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Thread: Insignia Bookshelf at Best Buy or ????? / 2.1 music setup |
    
Gold Member Username: Suleman36
Post Number: 4222
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 09:19 pm: |
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These 6 1/2 insignias can be had at my local bestbuy for $63 plus tax.
I have read good stuff about them for the price.
How do they compare to the Athena Bookshelf speakers or these Radiants which look the same :
http://www.radiient.com/s.nl/it.A/id.5/.f?sc=2&category=32
Ive decided to get a HSU-STF-2 or VTF-2 MK2 or 3 for my SUB.
Just deciding on the bookshelves now... |
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Silver Member Username: Gavdawg
Post Number: 278
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 10:13 pm: |
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Radiient makes the insignia speakers. |
Silver Member Username: Serniter
Piscataway,
New Jersey
USA
Post Number: 119
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 09:53 pm: |
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A friend has the Insignias and they're good for the money. I like the tweeter a lot. Mid range is acceptable. Bass extension is not much, but not boomy either. They image well. The only other speaker that sounded good at circuit city was a Klipsch bookshelf that costed way more. The Insignias are not magnetically shielded though and they are large. Worth trying at home. |
Gold Member Username: Suleman36
Post Number: 4228
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 11:11 pm: |
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I went ahead and picked up the insignias at bestbuy for $63 plus tax.
They definetly do look nice and sound excellant for the money spent. This was definetly the best $63 dollars i have spent in a long time.
The bass is lacking sort of with the HK-3480 that i have. It sounds more punchy with the vmax feature but really ruins the overall ambiance and sound. Sounds like a echo and to airy. Without vmax it just lacks the punch to the bass.
I will play with it some more. |
Silver Member Username: Stefanom
Vienna,
VA
United States
Post Number: 371
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 07:52 am: |
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A subwoofer should deal with the bass in any event. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5893
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 08:15 am: |
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I wouldn't want too low a sub with those speaks, meself.
I bet they would be good with a REL sub like Art has, or a smaller 8" sealed unit.
Maybe the ML dynamo, discussed recently.
I would not suggest the Velo dps12. It's slow. |
Silver Member Username: Quinn
Post Number: 143
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 08:34 am: |
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"Radiient makes the insignia speakers."
Actually Radiient is only another distributor/dealer of those speakers. Those speakers are sold under another name in Europe by someone else. |
Silver Member Username: Stefanom
Vienna,
VA
United States
Post Number: 376
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 08:51 am: |
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Insignias and REL, I'd like to see that one. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5894
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 09:31 am: |
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Just kinda begs for Miles Davis, no? |
Gold Member Username: Suleman36
Post Number: 4230
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:17 am: |
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These speakers sound best with really good recordings. They sound horrible for hip hop and ok for dance.
It will bring out all the flaws in bad recordings which will sound horrible. I loved the tweeters on this unit. Very nice and natural but not good with poorly recorded music such as some hiphop which is begging for a subwoofer...
I will probably return them tonight after work and opt for somthing a bit more punchy and forgiving with all recordings.
Perhaps find me a good floorstander with 10" or 12" woofers. Perhaps a 3 way floorstander kind of like the 1980's cabinets with a port on the back. Those were very efficiant and sounded good with alot of material.
Ill need to find somthing like my old sony towers which sounded to sweet to be true with nice balance of punch and balance of bass and highs that were smooth and even offered a cool 7 band eQ on the reciever. Of course this was back when sony made good products. Everything still works just like new except for the woofers are damaged.
Perhaps i could replace woofer with somthing that whould compliment the cabinet ? |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5899
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:20 am: |
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Another Polk RTi customer.
The 10. |
Silver Member Username: Serniter
Piscataway,
New Jersey
USA
Post Number: 120
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:34 am: |
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Cerwin Vega? |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5900
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:41 am: |
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The CV 12 classic? |
Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 4088
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:44 am: |
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REL Makes a very good budget sub in the T3 at $598 retail. Can be had for less. Use the Neutrik connection for music and both speaker level and .1 LFE simultaneously for movies. Very good for the money. The ML Dynamo is also a very good sub for the bucks but unless you can get one used for say $350-$400 the REL is where I would look first. |
Silver Member Username: Serniter
Piscataway,
New Jersey
USA
Post Number: 121
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:46 am: |
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Nuck, thats the one I had in mind.. |
Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 4089
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:46 am: |
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The Hsu should do fine BTW. Just throwing in 2 cents on the REL discussion. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5902
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:50 am: |
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The 12 classic will dig to 34Hz or so.
It is a classic 3 way.
Pound the piss out of them. |
Gold Member Username: Suleman36
Post Number: 4231
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 01:32 pm: |
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Thanks guys.
Never heard the Polk RTI 10
Never have heard the Cerwin Vega classic 12 3 way
or the Cerwin Vega E series 12 3 way.
Which one out of these you guys suggest. No need for a sub in this case which works out great.
Also where is the best place to order this at a good price. |
Gold Member Username: Suleman36
Post Number: 4233
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 02:12 pm: |
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So far i have found these here but they are on backorder and im not sure if they will get anymore since these are the older model from 2005.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001H6DKI/ref=pd_sl_aw_alx-jeb-9- 1_ce_7895716_3?tag2=amd-google-20 |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5911
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 03:14 pm: |
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Those are the ones.
Absolutely Brutal with Paul Simon.
Paul Stanley, however... |
Gold Member Username: Suleman36
Post Number: 4234
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 04:45 pm: |
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Yeah im going to order these next. How whould they match up to my HK-3480 reciever ? |
Silver Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
USA
Post Number: 876
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 05:23 pm: |
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This thread looks familiar
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/1/287188.html#POST923772 |
Silver Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
USA
Post Number: 877
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 05:36 pm: |
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The Cerwin-Vegas will do the trick.
I think the Polk R150 are another good choice for about the same $$$ as the Insignias.
For under $100, I'd would go with a pair of these Acoustic Reasearch ARXP62 http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4029539
Review: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=773485 |
