dudeman
02-06-2004, 03:13 PM
I have a Panasonic SCH9000 HTIB (and to those who are cringing, please forgive me for having a HTIB, but the wife loves the simplicity it offers and its low price -- My good stuff is now in the garage with my 400 or so lp's). Below is a link to a description of the system.
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-5xEGq0edrhj/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=14&g=135050&I=133SCHT900&o=m&a=0&cc=01&avf=N
I've had it for about a week now and like it pretty well for its purposes (multiformat dvd/cd changer with 5.1 surround). However, we are looking to upgrade the a/v furniture and it looks like we will have tall book shelves on either side of our tv stand.
The Panasonic has "tall boy" speakers that, even without the additional stand extensioner are 21", or about 7" too tall for the book shelves we will likely buy. Given that I am trying to keep the room looking nice and keeping the a/v system as low key as possible, I am considering either (1) buying new front bookshelf speakers, (2) returning the HTIB to get one similarly priced with bookshelf speakers for around $100 from Best Buy or (3) using some old heavy-duty, but pretty small (approx. 3.5x6 inch cabinet) speakers "Realistic" brand speakers from Radio Shack circa 1988 that actually sound pretty.
Keep in mind this is a real budget oriented issue. The Panasonic ran $450 minus a $100 gift card from Best Buy.
Here are my questions:
1. What bookshelf speakers can I replace the front speakers with? The Panasonic manual says don't use other speakers with the system, as the sound quality could deterioriate and it could damage the system. I suppose this is true if you hook up some monster speakers, but obviously some type of bookshelfspeaker should work fine. The "tallboys" are rated at 6 ohms and have 90Hz-22kHz range at -10db. They have a tiny 2.5" woofer and a piezo tweeter. Obviously the system relies heavily on the subwoofer and, although to be fair, it is not broken in, it lacks the warmth and midrange I am used to with my old Luxman amp and Boston Acoustics speakers that now are now in the garage).
Most speakers are rated at 8 ohms, whereas the current ones are 6 ohms. Will this change cause a problem, or horribly mismatch the front and surround speakers? The system does allow a power adjustment for each individual speaker.
2. If I do return this system is there anything close to this quality with these features for $350? Please don't tell me to spend more money. I can't, period. What about the Pioneer 530dv?
Sorry for the long post, but I figure the more info folks have the better chance I might have of getting some real help. Thanks.
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-5xEGq0edrhj/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=14&g=135050&I=133SCHT900&o=m&a=0&cc=01&avf=N
I've had it for about a week now and like it pretty well for its purposes (multiformat dvd/cd changer with 5.1 surround). However, we are looking to upgrade the a/v furniture and it looks like we will have tall book shelves on either side of our tv stand.
The Panasonic has "tall boy" speakers that, even without the additional stand extensioner are 21", or about 7" too tall for the book shelves we will likely buy. Given that I am trying to keep the room looking nice and keeping the a/v system as low key as possible, I am considering either (1) buying new front bookshelf speakers, (2) returning the HTIB to get one similarly priced with bookshelf speakers for around $100 from Best Buy or (3) using some old heavy-duty, but pretty small (approx. 3.5x6 inch cabinet) speakers "Realistic" brand speakers from Radio Shack circa 1988 that actually sound pretty.
Keep in mind this is a real budget oriented issue. The Panasonic ran $450 minus a $100 gift card from Best Buy.
Here are my questions:
1. What bookshelf speakers can I replace the front speakers with? The Panasonic manual says don't use other speakers with the system, as the sound quality could deterioriate and it could damage the system. I suppose this is true if you hook up some monster speakers, but obviously some type of bookshelfspeaker should work fine. The "tallboys" are rated at 6 ohms and have 90Hz-22kHz range at -10db. They have a tiny 2.5" woofer and a piezo tweeter. Obviously the system relies heavily on the subwoofer and, although to be fair, it is not broken in, it lacks the warmth and midrange I am used to with my old Luxman amp and Boston Acoustics speakers that now are now in the garage).
Most speakers are rated at 8 ohms, whereas the current ones are 6 ohms. Will this change cause a problem, or horribly mismatch the front and surround speakers? The system does allow a power adjustment for each individual speaker.
2. If I do return this system is there anything close to this quality with these features for $350? Please don't tell me to spend more money. I can't, period. What about the Pioneer 530dv?
Sorry for the long post, but I figure the more info folks have the better chance I might have of getting some real help. Thanks.