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Thread: Budget priced bookshelves |
    
New member Username: Lil_tyrant
Post Number: 1
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 02:33 pm: |
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Im trying to upgrade my front speakers in my room 12x12 bedroom. I dont have the room for floorstanding speakers so bookshelves seem to be the best choice. but i have a very limited budget to work on, seeing as how subways dont pay a whole lot and trying to pay off a first car and insurance. $400 dollars would be the top end of my price range, the speakers would be powered by an onkyo HT-R520 a few speakers you guys would reccomend in that price range would be great. |
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Silver Member Username: Joe_c
Atlanta,
GA
Post Number: 908
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 02:37 pm: |
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PSB alpha bookshelves, Polk rt series are two I might check out. |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1173
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 02:49 pm: |
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Upgrading your front speakers implies you have other speakers which you should timbre-match. |
Silver Member Username: Donaldekelly
Washington,
DC
Usa
Post Number: 361
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 09:34 am: |
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Beelezebub is selling Wilson speakers for $2.99
Sorry, an allusion to the "Ring of the Ling thread - Edster's impressions" which you might want to look at. |
New member Username: Patnshan
Wisconsin
USA
Post Number: 3
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 02:40 pm: |
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I would recommend checking out the BIC America DV-62SI speakers. They go for about $125 a pair and have been nothing but praised by many on the audio and video boards. I plan to get some myself.
Are you doing 5.1? If so, should get the CLRS center that goes with them. So, less than $300 for the whole thing. You won't be sorry.
Pat
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New member Username: Lil_tyrant
Post Number: 2
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 01:01 am: |
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i listen to 95/5 music vs movies and i was kinda planning on just using these for music and keeping my current fronts for movies because they serve me very well for movies and not so well for music. the axiom m22ti's look promising but i want somthing i can listen to before i buy. |
Bronze Member Username: Ziggyzoggyoioi
Outside Philadelphia,
PA
Post Number: 100
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 08:50 am: |
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From an older thread, here are some to get you started in the $300-$400 range. My choice would be the Energy C-3s, but YMMV. Very neutral, excellent bass response for a bookshelf in this price range, and just a great overall speaker.
Now Hear This! (NHT) SB-2 –
51Hz to 22kHz
86db
150 Watts
Now Hear This! (NHT) SB-3 –
39Hz- 22kHz
175 Watts
86db???
Paradigm Titan –
60Hz to 20kHz
86 db
100 Watts
Paradigm Mini Monitor
56Hz to 20kHz
87 db
100 Watts
Ascend Acoustics CBM-170 -
69Hz to 20kHz
89db
200 Watts
Axiom M3ti –
60 to 22kHz
88 db
175 Watts
Axiom M22ti –
60Hz to 22kHz
89db
200 Watts
Energy C-3 –
46Hz to 23kHz
89db
125 Watts
Monitor Audio Bronze B2
42Hz to 22kHz
90dB
100 Watts
*6 Ohms*
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1
50Hz to 24kHz
86db
*6 Ohms* |
New member Username: Lil_tyrant
Post Number: 3
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 10:10 pm: |
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Thank you for all of your advice im going to a larger city either tom. or sat. and ill see if i can find any dealers for above products for listening. |
Silver Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 751
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 12:39 pm: |
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Brad
Here's some more, not sure on prices though:
B&W DM600
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1
Totem Dreamcatcher
Regards,
Frank. |
New member Username: Lil_tyrant
Post Number: 4
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 05:13 pm: |
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well i only found one store that was selling bookshelf speakers of decent quality, i got to listen to polk rti4,rti6, monitor 30 and 40 then the B&W DM600 the B&W sounded the best out of the ones i listened to. |
Silver Member Username: Donaldekelly
Washington,
DC
Usa
Post Number: 363
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 10:51 pm: |
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I have the Axiom M22s and the Ascend 170s - I like them both. I couldn't hear any immediate difference between them and the Paradigm Studio 20s for $800. (The Paradigm 20s are kind of a holy grail of speakers under $1000 in my mind).
Probably the 20s are better but I couldn't hear much difference in my short listen to them on very good equipment, compared to my home budget system connected to the Axioms and the Ascends. |
Silver Member Username: Cheapskate
Post Number: 184
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 09:19 pm: |
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i LOVE my tiny NHT superzeros (discontinued, but cheap on the used market if you can find them i bet) as their tiny acoustic suspension cabinets are extremely free of resonances and they image like crazy.
despite the rave reviews, i don't care much for my [b]mission m71s[/b] which i thought would be a step up. they have flimsy cabinets that make a loud noise with the slightest knuckle rapping and they are too bright. i love their treble speed and extension more than my more polite zeros, but they have too much upper mids-lower treble... very fatiguing, especially with onkyo reciever.
right now, a really hot minimonitor has to be the $330 Epos ELS-3 which streophile rated class C ahead of speakers several times it's price.
still, i lust after $500 pr. Magnepan MMGs even if i'll need to get another amp or reciever that can handle their 4 ohm load.
maggies sound less like speakers than anything in their price range. MMGs have even more treble extension than other maggies that sell for up to $1200pr and probably image better as they're smaller. they'd only really suffer from less bass output.
i'd say
PSB atoms $200
Epos ELS-3 $330
Magnepan MMGs $500 (provided you buy the right amplification eg. NAD) |
