Ok so after 14 years of BOSE lifestyle 15 listening I am kicking the habit. I purchased an Onkyo 702 and I am looking at speaker systems to go with it. I have a Westinghouse 27" LCD TV and a Media Center 2005 box. I am limited by the wife loving the small form factor of the bose and about a 800 to 1K budget. I am looking a Klipsh, Boston Accoustic and Polk systems. Orb was a contender until I got sticker shock. can anyone give me some points one way or another as to what you would choose. my local Klipsh dealer has the speakers but on 2 occasions they could not demo them as they are waiting for the agent to come in ad setup the demo system. I cannot find POLK dealers local. I have heard the BA at a local dealer. I have been torn by all the different models and specs. I suspect anything will sound better than my 14 year old BOSE stuff.
try this out
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yamaha digital sound projector ysp-1 it sounds good and is wife friendly
Varit
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What was the sticker shock w/ Orb? $999 gets you one of their best systems and about $800 gets you a double ball center and single ball surrounds. I've had the Orbs for a year and they are my single most favorite electronics purchase I've ever made, at any price.
go yamaha
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they might sound ok but they look like a childs toy, not very impressive to look at
Son
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go with polk or klipsh ther really good speakers. Polks are found at any Circuit City and Klipsh are found at Best Buy. They are both really really good speaker sets. I personally like Polk cause of the Silk dome tweeter over the Horn tweeter that Klipsh uses. Polk RM6800($849.99) or RM10($849.99) are awsome and you can usually find them cheaper or on sale in the store. your should still hav enough for the purchase of upgraded speaker wire and a subwoofer cable. Monster cable speaker wire XP series 17ga(100' is like $50 ussually) and the subwoofer cable(depending how long can range from $40-$100) ther totally worth it !!
Don't waste your $ on Monster Cables. You can get high quality cables through PartsExpress.com and other vendors for a lot less. I picked up all of my cables (Dayton Audio) through them including a 25' subwoofer cable for $14.50 + s/h.