Need advice on speakers

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Originally posted by: cycleman77
Ugh.
A couple things have come up and this HT project is going to have to be put on the back burner for now.

Would like to atleast pick up a couple towers for Christmas. I am leaning back towards the Polk speakers I was looking at in the beginning. I did start to seriously consider a few models from the online sites several people had mentioned, but I had not taken the shipping costs of floorstanding speakers into consideration. Ouch!

Also, I ran into another make; Fluance. Anyone hear of them? Reviews sound positive and seem relativley inexpensive.

Anyways, thanks for all the input. I really appreciate it.

I had some Fluance stuff (basically before I knew what I was doing) and they're ok, but nothing special.

I think you could do better.

 

[cheesehead]

Originally posted by: cycleman77
Ugh.
A couple things have come up and this HT project is going to have to be put on the back burner for now.

Would like to atleast pick up a couple towers for Christmas. I am leaning back towards the Polk speakers I was looking at in the beginning. I did start to seriously consider a few models from the online sites several people had mentioned, but I had not taken the shipping costs of floorstanding speakers into consideration. Ouch!

Also, I ran into another make; Fluance. Anyone hear of them? Reviews sound positive and seem relativley inexpensive.

Anyways, thanks for all the input. I really appreciate it.

I'm still reccomending the Best Buy NSB-2111s. At $73/pair, they're a good deal, but when they go on sale (which happens from time to time) for under $60, they're a very very good deal.

The NSB-2111s also have a perversely large amount of room for cheap improvement. The sound quality can be improved (measurably!) by adding a bit of rock wool or very low density pillow stuffing to the inside, and a $20 crossover mod can do wonders for the frequency response.