I currently have StudioMonitor 450s as front L&amp;R, and no other speakers. I want to buy rear surround speakers. Think these are well suited for that?
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go ahead man.. these are the best speakers i have bought.. and i have bought alot of speakers in my life..
1111165
They can work as rear in wall surround speakers. In my opinion they are better as front surround. As long as they are in wall they are good. Make sure to insulate around them on the wall.
1831556
I own two sets of these speakers. I use them for the rear surround 5.1 systems. I think they sound good high and low end maybe a little more on the low end but they are still clear on the high end. I don't know of any set of speakers that can match them for the price. Mow to figure out how to get them without UPS damaging them in shipping? Both sets had shipping damage by the time they got to me.DNS
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If you have a good Quality surround receiver(Yamaha, Marantz, Onkyo ETC.), go ahead and use them with the receiver. It is designed to have a nice set of fronts. JIm
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In the front result might be better, if you want rears I would go for some surround ones , I have that configuration for a 5.1 and works really good
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I would not recommend it. They sound great for surround but you won't get the bass you need for fronts.
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Your rear speakers don't necessarily have to match your fronts, so with that theory in mind, these should serve you well. As long as your center matches your front left and right, you're good.
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Really it depends on your system and what you want to do. But typical surround setup would require just one center speaker and that is what this is. Fantastic sound quality and output as well by the way. I know I ordered these for a friend and set this up along with a pair of the bookshelf speakers and they sound great. Now my setup also allows me to only use this center speaker alone and I could not believe the output by this one alone. Hope this answer helps you and good luck. I would highly recommend this to someone looking for good surround speakers and have the money.
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I don't know what your reference is for fronts. However, I am really pleased with them for the rear. They are very full sounding, not like some cheapy rear speakers
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I wish that I could help you out. I'm using the speaker's from the home theater system that I already had hooked up. There are 100watt wall and ceiling shelve size speaker's. I do believe that the speaker's you do use, will have to be speaker's for surround,(FL&gt;Center&gt;FR&gt;RL&gt;RR&gt;) for 5.1 system. The rear speaker's are also known as(SL&gt;SR). If you use just any kind of speaker's, like for stereo. Then you wont get the separation, any true affect of surround sound. I wish that I could help you out more, and hope that this will help you some what. Nick
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AK, I don't quite get your question, but here is my take. I purchased these speakers about a year ago, and have no complains about its performance. To me they are very efficient for the use I give them. Whether its music or movies, they rock and they are not that small. They can be used as front or rear in a surround set up. When it comes to speakers, there is such a wide variety, that you really have to do your homework and based on all the info that you gather, then make a decision. I do not regret getting these. They add to my decor and they sound great. Good luck.
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Thanks for the reply. I see your point about hooking the sub through to the main speaker outs and then to the L/R fronts. I guess that would be pushing it quite a bit. Thanks for the tips on the powered sub. At $80, I can't really go wrong. One last thing: If I wanted to forgo the rear speakers, could the sub be hooked up to the surround outs or am I letting my complete ignorance show here? Thanks again.
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I would stick to using them on the sides or in the rear. I have mine as the rear speakers and they work great. I have a 7.1 system but these are wired as the side speakers and the side speakers wired as the rear. I did this because for some reason when they were wired as the rear speakers the volume was quite low compared to the sides. Now the side speakers (wired as the rear) just fill in the gap between front and rear because of the lower volume. Most shows play in 5.X anyways so it sounds great.
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I use them as rear speakers actually. you can make these speakers as rear or from as long as you have a receiver to connect them to.one thing I found out was that it still would give you 2.1 surround sound and not 5.1 because of the way a/v receiver senses them. I use them at home with my tv and it doesn't make difference and sounds pretty good. also acoustimass is not actually a subwoofer but it is kind of a subwoofer. performance is a little bit down if you are expecting some boom boom woofer performance. Just FYI.
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I have a pair for the rear and I am not overly impressed with the detail of the sound. Clarity is good, and the problem may very well be the receiver that I'm using. I'm figuring this out as I go. Solid construction and easy to install. Good luck.
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I find they are excellent for my use they areMy left and right surround speakeakers pushed by a Yamaha a2020 11.2 surround sound receiver I have Polk 700's floors fort front and 2 Polk subwoofers with Polk high front and rears with a Polk center channel. Nothing but polls for me!
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for surround speakers these work great. I would not spend extra money. For front or main speakers you may want to invest in better bass response.