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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2010, 07:46:39 PM »
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2010, 08:25:43 PM »
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2010, 11:52:12 AM »
Look at PSB, paradigm, and NHT speakers too
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2010, 10:08:02 PM »
Klipsch makes great bookshelf speakers.  I have a set of KSB 1.1 that I will never part with.  5", last made in 1999, that you can find on eBay for $100-120 shipped.  Perfect for background music.

http://www.audioreview.com/mfr/klipsch/floorstanding-speakers/ksb-1-1/PRD_119975_1594crx.aspx


If I was gonna upgrade, I'd get the Klipsch RB-61.

http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/rb-61-specifications/


 
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2010, 12:45:24 PM »
Just wanted to thank everyone for the recs... I ended up, for now, getting a set of Celestion SL6s at a pretty good used price. 

I am now thinking about abandoning my large (very) Klipsch main speakers and replacing them with something smaller/better, maybe even the higher-end Klipsch reference series speakers.

Also I will check out that In Living Stereo store in NYC, too. 

An unrelated question-- probably like many of you, I have home theater, but I care more about "music" sound than home theater.   In other words, I have pretty entry level Klipsch home theater center channel and surround channels.  If I upgraded to a better set of stereo L/R, I assume there is no issue continuing to run those with the less-impressive center and back Klipsch, right?  I tend not to feel that the information coming from those speakers is nearly as important as the sounds coming from the main L/R drivers.. Thoughts?
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2010, 01:13:37 PM »
the center speaker in a HT is the hardest working channel, so its every bit as important as the L&R mains...but if HT isnt your concern anything should do the trick.

the industry now realizes this and is making some monster center channels, check out the new paradigm center!
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2010, 01:18:29 PM »
The statistic I heard was that 70% of the sound comes from your center....

the center speaker in a HT is the hardest working channel, so its every bit as important as the L&R mains...but if HT isnt your concern anything should do the trick.

the industry now realizes this and is making some monster center channels, check out the new paradigm center!
>>http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/home-theater-speakers/775-mixing-and-matching-the-paradigm-c5-center-channel-speaker-and-two-electrostatics.html
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2010, 01:41:00 PM »
sounds right sparky.   im glad i have the center i have, it centralizes or focuses the sound toward tv, also makes the spoken parts as loud or louder than the surrounding music or effects.   i found a bigger more pleasing effect adding my center than the matching mains honestly.

...until you pop in the zappa halloween 24/96 DTS dvd!  that shit is off the hook good and uses every speaker!   one of the few times i wish my rears were better.
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2010, 01:49:43 PM »
Just looked ... this is what I have:

L/R: http://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Synergy-FloorStanding-Loudspeaker-Single/dp/B0011YXGF0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266259567&sr=1-9

Center: http://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Synergy-SC-1-Channel-Speaker/dp/B000BW3A7C/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266259567&sr=1-16

I have idea what opinions are on this Klipsch series are.  They're obviously consumer-grade, and made in China...  But not especially cheap.  Just trying to think about what options could eventually make sense.

the center speaker in a HT is the hardest working channel, so its every bit as important as the L&R mains...but if HT isnt your concern anything should do the trick.

the industry now realizes this and is making some monster center channels, check out the new paradigm center!
>>http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/home-theater-speakers/775-mixing-and-matching-the-paradigm-c5-center-channel-speaker-and-two-electrostatics.html
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #24 on: February 15, 2010, 02:40:26 PM »
 know nothing of that brand other than i once heard a theater-in-a-box from them which sucked lemons. 

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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #25 on: February 15, 2010, 02:56:33 PM »
  one of the few times i wish my rears were better.

I love my matched speakers....all five of 'em :-) 

My system sounds great, but I keep trying to talk myself out of upgrading my sub...then my amp...then my processor....WHERE DOES IT END?????

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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #26 on: February 15, 2010, 03:09:46 PM »
what speakers are they? 

i have timbre matched Paradigm Monitor 9v3 mains to a CC-370 center to comprise the front, but all i have is 2 crappy blose 201's for rears.  i need to look into a match for the rears.    unfortunately all my upgradeitis is down stairs in my music room, my theatre gets ignored when im shopping.   once i get the 2 channel rig where im happy ill look for a set of Paradigm Atoms for the back, or even a set of the old titans would work ok. 

..but my guess is it never ends, as soon as you think your done the gear you bought first is outdated, START OVER! :P

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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #27 on: February 15, 2010, 03:41:06 PM »
what speakers are they? 

Two pairs of B&W 602 S3's and the matching LCR 600 center.  I've also got the lowest-end Velodyne 12"...I got it at cost for like $150 or $200, which does a nice job of filling in the low end.  It doesn't knock the pictures off the walls, like my upgrade will, but it does sound nice.

hi my name is jim and i am a gearaholic.  do they make drugs for this disease?

They do.  I'm on a steady dose of 722 and it has stabilized my gear-o-holism.  I still get urges, but I can keep them in check.
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #28 on: February 15, 2010, 04:04:13 PM »
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Re: Good set of "second" speakers for apartment, $500 range?
« Reply #29 on: February 15, 2010, 04:13:29 PM »
I listened to some high end horn speakers several years ago - they were in the $70K range - and jazz....saxes, trumpets....sounded live, like they were playing 5 feet from where I was sitting.  I popped in a NIN dat soundboard and the detail they provided, I could practically hear the space between the samples.  Hands down the most harsh electronic sounding recording I've ever heard.  It wasn't the recording though, it was the incredible detail the speakers had.  What kind of speakers are those?

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