had Harman/Kardon Cd player HD970 and AMP HK970 . Please recommend me some good loudspeakers 2 channel .?

Answer 1

With a little more info I could recommend a band and or model.

But I can tell you what not to buy.

Be cautious of two way speakers... (you know the ones with a single tweeter and a mid range woofer).

You will get better sound from a speaker with a three way crossover in it. The idea is to send the highs to a Tweeter... The mids the their respected woofer (actually it's a squawker) and the lows to a woofer.

Some speaker company's build sophisticated crossovers with four way, five way and more.

Some sound great... others fall short.

Looking at what you have... I'd look at Infinity BETA 40.
You can buy these speakers for under $400.00 each. (well under if you shop around. They are floor standing with three way cross overs and you can Bi amp them... ( Power the Highs separate from the lows). Which by the way your AMP HK970 will do using the Speakers A and B. They hit lows as far down as 40Hz. But I would use a sub woofer and set the crossover in you amp and on the sub somewhere around 100Hz. Me personally about 80HZ... But like I said... I need to know if you have the room for these.

Answer 2

This is a hard question because speakers are very subjective. I have a toshiba DVD palyer with an HK reciever. The reciever is powering polk speakers with a 10" polk sub. It sounds great but at time I think it could be a little brighter (sounds a little flat). BUT thats just it! Since speakers are so subjective, that is my opinion. On the other hand, Kipsch makes some excellent speakers that are going to stand out over the polks (they use horned tweeters). They tend to be too bright though, but will cut across a crowd or background noise in a party. If you enjoy relaxed listening, I would go with something a bit more accoustically accurate such as the polks. If you think that you will be throwing parties or have a lot of background noise, Klipsch may be your answer. It also depends on how much you want to spend.

Answer 3

First - know that I am more into home theater than music, so feel free to take my advice with a grain of salt.

My audiophile friends tend to like Electrostatic or Panel speakers. With a huge radiating surface, these things can produce amazing details and nuance.

While some names like Martin-Logan run $2,000+ per speaker, the entry-level Magnapan MMG speakers run $550 each. And they used to have a nice try-in-your-home program.

Panel speakers are 'dipolar' so they send sound out the back and the front. Pulling them into a room helps them really work.

These speakers do NOT do bass reproduction so a external subwoofer is needed. My favorite subwoofers are SVS and HSU Research. Both sell over the internet, but have lots of audiophiles who love the smooth, non-boomy sound.

With respect to THX Installer - I have a counter opinion:

Many times the tower speakers (3 way, with built-in woofers) are really hard to place/position in a room for good sound. There are 2 reasons for this:

1) The better place for the L/R speakers is usually a horrible place for the bass.

2) Dual woofers in a room create complex interactions that are hard to tune out and adjust.

You really want a external sub so you can move it along the longest un-broken wall to find the smoothest position for the bass in the room.

So I tend to recommend 2-way speakers (tweeter, midrange), and a external sub as being the 'best' setup. The extra work to place the sub is usually worth it.

(Note: I have 2 DefTech towers with built-in powered woofers. These are now turned off in favor of a single SVS subwoofer in a corner. So I do take my own advice.)