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Good simple living room speakers

post #1 of 20
8/29/11 at 8:05pm
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I was looking for a good pair of speakers for an living room home-theater, in order to replace the TV's builtin speakers.

 

Would a pair of Audio Engine A5 be a good solution for this kind of setup? (I've read some reviews that used it both on near field like for desktop computer and also for hometheater sound)

 

The 2 main interesses are movies and music listening. No surround needed nor searched, and sound quality would be the most important feature. So, no need for 5.1 nor 7.1 sets, i'm only looking for 2.0 or at max 2.1 settings, also, no particularly bassy music, so if the A5 or equivalent has an good overall quality, including bass, would be more than welcome.

 

Today there is only a simple dvd player and an ps3 with the TV, so, other setup sugestions would be most appreciated.

 

About budget would be something between US$ 250 and US$ 500 max.

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post #2 of 20
8/29/11 at 8:18pm

Yes, it's quite nice for those purposes. My parents have the A5 in the living room and they use it for TV and movies.

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post #3 of 20
8/29/11 at 8:22pm
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Originally Posted by Eric_C View Post

Yes, it's quite nice for those purposes. My parents have the A5 in the living room and they use it for TV and movies.



What a coincidence, i was planing to buy them as a present for my parents.

 

Very nice information, thanks a lot Eric_C

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post #4 of 20
8/29/11 at 9:03pm

If you want the absolute max for your money, get the following:

 

Infinity Primus P362:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_108P362BG/Infinity-Primus-P362.html?tp=185

180$x2

 

Cheapo AudioSource stereo receiver:

http://www.jr.com/audio-source/pe/ASO_AMP100/

90$

 

For 450$ you're all set for music and movies. This system will go louder, deeper and clearer than the A5s.

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post #5 of 20
8/29/11 at 10:46pm

+1 ya decent floor standers are simple and great for living rooms hehe

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post #6 of 20
8/30/11 at 1:00am
How big is your listening room?

You'll want to pick speakers suitable for your room. I'm a big fan of floorstanders if you have the room.

Also, give some thought to DIY. Even if you don't have the tools, a local cabinet shop can often built them inexpensively. I ordered the cabinets for my ProAc Response 2.5 clones and they were about $200 plus shipping.
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post #7 of 20
8/30/11 at 12:34pm
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Their living room is about 7m wide and about 4-4.5 m deep.

The couch is about 3m from the wall where is the tv.

 

Floor standers would be great, but the first thing that comes to my mind is how i'm going to transport them.

Since i'm from Brasil, either the shop ships here(what would be great!) or i'll have to bring it inside my luggage, and i think that 110 cm floor standers wouldn't be exactly easy to fit in.

 

I haven't discarted them yet, but, bear in mind that i need to have a way to bring them here.

 

@ Uncle Erik

 

Do you have a guide on DIY speakers?

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post #8 of 20
8/30/11 at 1:03pm

What about vintage? IMO Its vintage or go homebiggrin.gif

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post #9 of 20
8/30/11 at 1:16pm
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Originally Posted by cifani090 View Post

What about vintage? IMO Its vintage or go homebiggrin.gif


What do you mean by vintage?

I realy do not know what you are talking about.

 

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post #10 of 20
8/30/11 at 2:19pm

Vintage stuff from the 1960,70's, and 80's. Klipsch,JBL, and all those golden companies.

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post #11 of 20
8/30/11 at 2:19pm

Vintage stuff from the 1960,70's, and 80's. Klipsch,JBL, and all those golden companies.

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post #12 of 20
10/20/11 at 1:44pm
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I'm Still searching for Vintage, an uncle bought some Vintage Speakers from JBL some time ago + pre-amp+amp from Kenwood for them.

 

 

Besides that, what do you people think about these speakers:

http://www.fnac.com/Infinity-Primus-150-noir/a2752846/w-4

 

If I could get the answer quickly I would be most grateful

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post #13 of 20
10/21/11 at 5:43am

What about these http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/B2031P.aspx , there excellent speakers they should be big enough to fill your lounge with sound and small enough to transport, there go to 114db with the full 150watts per speaker should be plenty for you lounge.

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post #14 of 20
1/4/12 at 9:23am
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Originally Posted by JRG1990 View Post

What about these http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/B2031P.aspx , there excellent speakers they should be big enough to fill your lounge with sound and small enough to transport, there go to 114db with the full 150watts per speaker should be plenty for you lounge.



Sorry, I haven't visited this thread for quite some time.

 

I'll give a look at them.

 

Also, I've found a store here with reasonable prices, mainly on the speakers, so, if anyone could coment on the following, if they are good or not, i'll would be most thankfull:

 

Speakers(all 8 ohms bookshelf):

1) Klipsch B-20

2) JBL ES 20

3) Polk Audio TSI 200

 

Integrated:

1) Harman Kardon HK 3390

2) Yamaha R-S300

3) Denon DRA-397

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post #15 of 20
1/4/12 at 9:47am

Your movies will be played through a PS3, correct?  I do not believe it has analog outputs for an amplifier.  

 

Were you planning on going in then out of the tv to an amplifer?  I think that is possible.

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