Stereo Speakers

[KvHagedorn]

Beat me to it, Jammrock!

Actually, if I had $500 to spend, I would get a pair of Phase Technology Teatro 4.5s for $260 and the 6.5 center channel for $225. There you have the three most important speakers right away. Save for awhile and then get the 11.5s (each with a built in powered 10" subwoofer) for the fronts and move the 4.5s to the back. This is an awesome system for the money, and has pleased many clients of mine. The 4.5s will do great as main speakers; in fact, when the rep brought them in and I heard them for the first time, I was truly blown away when he said they were only $260 for a pair.. and I don't get blown away easily.

Never mix and match speaker brands (or even series within brands) if you can help it. If you have some junky old speakers you want to try for surrounds for the time being go ahead, but as Greebe said, it will ruin the real home theater experience for you. You wouldn't buy one brand for the left and one brand for the right speaker now, would you? Same thing.

[GT98]

Jammrock,

Thanks for the Heads up on the Phase Tech Speakers. I found a website and I could do a whole set up with system KvHagedorn suggested for about $1100 bucks....hmmmm more money Maybe we tax season rolls around I'll look at going this route

Scott

[Jammrock]

KvHagedorn,

Good idea! Never thought of it that way. Phase Tech give the best bang for the buck in mid-range home theater, IMO. They're not the best, but their damn good. The only ones I have listened to are the 7.5's and the 6.5's, so those are the only ones I wanted to recommend.

While we're on the subject, what's a good home theater A/V reciever to pair with Phase Tech's (or whatever). I've always been partial to Denon, and the AVR-3802 seems like a pretty damn good deal for the dollar. Any other thoughts?

Jammrock (wishes he could afford a Rotel seperates system, paired with a nice set of Martin Logan speakers)