Hi guys,
After 7 years of apartment living with paper-thin walls, I'm moving into a house so clearly I need to upgrade my HT. I'm currently running Klipsch 5.1 ProMedia 5.1 with a crappy Sony sub. I have a decent Denon receiver so I'm not really worried about that. The HT will be in a smallish living room (maybe 10x20x8?) but I might eventually move it to the much larger basement, though not for a while. It will be used primarily for movies and TV though I do occasionally like to rock out to music. I won't always blast it, but I'd like the ability to blow my hair back if the situation calls for it
My budget is around $1500, but less is certainly not unwelcome. I'm fairly sold on the SVS PB-1000 which can be had for about $449, which puts me at about a grand for the 5.0. I was leaning toward the Klipsch 5.1 Reference II series (RF-52, RC-52, RS-42), but a Polk TSi400 set (TSi400, TSi100 Bookshelf, CS10 Center) has caught my eye for roughly $300 less. Unfortunately, I'm not in an area where I can readily test out these speakers so I'll need to rely on you fine people's opinions.
Are the Klipsch speakers straight-up better than the Polks, and if so, are they $300 better? I realize some people highly dislike the Klipsch horn, so given that I can't really audition them myself, are the Polks a safer bet? I wouldn't consider myself an audiophile per se; so I kind of doubt they will offend me. I just want something that can rock the house and make me feel action/sci-fi movies in my bones.
I'm also open to other suggestions within the aforementioned budget.
Thanks!
After 7 years of apartment living with paper-thin walls, I'm moving into a house so clearly I need to upgrade my HT. I'm currently running Klipsch 5.1 ProMedia 5.1 with a crappy Sony sub. I have a decent Denon receiver so I'm not really worried about that. The HT will be in a smallish living room (maybe 10x20x8?) but I might eventually move it to the much larger basement, though not for a while. It will be used primarily for movies and TV though I do occasionally like to rock out to music. I won't always blast it, but I'd like the ability to blow my hair back if the situation calls for it
My budget is around $1500, but less is certainly not unwelcome. I'm fairly sold on the SVS PB-1000 which can be had for about $449, which puts me at about a grand for the 5.0. I was leaning toward the Klipsch 5.1 Reference II series (RF-52, RC-52, RS-42), but a Polk TSi400 set (TSi400, TSi100 Bookshelf, CS10 Center) has caught my eye for roughly $300 less. Unfortunately, I'm not in an area where I can readily test out these speakers so I'll need to rely on you fine people's opinions.
Are the Klipsch speakers straight-up better than the Polks, and if so, are they $300 better? I realize some people highly dislike the Klipsch horn, so given that I can't really audition them myself, are the Polks a safer bet? I wouldn't consider myself an audiophile per se; so I kind of doubt they will offend me. I just want something that can rock the house and make me feel action/sci-fi movies in my bones.
I'm also open to other suggestions within the aforementioned budget.
Thanks!