What brand of surround sound speakers should I buy?

Question

I have turned down bose. Any other brands that would do the job of filling an entire room that is fairly large?

Answer 1

I have a full set of Definitive Technology speakers and they're amazing. But remember that a good portion of the sound quality coming from the speaker depends on the amplifier/receiver that is running them. And dont always judge just based on sheer wattage output. For example, Harmon Kardon receivers tend to have less wattage driving the speakers, but the signal processing and clarity is superior to other brands with higher wattage.

If you buy higher end speakers i would recommend making sure you have an appropriate higher end source driving them. I have a Yamaha VX-R2700 personally, and its amazing. I just upgraded from a decent Sony receiver that was 7 years old or so, and the difference was unreal.

Its a decent investment to build a quality home theater, and you want to make sure you have complimentary parts. Do your research before you buy, go to audio stores and listen. Best Buy has Magnolia Home Theater sections in some of their store. They arent the best on price, but they're very easy to go to and listen to an array of brands and levels of quality. They have alot of the mainstream mid to high end brands and items. Places like Myer-Emco or Tweeter, if you have those where you live, have some of the same things, but also have some of the higher end items that you can check out as well.

If you want to spend more than $50,000 or so, there are very top end audiophile quality items, like this pair of speakers for $32k, http://www.silverlineaudio.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=41
or this pre-amp and amp combo from Krell that retails for $80,000 for the pair.
http://www.krellonline.com/html/m_EVO.html

Things like these are available at exclusive boutique type audio stores. Those are usually only in major cities obviously. Checking the makers websites for dealer listings is the easiest way to find one. You could easily spend several hundred thousand if you have the budget!

anyway, Good luck!

Answer 2

Check out Paradigm, they have all differnt types, for all differnt price ranges

Paradigm.com

also Polk, there new line is very good, not so much for there last line,

Kef, great, stuff but you are going to pay for it Oncecall.com carries these

Difintive Tech, like Paradigm, my bro has a pair, really great stuff

I shop for speakers like this, I read anything I can get my hands on, then I go to a high end store and listen, the great thing about high end store is the most high end speaker have mid level speakers, that blow away Sony and such

also if you can find Gallo speakers, not cheap, but for what you are paying for them they are really well priced roundsound.com

good thing for turning down Bose, over price avg stuff

Answer 3

If possible by speakers from the manufacture of your 2 front stereo speakers to keep the sound similar all around the room.

Answer 4

Yep. We use a projector which is some random brand and Yamaha speakers and it still works fine. It's the same for TV's so you should be good! =)

Answer 5

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Answer 6

it does depend on your budget but polk has a really good sound/value group of speakers? it also depends on what you are listening too-movies/music(jazz,classical)? but look at polk

Answer 7

A budget would be helpful.

Answer 8

Go for Sony or JVC, even Philips is better.