I am trying to setup a starter HT system and already have a SONY 5.1 receiver and I am picking up JBL EC25 for center and E30 for main speakers at Ebay. I will also be buying a Sub.
I wanted to complete the speaker set with a pair of JBL E10's for surround but could not find them any more so, could anyone give me a suggestion on speakers that I could use instead in the same quality and price range?
If you can throw any suggestions on Subs that would be great.
I checked other stores and many of them say that the model is discontinued. I found it in two online stores, one with a very low rating at ResellerRatings and the other with an extremely high price.
Just go to Best Buy and pick yourself up a pair of the Insignia bookshelf speakers, they run about $40-50/pair and will equally equal if not surpass the JBLs by all accounts.
Search in the avsforum.com for the mega-thread on the Insignias.
You might like them so much that you'll return all of the JBLs and simply buy 3 pairs of them for a 6.1 setup---this will increase your subwoofer budget which IMO would make much more sense esp. if your main use is HT.
No I haven't, but I know several people whose opinions I respect that have, and they were very impressed. One of them is an Ascend owner who said that the Insignias come close to the Infinity Primus 150s which run about triple the price.
The AVS thread on the Insignias is also very convincing.
Yeah, I got a chance to read it. Very interesting. I guess they're a step up for the average person.
Are the Infinity Primus series a reincarnation of the Alpha series? They look awful similar. I like the Alpha 20s alot (I gave a pair of b-stocks to my brother that I bought for $97).