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What surround sound speakers: Kilpsch or Polk?

post #1 of 11
4/3/11 at 7:01pm
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Hi all,

 

I recently upgraded from my 10 year old Yamaha 5.1 receiver to a NAD T-747 and am looking to upgrade from the stock speakers that came with my Yamaha (crappy ass speakers BTW). I was looking at some packages online and have a budgetof $300 right now.

 

I had looked at the Kilpsch HD300 and the Polk Audio RM705. I know the Klipsch brand but was mainly wondering on which one you think is best.

 

Please let me know which is a better value and such, and it's been a long time since I asked for advice here ;)

 

 

 

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post #2 of 11
4/4/11 at 3:01am

Strangely enough, I have both Klipsch and Polk gear.  The Klipsch is a little nicer.

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post #3 of 11
4/4/11 at 12:43pm

erm neither of those speakers will do that amp justice,  id stick with the crappy ones you have till you can put money in the upgrade

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post #4 of 11
4/4/11 at 3:35pm
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Ok. What would you recommend in the $500-$600 range? Actually let me know what speakers in under the $1000 range you could recommend.

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post #5 of 11
4/4/11 at 5:40pm

I just picked up the Jamo S606 HT package at Vann's for my 2nd HT setup...$399 shipped.  I'm running in the fronts right now and they sound so good already that I might have to sell my KEFs.

 

You'd just need to pick up a sub.

 

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/544012176/jamo-s-606-hcs-3-speaker-system?s_c=site_search

 

These are shipped in a single 140 pound box - it's a bear.  The fronts are about 50 pounds each.

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post #6 of 11
4/4/11 at 11:03pm
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I should have stated it earlier but I need them all to be satelite style. They all need to be about 4-5 pounds each.

 

I picked up a Dayton Audio sub kit and tweaked it considerably. Blutaked the cone backing and put sound absorbing foam and fiberloft stuffing inside. I also added blutak to the magnet and case. When all this was done the sound was much much better. Bass was very controlled  and a lot more precise and no longer had a thump sound to it.

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post #7 of 11
4/4/11 at 11:27pm

I have a set of KEF KHT-3005's. They are over your limit new, but you may be able to find them used for within your budget. I almost never use mine. They are mostly for company, otherwise I tend to use my cans. I also have a cheap set of Polks you may be interested in buying. I will send you a PM about those.

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post #8 of 11
4/6/11 at 12:03am


 

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Originally Posted by Zombie_X View Post

Ok. What would you recommend in the $500-$600 range? Actually let me know what speakers in under the $1000 range you could recommend.




well actually id still probably say hold off, that amp was £1000 when it launched so it should out class anything in your budget but anyway a couple sugestions

 

http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/mordaunt-short/alumni-system/mord-alumni-sys-whi

 

http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/q-acoustics/2000/qaco-2000-cine-pk-gr

 

http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/kef/kht1005.2/kef-kht1005-2-blk

 

http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/cambridge-audio/lusso-10/camb-lusso-10-5.1-pk

 

http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/tannoy/sfx5.1/tann-sfx5.1-blk

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post #9 of 11
4/9/11 at 2:34pm
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I bought a set of Harmon Kardon HKTS 30BQ's and I must say it sounds very very good in comparison to my old crappy speakers. I got a good deal on them so it doesn't bother me. They are far better than my other speakers could ever be but I'm still undecided. I could always return them and get my money back.


Edited by Zombie_X - 4/10/11 at 9:29am
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post #10 of 11
4/10/11 at 12:49pm

just so long as you remember you have a kick ass amp there and it longs for some kick ass speakers to match

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post #11 of 11
4/10/11 at 1:26pm
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Well thing is  that I need satelite style speakers in the 4ld range for wall mounting but I really could not find any affordable ones in my range. I got the HK's for $400 marked down from $999 so it's not so bad. Once I move and get a bigger palce I will get better speakers but right now this is all I ahve room for. My old speakers were starting to go as they started making a crackiling noise so I ahd to upgrade eventually.

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