build my dedicated HT room, I didnt know anything about it or the equipment, I spent a ton of time researching everything

Iggster

· #11 · May 25, 2007

mostly anything from b&w is what i like

well from 804's on up...

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alpha21

· #12 · May 25, 2007

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do you have neighbors to worry about?

if not, make sure you get a room size adequate sub. I've had my SVS PB12plus/2 for 2.5 years and the shear power/depth never gets old!!!!

TrueHD makes my Klipsch sound insanely accurate. I also am a horn fan. scattering glass sounds crazy good!!!

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TomsHT

· #13 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by alpha21 /forum/post/0

do you have neighbors to worry about?

if not, make sure you get a room size adequate sub. I've had my SVS PB12plus/2 for 2.5 years and the shear power/depth never gets old!!!!

I'd second that, I have exactly the same sub - SVS PB12plus/2 in an insulated dedicated HT room in the basement and the thing can still rock, rattle, shake and vibrate the whole house up to and inluding the bedroom floor.... At 140lbs its a monster and definetly worth if for your sub

alpha21

· #14 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by TomsHT /forum/post/0

I'd second that, I have exactly the same sub - SVS PB12plus/2 in an insulated dedicated HT room in the basement and the thing can still rock, rattle, shake and vibrate the whole house up to and inluding the bedroom floor.... At 140lbs its a monster and definetly worth if for your sub

exactly!!

Django - make sure you check out TomsHT's bad ass Home Theater!!!!!

Bizill

· #15 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by TomsHT /forum/post/0

I'd second that, I have exactly the same sub - SVS PB12plus/2 in an insulated dedicated HT room in the basement and the thing can still rock, rattle, shake and vibrate the whole house up to and inluding the bedroom floor.... At 140lbs its a monster and definetly worth if for your sub

X.O., i concur.

white_knight

· #16 · Jun 1, 2007

Would the speakers that come in a home theatre receiver set be sufficient to play lossless HD-DVD (or in my case, Blu-Ray) sound? Specifically, sufficient enough to hear the difference between uncompressed PCM and Dolby, for example. I feel it's a waste to have to listen to the Dolby tracks on Blu-Ray discs when those amazing PCM tracks are on there too... but I just got these speakers (stupidly) and don't really wanna replace them..

Specifically, I've got the Sony HT-SF1000, with the following specs that I just took out of the instruction manual (and I have no idea what they mean):

Power output (reference):

Front Speakers: 143W/ch or 100W/ch RMS

Center Channel: 143W or 100W RMS

Surround Speakers: 143W/ch

Rated Impedance: 2.7 ohms

Subwoofer output:

Subwoofer: 285W or 200W RMS

Rated Impedance: 1.3 ohms

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deneb

· #17 · Jun 1, 2007

Hmmmm...according to the Sony site, your HTSF1000 has a new speaker technology:

Speaker System (front speaker)

Unit size for L,R 7X10cm + 2.5cm TW

Speaker System Bass Refrex

Magnetically Shileled YES

Speaker System (Subwoofer)

number subwoofer 1.0

Unit size 16cm

Speaker System Bass Refrex

Magnetically Shileled YES

Auto Power on/off NO

Speaker System (surround speaker)

Unit size for Rear 7X10cm + 2.5cm TW

Speaker System Bass Refrex

Magnetically Shileled NO

I've never heard of 'bass refrex' before...

Seriously though, I'm not sure that system will be sufficient to tell the difference between DD/DTS and the newer lossless formats anyways.

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white_knight

· #18 · Jun 1, 2007

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Seriously though, I'm not sure that system will be sufficient to tell the difference between DD/DTS and the newer lossless formats anyways.

I thought it was probably too good to be true..

What kind of speakers would I be looking at then? I've been looking around on this particular forum section, scrolling through page after page of threads and can't seem to find anything specifically answering that question.

I'm only a student though, and I really would love to have used my two-month old speaker set...

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deneb

· #19 · Jun 1, 2007

Keep what you have for now, spend some time listening and researching, and give yourself a nice theater upgrade down the road once you graduate. I'd say that you'll probably want to upgrade the receiver as well when it's time to upgrade speakers. Might as well throw in a sub too

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