i have a 5 norh 4.0 ceramic speakers and a 8 y/o svs cylinder sub (i don't remember the model but it is their first generation largest mid-priced sub they made) in a 11x22 3rd floor room with 8 ft slanted ceiling (kind of like a barn roof). i've really liked my norhs, but one just got knocked off and broken. i was just going to replace the one speaker, but norh hasn't returned my emails and doesn't list ceramic speakers on their site anymore.
so, i have a budget of around $1500. i've thought about just replacing the 3 front channels and using the norhs in the rear. when i bought the norhs i had read an article that stated having 5 identical speakers was the best for surround and it made sense at the time.
so, i'm pretty overwhelmed with the options. i've looked at hsu hsb-1 and hsc-1. i've considered the current elt525 special on av123 and doing the skiing ninja upgrade. i'm considering the swan 2.1se and 1.1 center (this is over budget, but looks beautiful). i'm also looking at tweakcityaudio's waf-1 and then doing the skiingninja upgrade. i've just started looking at kits, but don't really know what my money would buy yet in that arena. i've read about aperion's, axioms, rockets, emotiva, elemental designs, fluance and hometheaterdirect.
the room is used for 95% ht, with mostly movies and a few concert discs. the two words i'd say i want to describe my experience are accurate and immersive. basically i'd love to take a step up from what i have, if that's possible for $1500. what do you all think? oh, btw, i'm also completely open to used speakers. i love to get the best bang for my buck.
so, i have a budget of around $1500. i've thought about just replacing the 3 front channels and using the norhs in the rear. when i bought the norhs i had read an article that stated having 5 identical speakers was the best for surround and it made sense at the time.
so, i'm pretty overwhelmed with the options. i've looked at hsu hsb-1 and hsc-1. i've considered the current elt525 special on av123 and doing the skiing ninja upgrade. i'm considering the swan 2.1se and 1.1 center (this is over budget, but looks beautiful). i'm also looking at tweakcityaudio's waf-1 and then doing the skiingninja upgrade. i've just started looking at kits, but don't really know what my money would buy yet in that arena. i've read about aperion's, axioms, rockets, emotiva, elemental designs, fluance and hometheaterdirect.
the room is used for 95% ht, with mostly movies and a few concert discs. the two words i'd say i want to describe my experience are accurate and immersive. basically i'd love to take a step up from what i have, if that's possible for $1500. what do you all think? oh, btw, i'm also completely open to used speakers. i love to get the best bang for my buck.
