Decent speakers for mid-level AVR
Greetings,
First time poster here. I am looking to upgrade my home theater setup with a better set of speakers. Been doing a lot of research, worried if the speakers i am looking at are going to be able to be driven with my AVR
I have an Onkyo tx-rz50 that pushes 120 watts into two channels. i omly have mains, a center channel and small surrounds. Well, i do have this massive folded horn sub but it has its own amp.
Been looking used in my area. Listned to a set of paradigm premier 85f. Nice, but a little bright for my liking. There is a local with a set of Focal aria 948. I hear gppd things about them, but also hear they are power hungry.
I dont really "rock out" much anymore, typical classic rock and 90s alternative rock se sensabilities. and home theater of course.
Any thoughts? trying to stay under $4k for a pair. i know that is pretty low end for auudiophile, but what can i say... i own 7 motorcycles and only one pair of speakers.
thank you!
Welcome! What main speakers/center are you using now, what specific improvements are you looking for, what speaker/sound characteristics are most important to you, and are you looking for new or used? The more info you give the better recommendations you’ll get here. Also, if you care about 2-channel the AVR is not your friend, so you could consider getting a better stereo integrated amp with a home theater bypass down the road and hook it up to the front preamp outs of your AVR and you’ll get much better sound. Just some food for thought. |
Thanks for the responses. Right now I have a pair of polk Rti8's. My son (who is now 18) customized two of the woofers by jamming a screwdriver through them. Ahhhh.. kids. What I am really seeking is clarity in the vocals and instrumentals. I am a huge David Bowie fan and I do enjoy me some of the really popular classical music as well. The Onkyo AVR just got here a week ago, I have not run dirac yet as I am waiting to get some new mains, and install my surrounds. (I just moved into this house recently so have not been super excited about crawling around in the crawl space to run speaker wire, but I am certainly getting there. The person with the Focal 948 is currently driving them with an 80 watt per channel amp. He also relayed that he used a 100 watt amp (can't remember the names) and he really couldn't tell the difference. A guy in my neighborhood also has a B and K EX 4420 amp that was recently serviced with new capicitors and transistors. I was thinking that may be a good way to boost the wattage. I just keep hearing that the Focals sound soo much better with more power, but maybe with the Onkyo I would be able to tell the difference? Honestly, the audio world can be a little dizzying. In the end I want something that sounds light years better than my rti8's. That seems like a pretty low bar. Thoughts?
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I would look at Emotiva see here. 😎 Mike |
