[xtremerunnerars]

With the help from here and a few other places, I've pretty much decided on the Pioneer SX780 and (most likely) B&W speakers.


I've got ~$150 to spend on speakers, so what do you guys recommend?

 

[DeusEx]

$150? new or used?

 

[MikeW]

Behringer Truth studio monitors are good for the money, I built my mother-in-law a home theatre out of them, had a really tight budget. Basically a 5.1 setup + reciever, interconnects, and speaker wire for 1000$. I think I did pretty good. Ended up with 3 pair of the truth speakers for 5.0 duty, and entry level elemental designs subwoofer and onkyo 606 reciever. it destroys any htib. The ED A2-250 is an insane bargain.

Here's a link to the speakers im refering to, http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...ml#accessories

You probably won't hear alot about them, they are kind of a sleeper hit imo. They are front ported as well, a nice feature, pretty weighty for their size too.

 

[xtremerunnerars]

someone else recommended that. $150 a good price?

 

[MikeW]

not really, i think you can do better.. look on a price engine site like froogle. should be more like 100-120$

 

[xtremerunnerars]

Is $60 too much for the sx780 if the guy just put new power packs in?

 

[xtremerunnerars]

blah, none of the people are getting back to me or have sold their stuff.

As far as Marantz goes, what models should I be looking out for? Also, how are these speakers?

B&W DM110
Polk Monitor 40

If it's at all helpful, here's an auto craigslist search for areas I can drive to pretty easily. If anyone wanted to give a "vintage receivers" or "bookshelf speakers" search a quick dig through, I'd be forever indebted!

crazedlist.org : search craigslist like a madman

 

[malldian]

I have a pair of Acculine speakers that are pretty fantastic and easy to power in the FS forum. I powered it with a vintage integrated amp and now a vintage power amp and they sound great.