SoCalSkins Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 I went with the Onkyo TX-SR705. Now, I need to decide whether or not to upgrade my speakers(subwoofer, center-channel and floorstanding). Does anyone have any ideas for great speakers? I'm looking at JBL's. Are they good? JBL makes great stuff for commercial applications. Stadiums, amusement parks etc. Their home line is not very good. Klipsch makes great speakers. An entry level Velodyne sub is probably better than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorresA Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 I went with the Onkyo TX-SR705. Now, I need to decide whether or not to upgrade my speakers(subwoofer, center-channel and floorstanding). Does anyone have any ideas for great speakers? I'm looking at JBL's. Are they good? You have a price range? I got some Acoustech which are basically Klipsh clones. Readng reviews most people said they were good speakers, specifically they said had best sub in it's price range. http://www.bicamerica.com/showpage.php?brand=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 You have a price range? I'm thinking of no more than $200 per speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 You have a price range? I got some Acoustech which are basically Klipsh clones. Readng reviews most people said they were good speakers, specifically they said had best sub in it's price range.http://www.bicamerica.com/showpage.php?brand=1 The BIC H-100 is the king of budget subs... you can get it ~ $250. I've got one in my apartment and I don't even set it past "2"... As far as speakers go. Many audiophilie recommend that instead of going forward with a cheap 5.1 setup, you start out with a 2.1 set-up and then gradually add a good set of speaker. If you wanted to go the 5.1 set-up Fluance seems to be popular... they sell a set of 5 speakers for ~ $200 plus shipping. You should Google search some forums (limit the search to hometheaterforum or avsforum) with keywords like "cheap" "budget" "spekaers" "$200"... 'cause there are a lot of options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 The Onkyo 705 says it outputs 100 Watts per channel. So, am I wasting money by purchasing speakers that can handle more? For instance, the floorstanding speakers I am looking at can handle a maximum of 320 Watts. Shoould I simply look for speakers with a 100-150 Watt maximum? I get so confused about this stuff. Same thing with the center-channel and the sub . . . should I only be looking in the 100-150 Watt range because my receiver outputs a maximum of 100 Watts per channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted May 4, 2008 Author Share Posted May 4, 2008 Does anyone have an answer to my last post? I am a novice when it comes to this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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