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SVS Speakers or Something Else? Absolutely Newbie.


I’m looking for 7.1 speakers for my home theatre and budget is $2000. Since I know very little about speakers, receiver, etc. I went to seek help.

 

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/need-help-on-speaker-and-receiver-selection-absolutely-newbie.105480/#post-1159207

 

People suggested SVS Prime bookshelf speaker (I asked for bookshelf since wife does not like those big ones), SVS Prime satellite speakers SVS Prime center speakers and Hsu research VTF-2 MK5 subwoofer.

 

Then I saw a post of SVS and Their Marketing Practices at Head-Fi forum:

 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/293483/svs-and-their-marketing-practices/15

 

Is SVS a brand I can trust or shall I start looking for something else?

 

Thanks.


mechth

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coli
291 posts
 
Andrew Jones speakers (Elac debut/uni-fi) makes everything sound good. Even his super cheap Pioneer speaker BS22 shows this quality.

Btw, concrete block from Home Depot makes great speaker stands. just epoxy glue two of them together and the height is perfect. The blocks costs like $2 each....
coli
291 posts
 
Get the Elac B5 instead. 7 speakers for $700, another $200 for subwoofer. Then get a $500ish reciever (denon or onkyo) + bulk mogami speaker cable (cut them to length, use them raw). You’ll have a killer setup.

Edit: actually, you still need speaker stands. But you can DIY them for cheap.
coli
291 posts
 
At that price range, low sensitivity speaker gives better bass. It’s the laws of physics. Watts are cheap now with receivers, you want to put those watts to use, vs using less than 1 watt per speaker. A $500 receiver can easily pump out 500 watts total.
coli
291 posts
 
AV receivers are the best buys in audio nowadays, short of going fully active monitor.
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