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Best Speakers for Denon 1705
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I am basically aiming for a budget 6.1 Home Theater solution with a DVD Audio and SACD player. I am intending to use this setup to output positional audio from EAX 4 compatible PC Games so 6.1 is essential - the more the better! So far I have this as my shopping list:
Denon 1705 Receiver (woooot Dolby Pro Logic IIx means no unused rear center speaker and better quality matrixing of game soundtracks)
Denon 2910 DVD Video/Audio Player (If anyone can find a cheaper DVD Audio/Video and SACD Player which is just as good as this player let me know. As long as it had RGB Component Video out and a similar list of features I'm happy. HDTV support woudl be good but since HDTV is a rarity in the UK (weve just got to grips with Freeview Digital TV which isnt even proper HDTV!!) I can live without the DVI and HDTV connections)
I was thinking of using a Denon SYS-550SD Speaker System with an SC-A3 added for 6.1 audio but the SC-A3 has now been discontinued meaning that I can only purchase a set of 5.1 speakers from Denon. :cry: Hmmmm very good marketing, start rolling out 6.1 receivers and then discontinue your 6.1 speakers to go with them!!! :roll: However I then thought about using Mission Speakers to go with the Denon 1705 - after all Denon's Micro System speakers are Mission endorsed with the inverted drivers so surely Mission's Home Theater kits would compliment the sound of a Denon system?
Now this is where I need the expertise of audio connoisseurs. The only speaker set I had in mind from Mission was either the fs1AV NXT Speaker set which is a complete 6.1 set which has a good colour and compliments my TV. NXT technology tho? :duh: Don't those type of speakers sound thin, despite their amazing clarity at high frequencies? With that doubt in mind I had an idea of getting the e80 system which looks promising as its a 6.1 set and its menacing in black means it will look lovely in my living room. Also these seem to be proper speakers rather than NXT technology panels. I have yet to audition either these speakers and I am skeptical about the prices of these speakers, especially being Mission.
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So which speaker set of these two would contemplate the Denon 1705? If you don't think any of these Mission speaker sets would complement it feel free to make your own suggestions as to alternative Home Theater Speaker kits so long as they are 6.1 or they are 5.1 kits which can be expanded with the addition of a surround back speaker, much like Denon (before they discontinued selling the single surround back speaker) and JBL did. Oh and the budget for these speakers is £300.
I am basically aiming for a budget 6.1 Home Theater solution with a DVD Audio and SACD player. I am intending to use this setup to output positional audio from EAX 4 compatible PC Games so 6.1 is essential - the more the better! So far I have this as my shopping list:
Denon 1705 Receiver (woooot Dolby Pro Logic IIx means no unused rear center speaker and better quality matrixing of game soundtracks)
Denon 2910 DVD Video/Audio Player (If anyone can find a cheaper DVD Audio/Video and SACD Player which is just as good as this player let me know. As long as it had RGB Component Video out and a similar list of features I'm happy. HDTV support woudl be good but since HDTV is a rarity in the UK (weve just got to grips with Freeview Digital TV which isnt even proper HDTV!!) I can live without the DVI and HDTV connections)
I was thinking of using a Denon SYS-550SD Speaker System with an SC-A3 added for 6.1 audio but the SC-A3 has now been discontinued meaning that I can only purchase a set of 5.1 speakers from Denon. :cry: Hmmmm very good marketing, start rolling out 6.1 receivers and then discontinue your 6.1 speakers to go with them!!! :roll: However I then thought about using Mission Speakers to go with the Denon 1705 - after all Denon's Micro System speakers are Mission endorsed with the inverted drivers so surely Mission's Home Theater kits would compliment the sound of a Denon system?
Now this is where I need the expertise of audio connoisseurs. The only speaker set I had in mind from Mission was either the fs1AV NXT Speaker set which is a complete 6.1 set which has a good colour and compliments my TV. NXT technology tho? :duh: Don't those type of speakers sound thin, despite their amazing clarity at high frequencies? With that doubt in mind I had an idea of getting the e80 system which looks promising as its a 6.1 set and its menacing in black means it will look lovely in my living room. Also these seem to be proper speakers rather than NXT technology panels. I have yet to audition either these speakers and I am skeptical about the prices of these speakers, especially being Mission.
ops: So which speaker set of these two would contemplate the Denon 1705? If you don't think any of these Mission speaker sets would complement it feel free to make your own suggestions as to alternative Home Theater Speaker kits so long as they are 6.1 or they are 5.1 kits which can be expanded with the addition of a surround back speaker, much like Denon (before they discontinued selling the single surround back speaker) and JBL did. Oh and the budget for these speakers is £300.
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