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- From: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
- Subject: Re: High Efficiency Speakers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.180650.9340@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <BzLH3H.3FH@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 18:06:50 GMT
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- In article <BzLH3H.3FH@cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes:
- |> I want to get rear-channel speakers for a Zenith television. The
- |> problem is, the T.V.'s amp is only about 5w, and I don't want to
- |> spend a lot of money ($150 at the very most). What are my options?
- |> I thought about the following:
- |>
- |> 1. Buy powered speakers. I heard some really bad SONY powered
- |> speakers. They were tinny and I didn't like the fact that there were
- |> two separate volume controls. The only decent SONY speakers had two
- |> small channels and a subwoofer, for about $150. Even so, they seemed
- |> quite directional, which is not good. Wouldn't a subwoofer be kind of
- |> weird for a surround system? Where would I put the woofer?
- |>
- |> 2. Buy real speakers, and some kind of mini-amp. Does anyone make an
- |> AMP for less than $100? I'd feel kind of ridiculous purchasing an
- |> automotive amplifier for my television....
- |>
- |> 3. Are there other options?
-
- 1. The AR Powered partners and Bose Roommates are excellent powered
- speakers. A friend got the former for $150 ($200 Canadian) on sale.
-
- 2. I'm sure you could find a used amp or receiver in good condition
- fairly cheap. Many people are purchasing an A/V receiver with Pro-logic
- and are getting rid of their perfectly good amp or receiver.
-
- 3. Buy an amp or receiver with a surround decoder or a pro-logic
- decoder. If you haven't checked prices lately you will be
- surprised at how cheap you can get a receiver with a surround
- decoder for.
-