Hi all, I'm extremely new to hifi systems, until the start of the year all I owned was a set of cambridge microworks pc speakers... no hifi to speak of so bear with me please 
I just spotted in a local private forum someone selling a set of A-20's and a C-20 Center along with their respective amplifiers. He's asking $1400 Aussie dolllars, which is about $900usd, but keep in mind we pay double usually when buying speakers or receivers from what I've seen
I was wondering some opinions on the value for money and quality of these speakers, and I guess too their reliability, since I'll be pretty screwed if the amp ever carks it. I'll be using them with a Luxman LR2500RS receiver, which has pre-outs (I think these are what I need ?).
Will using active speakers mean volume control becomes even more of a pain? Or should I be able to set them to a certain level and then control everything from the receivers volume control without any issues?
The final thing is these are going to be used in a very small room, and probably placed only 30-40cm or less away from both a tv and a 21" computer monitor, would they be adequately shielded?
The specs on these speakers sound amazing, but I'm just wondering if the cost + extra space and effort involved with them being active with their own amps justifies things... please any opinions would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
Jonathan
I just spotted in a local private forum someone selling a set of A-20's and a C-20 Center along with their respective amplifiers. He's asking $1400 Aussie dolllars, which is about $900usd, but keep in mind we pay double usually when buying speakers or receivers from what I've seen
I was wondering some opinions on the value for money and quality of these speakers, and I guess too their reliability, since I'll be pretty screwed if the amp ever carks it. I'll be using them with a Luxman LR2500RS receiver, which has pre-outs (I think these are what I need ?).
Will using active speakers mean volume control becomes even more of a pain? Or should I be able to set them to a certain level and then control everything from the receivers volume control without any issues?
The final thing is these are going to be used in a very small room, and probably placed only 30-40cm or less away from both a tv and a 21" computer monitor, would they be adequately shielded?
The specs on these speakers sound amazing, but I'm just wondering if the cost + extra space and effort involved with them being active with their own amps justifies things... please any opinions would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
Jonathan