I've got the home theater bug now, and it all started with the ps3 earlier this year.
I'm looking for three speakers to audition- two front bookshelves, and a center - "LCR" or "LR and Center" - both ways are ok.
All three speakers should add up to around 1500-1600 max.
I'll add surrounds and then rears eventually but I don't have the budget or the room yet.
My apt is a 16 by 12 studio that opens left side into a loooong narrow kitchen. Hard wood floors. I've attached an mspaint of my room layout. Don't laugh!
Here is the other gear:
AVR: pioneer vsx94
SUB: SVS 16-46 PCi
So far I've got orders in for the following to audition in home:
Axiom 2x M3 + VP150 = 740.00
Aperion 2x 6B + 6C = 1,280.00
Outlaw 3x LCR = 1,647.00 + 114.11 shipping
The outlaws are expensive and have two 5.24" instead of one 6.5"... I'm worried I might be comparing apples to oranges on that one. I guess they represent the absolute budget busting upper range.
First:
Are there other Internet Direct vendors that allow in-home audition?
-SVS MBS-01 is not shipping until late in the summer
-av123 is also not shipping the rocket bookshelves right now
-HSU speakers, ascend CBM-170 SE, elemental design?
Let me know if I'm missing something important in this price range!
Second:
I will hang comforters over the front wall window, and over the back wall. Any other ideas to help improve the acoustics of the room?
Thanks for any input!
Threads I'm reading on auditions:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=798583
http://av123forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18263 - I'm going to have to try the ascend CBM-170 SE after reading this thread!

I'm looking for three speakers to audition- two front bookshelves, and a center - "LCR" or "LR and Center" - both ways are ok.
All three speakers should add up to around 1500-1600 max.
I'll add surrounds and then rears eventually but I don't have the budget or the room yet.
My apt is a 16 by 12 studio that opens left side into a loooong narrow kitchen. Hard wood floors. I've attached an mspaint of my room layout. Don't laugh!

Here is the other gear:
AVR: pioneer vsx94
SUB: SVS 16-46 PCi
So far I've got orders in for the following to audition in home:
Axiom 2x M3 + VP150 = 740.00
Aperion 2x 6B + 6C = 1,280.00
Outlaw 3x LCR = 1,647.00 + 114.11 shipping
The outlaws are expensive and have two 5.24" instead of one 6.5"... I'm worried I might be comparing apples to oranges on that one. I guess they represent the absolute budget busting upper range.
First:
Are there other Internet Direct vendors that allow in-home audition?
-SVS MBS-01 is not shipping until late in the summer
-av123 is also not shipping the rocket bookshelves right now
-HSU speakers, ascend CBM-170 SE, elemental design?
Let me know if I'm missing something important in this price range!
Second:
I will hang comforters over the front wall window, and over the back wall. Any other ideas to help improve the acoustics of the room?
Thanks for any input!
Threads I'm reading on auditions:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=798583
http://av123forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18263 - I'm going to have to try the ascend CBM-170 SE after reading this thread!
