Deadhead needs help

[Tomr]

I only have about $600 dollars to spend on a new speaker system for my living room. My old speakers were some large 3 ways from jvc and a company called speaker kits (from N.Y.). Both sets had 12" woofers and were bought in the mid 70's. The speaker kits speakers I had refoamed once. I don't have a sub but for a center channel I currently have a Yamaha ns-c143, which I like the sound of.I have shopped online and for the money I'm talking it looks as though I can get a pair of Polk audio R50's and two pair of R20's with a JBL e250p sub, or the Fluance SX-Htb system an extra pair of surrounds(Fluance SX-SS), and the Jbl e250p sub. With the polks I would have to keep my Yamaha center. Which would give me a closer sound to the speakers I'm used to and move me to 7.1. My current speakers have had it and are ready for the trash. I use the speakers mainly for listening to Dead shows downloaded from the internet and burned to cd's and for watching movies.Does anyone have any Ideas or can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Worf101]

If I were you, I'd probably save a little more money and look into getting better speakers. The brands and models you mentioned will NOT be that much better than what you've go, at least sonically. Fluance is crap, avoid it. JBL is really not much better. There are numerous companys both B&M and internet that can give you decent speakers within a reasonable budget. Polks are okay. With your budget you might try HomeTheatreDirect.com. See what they have to say.

Da Worfster

[Tomr]

You say the fluance stuff is crap. If you look on the review pages, how come they get on the first page for # of reviews and by rating???

[Worf101]

You say the fluance stuff is crap. If you look on the review pages, how come they get on the first page for # of reviews and by rating???

Perhaps I'm being harsh but a lot of those posts are either by company shills or people trying to justify their purchase by giving it glowing reviews. First of all, Fluance took their name from "Nuance" a far superior Canadian brand that is now gone I believe. They were/are always a cheap knockoff of the superior item. They flooded Ebay with their crap for years then were supplanted by junk from Theatre Research. Sigh, every month or some some noob comes in asking about the products from either company and then get pissed off because they don't like what they hear.

Da Worfster

[Lord_Magnepan]

How can anyone expect something good for 600 bucks for 7 freaking speakers ?!?!
Save people, save money and start of small.

And if you have patience then someday you will have a cool system. Heck i had 4 Alarm clocks tuned to the same station when i started. Now i am 21 and own 2 High End systems. Just save your money and work your bumm off

[Jimmy C]

How can anyone expect something good for 600 bucks for 7 freaking speakers ?!?!
Save people, save money and start of small.

And if you have patience then someday you will have a cool system. Heck i had 4 Alarm clocks tuned to the same station when i started. Now i am 21 and own 2 High End systems. Just save your money and work your bumm off

...and the 100 watt, 10 in. sub. This wouldn't be "bad", in any sense of the word.

I actually prefer the BR1s to the $1100 Totem Arros in SOME areas.

[bargainseeker]

Given your $600 budget and your desire for a 7.1 setup, I would recommend that you get three pair of Onix Rocket ELT LRS Satellites for $129 per pair from AV123 and that you use them for main, surround and rear speakers while using your existing center speaker for now. Later, I would suggest buying an Onix Rocket ELT Cse center channel speaker from AV123. Alternatively, you could skip the third pair of ELT LRS speakers for now and get an ELT Cse center speaker right away. Reviews of the Rocket ELT LRS speakers are here and here.

For a subwoofer to complete this system, I would recommend the Dayton 10" subwoofer available for $124.88 from Parts Express.

Total outlay: 3 X $129 = $387 + $124.88 = $511.88 + shipping

[Jimmy C]

I only have about $600 dollars to spend on a new speaker system for my living room. My old speakers were some large 3 ways from jvc and a company called speaker kits (from N.Y.). Both sets had 12" woofers and were bought in the mid 70's. The speaker kits speakers I had refoamed once. I don't have a sub but for a center channel I currently have a Yamaha ns-c143, which I like the sound of.I have shopped online and for the money I'm talking it looks as though I can get a pair of Polk audio R50's and two pair of R20's with a JBL e250p sub, or the Fluance SX-Htb system an extra pair of surrounds(Fluance SX-SS), and the Jbl e250p sub. With the polks I would have to keep my Yamaha center. Which would give me a closer sound to the speakers I'm used to and move me to 7.1. My current speakers have had it and are ready for the trash. I use the speakers mainly for listening to Dead shows downloaded from the internet and burned to cd's and for watching movies.Does anyone have any Ideas or can anyone point me in the right direction?

...myself a tried and true "Deadhead", but I definitely enjoy much of their music. I recently bought the DVD "View from the Vault, Volume IV" (Oakland/Anaheim, ca. 1987)... I was suprised at the picture quality, not to mention the audio. Good stuff! Gee... I wonder if I could find the cute blondes from the audience - wait a minute... they're almost 20 years older now... dang :*) Plus, my wife MIGHT complain... hehe.

Then again, maybe not... she has been falling asleep in the livingroom lately...lol.

Man... I am one bag of fun, eh?

Semi-Deadhead,

Jim