Im looking for suggestions for 5.1 speakers.
Can’t decide beetwen Focus sib&cub3 and Harman Kardon hkts30.
What do you think?
I had some small Focal ones that were ok at best.
You want them small enough to wall mount easily but make sure they can go down to 80hz as this is optimum to cross over to the sub.
If you want real impact I would consider buying the speakers and sub separately.
Then you can 'go large' on the Sub. You also want to prioritise the centre speaker since the vast majority of your sound, particularly speech, comes through it.
Just to throw in a good budget option, I have Q Acoustics 1000 Series 5.1 speakers and am extremely happy with these.
I'd recommend KEF 'T' series if you want a wide enveloping more natural sound especially for music if your playing that too. I'm not impressed with Focal personally. We looked to take them on as an agency at my HiFi business they came to give us a demo but we weren't very keen. Monitor Audio are good and Q Acoustics are pretty decent.
I've got these mounted in corners of the room with cables hidden behind a picture rail http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/Spea...atre/MT50.html as they are white you hardly notice them
I actually went with a velodyne sub though as there was a deal
The whole package sounds awesome
Simon
Why this two models? They look pretty average to me.
What would you mostly use them for?
I use KEF e series which are nice and discrete with a BK sub. With a good av receiver they really sing. Also try them out before buying if you can, various brands can sound radically different.
J
Excellent Simon nice system too. Build quality top notch.Originally Posted by simon-c
Thank you all.
I will use it mainly for TV and 20% for music.
Im also considering option of stereo speakers and a center.
My budget for speakers is around 500€.
Do you think I need 5.1 setup?
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