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Thread: Klipsch B-3 vs. S-3 |
    
New member Username: Want300
Columbia,
MO
USA
Post Number: 1
Registered: Sep-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 11:31 am: |
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I have a Denon receiver with my Klipsch speakers and I thought about moving my B-3's(which I use as rear speakers) into another room.
I work at Circuit City so the S-3's end up being the same price as the B-3's. So I am wondering if I should use the S-3's or if I should just buy another set of B-3's...
No one in my Home Theater department has enough depth to actually answer my question.
I have F-3's up front with a C-3 for the center and the Sub-10 and Sub-12.
Also I have toyed with the idea of selling my Klipsch speakers and looking at higher end Polk. The RTi A7 for the fronts with matching rears, center, and sub.
Any input? |
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Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 1376
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 08:30 pm: |
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Is this just for HT, or do you listen to music on this system as well? |
New member Username: Want300
Columbia,
MO
USA
Post Number: 2
Registered: Sep-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 09:54 pm: |
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Yes, I use it for both |
Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 1377
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 09:56 pm: |
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Klipsch is great for HT, not so much for music listening. In my opinion.
You probably won't find too many Polk fans in these parts. |
New member Username: Want300
Columbia,
MO
USA
Post Number: 3
Registered: Sep-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 10:00 pm: |
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I get great deals on Polk, Klipsch, Boston, and alright on Bose... but I think they are very overrated. |
Gold Member Username: Gavdawg
Albany,
New York
Post Number: 1191
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, September 05, 2008 - 02:59 pm: |
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polish a turd...it is still a turd. do not buy a speaker simply because the price is good, but because you really like it |
New member Username: Want300
Columbia,
MO
USA
Post Number: 4
Registered: Sep-08
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| Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 02:45 pm: |
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I like the speakers just fine, I just wanted to know if the S-3's would work better that the B-3's... I didn't know if the different type of speaker would be more suited for the situation. |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 10770
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 05:41 pm: |
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You have to be the judge of that, Tom.
Budget speakers are sometimes a winner, somrtimes not.
A lot of press goes to budget speakers that are indeed a one trick pony, others can please most people most of the time, 19 times out of 20, within 3%.
YMMV
Ya gotta try it out, man. |
Gold Member Username: Gavdawg
Albany,
New York
Post Number: 1193
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 09:56 pm: |
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are you intending this more for ht or music? what do you have for space on your walls around where you would mount the speakers? do you want a more direct or diffuse sound? these are all questions that need to be answered. |
New member Username: Want300
Columbia,
MO
USA
Post Number: 5
Registered: Sep-08
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| Posted on Monday, September 08, 2008 - 01:46 am: |
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These speakers would be used as my rear speakers, I have F-3's up front, with a C-3.
They aren't cheap in my mind, I am a college student so it's a pretty good set up for the crap amount of money i make right now. I get accommodations on Klipsch, and I like them. I had B-3's has my rear's before.
I am moving them to a different room for my 2nd room speakers and buying either another set to replace them or get the S-3's. I can do pretty much anything with them, mount them, or put them on the end tables of my couch like i had the B-3's.
I hook them up using a Denon AVR-988, and the rear speakers won't ever be going for music. |
Gold Member Username: Gavdawg
Albany,
New York
Post Number: 1194
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Monday, September 08, 2008 - 04:35 pm: |
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than I would go with the b-3 instead. it is a direct radiating deaign, important if you aren't going to place the speakers up on (or near) reverberant walls |
