Hi,

True wood cabinetry for spkrs are rare n very expensive.. usually in de 5fig regions for a pair of floorstanders (at least) .. think sonus or de higher model thiels .. all budget spkrs use mdf, de one u wanna choose is de thicker n sturdier de internal bracin, de better which translates to wt or de heavier de better.. even de outside skin is usually sum cheap stick one stuff, if its real wood veneer itll look much better..

I think u should just go audition wat ur budget allow or maybe look at a pair first wif de rcvr n then add on when u hv de cash..

I oso suggest u look used .. for good spkrs last a long time n a decent used one usually still hv sum life left.. I hv 3 sets of floorstanders which only de frist set is bought new(abt 10yrs ago) n tats becos I didnt know better .. my subsequent systems all hv used spkrs - Tannoy n Paradigms flrstndrs - bought at least 4yrs ago n still going strong..

Cheers
Dirtrun

Haha,

IMO.. unless u hv a huge room, there really is not much to gain in goin 7.1 from 5.1..

7.2 speaks from a 6.1 avr user
Dirtrun

Call me blur la .. but as alrdy known software is limited ( I hv a handful of 6.1 dts es discrete ttls which are true 6.1 ; de ddex is a matrixed software..) n mostly its ur avr doin de dsp's to get back surr sound from wat surr signals there are in ur discs n talkin from hindsight its not worth de extra expense to go 7.1 fr 5.1( wif extra cablin n 2 extra spkrs ) I think it would be better spendin on better surr spkrs n more clean/true power ..

Stereo to 5.1 is a great improvement but 5.1 to 7.1 - I think maybe 10% better at most..

But of cos tats just me la
Dirtrun

This post has been edited by dirtrun: Apr 3 2008, 03:21 PM

I run 7.2 spkrs but only a 6.1avr which has 2 powered back outputs (in mono)..

Oh I donno .. de xmen3 se2disc is pretty good, so is de titanic ee 3 disc ones n top gun se 2 disc set.. I guess all tis ttls have in common is tat when it comes to sp efx, they make full use of audio to make de impact felt..

Wat moral? U hv to make ur own conclusions on whether its worth goin 7 from 5.. I m only stating tat IMO I'd stop at 5 good bookshelves plus a good sub.. More doesnt neccesarily mean better..

Aiya,

Country of origin should not be de basis to judge a productla.. Now wif globalisation.. every manu is goin for cheap labor mah.. besides sum lcd tvs are made in mal, sos ae, sum missions, yammy avrs .. all good stuff mah.. try first la if really lousy then dont buy lo..

I guess I ll put my head on de choppin block la but for de price of BW, Ill look at Thiels, dynaudio, quad, harbeth too.. imo better materials n workmanship

Cheers
Dirtrun

Kakaka,

Buy spkrs like dat.. dielo

Can verify all written there is true?

N how does is it sound?

Cabinetry how ah?

Lite or heavy?

Kekeke
Dirtrun

All nos can be rigged to look good.. just like cars la can give 220hp @ 8krpms but if u look at torq fig its like 200 @ 5krpms or sumthin - when u drive its like u wanna race all de time.. Ok back to spkrs.. I hv seen really great figs on midi compos too but it dont mean they sound great n de cabinetry sucks oso..

BTW if it sounds good yanked up wif extended listenin, then its good stuff.. oh ya I dunno but at certain price pt de cabinets should look it too.. but tats just me la .. others might differ..