Hello,
I've been thinking lately, whether I should get 2 speakers or 5 or 6.
I have a surround receiver, but the thing is, I don't have many surround sources.
I listen to about 60% music, 20% TV, 10% movies, and 10% games.
Of those 4 categories, only the last 2 actually have multichannel audio, although I would consider using Pro Logic IIx on the TV if it works any good.
I was going to buy 2 Floorstanding speakers for around 1000 bucks, but I realized that I can get 5 or 6 bookshelf speakers for the same price. (I'm not talking about BOSE cubes here or anything, I do mean real speakers, just smaller ones).
What do you think, would my loss of stereo performance be made up for by extra performance in the surround area? Would I only be getting improvement with my movies, or would PLIIx also "improve" the TV sound? (by improve I don't mean make it have better quality or something, I understand you can't get something from nothing, but I just mean would it sound better / more immersive?)
One thing also to bear in mind is that my stereo listening is 9/10 of the time non-critical listening, whereas with movies/TV I pay attention to the sound a fair amount.
I know this is a matter of opinion, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and I won't get a definitive answer here.
However I'd like to ask that although you post your own opinion, you are as fair as to answer which you think is best for my purposes, and not for your own.
Thanks
I've been thinking lately, whether I should get 2 speakers or 5 or 6.
I have a surround receiver, but the thing is, I don't have many surround sources.
I listen to about 60% music, 20% TV, 10% movies, and 10% games.
Of those 4 categories, only the last 2 actually have multichannel audio, although I would consider using Pro Logic IIx on the TV if it works any good.
I was going to buy 2 Floorstanding speakers for around 1000 bucks, but I realized that I can get 5 or 6 bookshelf speakers for the same price. (I'm not talking about BOSE cubes here or anything, I do mean real speakers, just smaller ones).
What do you think, would my loss of stereo performance be made up for by extra performance in the surround area? Would I only be getting improvement with my movies, or would PLIIx also "improve" the TV sound? (by improve I don't mean make it have better quality or something, I understand you can't get something from nothing, but I just mean would it sound better / more immersive?)
One thing also to bear in mind is that my stereo listening is 9/10 of the time non-critical listening, whereas with movies/TV I pay attention to the sound a fair amount.
I know this is a matter of opinion, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and I won't get a definitive answer here.
However I'd like to ask that although you post your own opinion, you are as fair as to answer which you think is best for my purposes, and not for your own.
Thanks