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Thread: Questions about some old Pioneer and Cerwin Vega speakers |
    
Bronze Member Username: Mrmizmo
Post Number: 11
Registered: Mar-09
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 02:48 am: |
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Hi I was hoping one of you speaker experts might be able to give me some advice. I currently have a klipsch synergy home theater system, and it doesn't really do too much. I happened to find some of my dads "old" speakers in storage, a set of cerwin vega A123's and a set of Pioneer cs-99a's. I hooked them up to a receiver and they sounded amazing. I know that my ears are used to weak synergy speakers so amazing is probably not what most would say but I'm still a newbe in the home audio world.
So I was wondering if these would sound good in a home theater setting or if they are meant for more of a 2 channel setting?
If you think they might work out better than the klipsch would you suggest the pioneers as fronts and cerwin vega as surrounds or vice versa, or perhaps just stick to what I have?
Thanks |
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Platinum Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 10642
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 03:02 am: |
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Try them for the HT application and then tell us! |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Canada
Post Number: 2223
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 11:25 am: |
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The problem will be finding a center to match one pair of these beasts. Try both pairs, decide on the one you prefer and use those as front speakers. Then try to find another used pair and use use of them as the center.
Here's what the Pioneer looks like:
http://www.vintage-audio.com.ua/en/cat/82/2442.html
5 way!? Must have a complicated crossover... |
Bronze Member Username: Mrmizmo
Post Number: 12
Registered: Mar-09
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 02:32 pm: |
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Good point about finding a center speaker, didn't think that one through. Would you suggest an exact same speaker or could I go with maybe a pioneer cs-c400 center speaker or something in a cs model? |
Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 2955
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 07:38 pm: |
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What don't you like about the Klipsch Synergys? I owned them before and they were just fine for HT. |
Bronze Member Username: Mrmizmo
Post Number: 13
Registered: Mar-09
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 10:49 pm: |
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When I said my synergy doesn't do much I should have been clearer that I have sf-1 for the fronts but the rest of my system is a mix of bose and jbl's. I'm not very home theater savy and I would guess it's not the best setup. Also my friends and family have insane systems so it makes mine feel even smaller. Thats what I was trying to say. I also understand that adding CV and Pioneers won't solve the mismatch I already have going on but I'm just trying to find something new until I have the funds to upgrade, but I'm reading and learning while I'm on this site and picking up on things. Thanks |
Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 2978
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 07:46 pm: |
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I don't think you can buy a matching center for the Synergy series anymore (at least here in Canada), unless you buy used.
I think moving to the old CV or Pioneers would be a step backwards, but I could be wrong, since I'm not very familiar with vintage stuff.
Only one way to find out. |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 13335
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 07:59 pm: |
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Play that funky music, white boy. |
