FloorStanders

Tommy Bronze Member Username: Unreal_t United States Post Number: 14 Registered: Feb-06	Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 00:49 GMT I currently have a Yamaha HTR-5740 receiver and am using the two fronts and all else that came with the whole Home Theater in a Box system(YHT-450). I am wondering as to whether I should upgrade or not. What more can I get if I were to get ...lets say...a pair of Athena's F2.2's or Polk Monitor 50's as mains. Am I just going to get the same kinda sound pretty much and should I just keep what I have now or what? I listen to music and movies...mostly music. THANKS
Europa760 Bronze Member Username: Europa760 Post Number: 33 Registered: Feb-06	Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 15:43 GMT i would say the athenas. although ive never heard em, but ive heard polk. polks kind of bad for the dough. get new speakers though. i have paradigm monitor 7's right now
Michael Cameron Silver Member Username: Praetorian Canada Post Number: 277 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 01:09 GMT You know, I paid 1k CAD for a pair of RTi 10s. I really don't feel ripped off. The demo's have not stopped either. I have listened to what most here would call "far better" speakers, as well as similarly priced models from other brands, I am upfront with the dealers too, I tell them that I am not looking for speakers per se anymore, but I am looking for a stereo amp, so I use that as an opportunity to try out different speakers while auditioning the amps. The most dramatic comparison for me was listening to a set of Klipsch speakers that the price for ONE was almost double what my pair of Polk's cost. The verdict? Not much of a difference really. Granted, the centre channel blew mine away, but I think it would also crush my TV, it could actually function as the stand I think... Any who, the point for dear Tommy here is that just because they sell in a big box store does not make them "bad" speakers. So please LISTEN to the Athenas, but give the Polks a fair audition too... having said that, anything is probably better than what you have now!
Jeffrey C.M. Hann Silver Member Username: Hannjeff Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Post Number: 198 Registered: Jun-06	Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 18:04 GMT I paid $900CAD for a pair of Paradigm Monitor monitor 9's. They were amazing. I sampled them next to energy and klipsch, some other brands worth checking out. Deffinitly hear the monitor lineup though.
Rick Zmiejko Silver Member Username: Twebbz Oakland Park, Florida USA Post Number: 422 Registered: Apr-04	Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 23:28 GMT The Athena AS-F2.2s are $400 for the pair at www.audioadvisor.com. In 2004 the Athenas (AS-F2) were available in store at Best Buy so I was able to audition them in person. Not so anymore. The Paridigm dealer was right around the corner from me so I listened to the Monitor Series. I thought the Athenas were brighter with more punch, depth and authority. I paid full price then, $600pr. I've not regretted the purchase one bit.
Tommy Bronze Member Username: Unreal_t United States Post Number: 15 Registered: Feb-06	Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 23:32 GMT I hear people say not to pair this with that etc. I have a Yamaha Receiver so would there be any speakers I really shouldn't pair with my Yamaha?
Nuck Gold Member Username: Nuck Post Number: 3461 Registered: Dec-04	Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 23:49 GMT klipch
Nuck Gold Member Username: Nuck Post Number: 3462 Registered: Dec-04	Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 23:49 GMT axiom
Nuck Gold Member Username: Nuck Post Number: 3463 Registered: Dec-04	Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 23:51 GMT but, hey, you gotta listen for yourself.
Peter Galbraith Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith Rimouski, Quebec Canada Post Number: 1672 Registered: Feb-04	Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 01:35 GMT As I recall, Art doesn't find his Yamaha to be bright. Am I wrong? Anyway, the Klipsch forum is full of people who like 'em. Maybe the bright thing no longer holds. It does seem to be an over-generalization.
Rick Zmiejko Silver Member Username: Twebbz Oakland Park, Florida USA Post Number: 423 Registered: Apr-04	Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 13:58 GMT Well, I did have a Yamaha receiver from the mid-90's and it was truely awful with the Athenas. I dumped it and bought a NAD. I've read that the new Yamahas are much better but you would have to do more research on that issue. You may want to try ENERGY speakers. I have the older C5 towers in a another system. They are a bit more laidback than the Athenas but go very well with my Rotel which has a cooler sound than the NAD.
Rush Bronze Member Username: Eib_nation Ohio EIB Nation Post Number: 47 Registered: Jul-06	Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 14:59 GMT Speaking of which, I've paired yammi with Klipsch, and have no complaints. I've listened to a lot of speaker brands in the past year, and I think the new Klipsch Reference line released in '06 is fantastic. For the money, they're pretty hard to beat. They can crank, and their clarity is simply amazing! Klipsch continues to evolve, and their newest product line is pretty darned good, IMO.
Doug New member Username: Mikes_brother Post Number: 4 Registered: Jul-06	Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 18:06 GMT Mission m35i

« Previous Thread Next Thread »

Main Forums

Forum Help

Follow Us