Best Home Audio Speakers

does polk audio speakers for home theatre is a right fit?
Will onkyo tx sr 805 with polk audio RM 6880 speaker system will make a decent home theatre set up?

Polk are decent speakers and will work well for home theater.

But there are HUNDREDS of other brands out there. Some are a lot more accurate & detailed. But you are pushing $2,000 per speaker to get the increased accuracy.

Also - newbies often post:

"For $500 - which of these 3 speakers are the best?"

and a fight ensues with no truthful answer.

Dont be this Newb.

Speakers have 'flavor'. What I like and what other posters here like wont be the same. And there is no good way to measure/rate speakers from best to worst.

The safest advice I can give you is that you should take a CD (Not a DVD movie) and try and listen to several speakers, including the Polks you are considering. It should be a favorite CD. If the Polks make your familar music sound good - put them on your short list to buy.

Then leave the store.

Come back in a few days with a different CD and re-listen. Whatever speaker sounds good on 2 different trips - buy them.

Your ears quickly become fatigued. If you listen to crappy AM music on the way to the store - every speaker sounds good. If you listen to a high-end speaker system, then go to the more budget models - they will all sound like crap.

Be aware of this and make 2 visits to avoid over buying.

2008-01-24 15:38:10 by karthik

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I am thinking of getting a new home audio system, and I was wondering what I should look for in the impedance of my reciever's output and speakers.

I know it's measured in Ohms, usually 4,6, or 8, but which would give the best perfomance? I'm looking for the most accurate audio reproduction.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Also, I'm not looking to spend over $600 for the system. The best impedance rating withing this budget...

8 ohms is pretty much standard. 6 ohms is fine too. 4 ohm speakers will be easier to drive, but may cause some amplifiers to overheat...

2007-09-11 11:00:01 by Carefree Alpaca!

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I'm on a limited budget, but would like to get a nice home audio system for my family room. I need to have the surround speakers in the ceiling. Should I buy a complete system or maybe piece on together? Thanks!

Hi. you can buy a complete system which is a home theater in a box, but you would not get the flexibility and sound quality of a system put together with some of the best components from different manufacturers.Ok,so we know your budget. If you could let me know if you want 5 speakers and a subwoofer (5.1) or 7 speakers and a subwoofer(7.1) ?Any particular brand of Receiver ? What Source are you using or going to buy ? (DVD/CD Player,Satellite,Tuner,Turntable)
Loudspeakers all vary in their sound quality.Some are bright sounding , others emphasise the bass frequencies while some have a fairly neutral sound meaning the do not favour any part of the frequency range.These tend to be more expensive than the others but are easier to live with .They reproduce all kinds of music equally well.

Other people on Answers will tell you to spend the most money on speakers and to get them first but that is not the way to go if you want the best sound for your budget.

The Source is the most important part because this is where the signal,( which has been retrieved from the software) is converted into an electrical equivalent and sent to the Pre-Amplifier.(or the Pre-Amp section of a Receiver) to be amplified enough to send to the Power Amplifiers (or the Power-Amp section of a Receiver) The Power Amps amplify the signal enough to be sent to the Loudspeakers.
This is how the signal travells through all of the components and only in this direction.The point is the signal can never be improved within the chain once it has started.It can only be maintained or degraded.Audio and Video reproduction is a damage control job.If we don't get quality information from the Source.....the Pre-Amp,Power Amps, and the Speakers cannot improve the signal. What is generated from the Source component will be reproduced ,but not improved in the chain.Therefore the goal is to change the signal as little as possible.

HERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD RECEIVERS WITH HDMI.

DENON AVR.887.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Specifica tions-of-Denon-7-1-Channel-HDMI-Receiver -AVR887/sem/rpsm/oid/159487/rpem/ccd/pro ductDetailSpecification.do#tabs


ONKYO TX - SR 575.
http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.as px?id=86983

2007-07-28 10:43:20 by Michael A

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Speaker works with any 3.5 mm headphone jack, perfect for laptops, cell phones, portable game devices, MP3 players, etc

I am in need of new speakers for my new home theater system, however as tech savy as I am, speakers are not my forte. The current speakers I run are 8 Ohm impedance, 150W, 91DB Sound pressure, with 36Hz-22Khz range. These are Onkyo Fusion AVs. I need a good pair of slim line speakers, and I have found a few that I like however I am not sure how they compare with my current set.

Can somone please explain to me which of these statistics should be lower, and which should be higher for optimal sound quality.

Thanks!

You want your speakers to handle your system's output power, so you'll need at least 150W speakers.

The 91 dB sound pressure is an indication of the efficiency of the speakers. Higher is more efficient, lower is less efficient. Remember that dB is logarithmic, so a 3 dB change is a factor of 2 (88 dB uses twice the power to sound as loud as your 91 dB speakers).

A key spec of the frequency range was left out, and that is the variation from one frequency to another -- i.e. +/- 3 dB. Ideally, you'd like +/- 0 dB so all frequencies would sound the same with the same power input, but that's not going to happen, so most spec how close they come to the ideal. A speaker with +/- 0.5 dB across the frequency range will sound far more accurate that one that is +/- 3 dB (remember that 3 dB is a factor of 2).

The wider and flatter (+/- 0dB) the frequency range, the better.

Impedance by itself generally doesn't relate to sound quality; you just need to match your amplifier's preference for best results.

But remember that the specs are the manufacturer's specs, not independently certified specs. You'd do well to consult audio review magazines for their test results of the speakers you're thinking of instead of believing the manufacturer's specs. They aren't perfect, either, but they will probably be more objective than the OEM.

2006-12-11 23:33:40 by Jatznic

Do they somehow run on a different method, or is a speaker a speaker regardless of where it is being powered from, whether it be a cars amplifier, or a home amplifier?

Yes, it's quite a bit different. Home speakers are made for closed boxes meaning they are enclosed in a box to get more dynamic sound whereas car speakers are made for more of a free air environment. Also another thing is most home speakers run at an 8ohm resistance while most car speakers are 4 or 2ohm. I'm guessing you are asking this because you want to put home speakers in your car or car speakers in your house, yes it can be done but it won't sound quite the way it was intended.

2009-08-01 21:20:15 by Andrew B