804S or 805S as rears?

[ray5]

Hi Guys,
I am looking to add rear speakers. They will go with 802D and HTM2D as fronts. What would you guys think?
Thanks,
Ray

[Kal Rubinson]

Works for me. I use the 804S for surround with a trio of 802Ds up front.

Kal

[htsteve]

As I have 804S's as rears, with 802D's/HTM2D upfront, you know my answer.

[garak]

I also have 804S as rears, but unlike Kal and htsteve, I have 803D/HTM2D up front. However, I concur with their answer.

[style]

Hi,

I have like Garak (Brian :W ) 803D and Htm2D but rear the 805S.


well, with a from 802d-Htm2d the perfect rear will be a 803d but between 804s and 805s i don't know....read a lot of pro 805s and contra (idem for the 804s)

the 804s will be better (on the brochure...) but if you fo use this 2 great speaker as front people say that the 805 is better on the HF, the 804 will be on the LF.... (tweeter is the same but will sound different..)

As SR are two great speakers...not easy.

Style

[ShadowZA]

I use 803D's for surround duty. Before this I used N804's (previous version of the 804S). The 805S's are useful as they could be wall mounted.

I tend to prefer more surround "fullness" in addition to tweeter matching and thus my decision to go for floorstanders.

[Kal Rubinson]

well, with a from 802d-Htm2d the perfect rear will be a 803d but between 804s and 805s i don't know....

Nah. The perfect rear would be more 802Ds. :T

Kal

[style]

Nah. The perfect rear would be more 802Ds.

Kal

:B exaggerated :W

well at this point we go to the point of no return,: 5 (7?) x 801D :B :B

Style

[ray5]

You guys do like spending money! Especially if it is someone else's!!!!
Looks like there is general agreement on the 804 between the two. Thanks,
Ray

[ray5]

Given the limited signal that flows to the rears at this time what's the advantage for full range speakers in the back? Or is it that newer and future soundtracks are going to have different signals?
Ray

[Kal Rubinson]

Given the limited signal that flows to the rears at this time what's the advantage for full range speakers in the back?

A more perfect timbre balance with the fronts.

Or is it that newer and future soundtracks are going to have different signals?

Dunno. I am really concerned only with music.

Kal

[ray5]

I know this is off topic but my rears will need about 40-50' of speaker cable. Does the length have any bearing? I know I'll have to calibrate but is there signal loss when traveling over long distances? And if yes is there a magic number? Thanks,
Ray

[Glenee]

That signal will be traveling at about 1100 ft a second or faster, Hell I can't remember. Don't you see that Senior in front of member. Give me a break. Now what was I talking about.

[ray5]

That signal will be traveling at about 1100 ft a second or faster, Hell I can't remember. Don't you see that Senior in front of member. Give me a break.Now what was I talking about.

So, to say it more politely and with civility I guess the answer is no it will not make a difference?!
I take it your last sentence was pretty accurate i.e Now what was I talking about.
If one posts enough number of these you automatically become senior! I have no claims on being senior or an expert and that's the reason I am on this forum.Thanks,
Ray

[Glenee]

No, No, Ray. No Pun or Smart Ass Intended.I was referring to my own age, as to my forgetfullness and it was a joke on myself. I would never make any kind of remark, to insult or demean any member. Ray, please accept my humblest appolgy.
Sorry Ray,
Glen

[ray5]

Glen,
Accepted. E-mail and forums can be very deceptive. I apologize in being overly sensitive also! No hard feelings.
Ray

[Kal Rubinson]

That signal will be traveling at about 1100 ft a second or faster, Hell I can't remember. Don't you see that Senior in front of member. Give me a break. Now what was I talking about.

Much faster. 1100f/s is for sound, not electricity. "...in a typical coaxial cable it is about 66% of the speed of light" (186,000 miles per second).

Kal

[Glenee]

Much faster. 1100f/s is for sound, not electricity. "...in a typical coaxial cable it is about 66% of the speed of light" (186,000 miles per second).

Kal

See why I said what I said about I can't remember. I knew Kal was just around the corner to line my Ass out. :W

[Kal Rubinson]

See why I said what I said about I can't remember. I knew Kal was just around the corner to line my Ass out. :W

At the speed of light. :T

Kal

[bigburner]

well at this point we go to the point of no return,: 5 (7?) x 801D :B :B

Style

Nah. A better setup is 7 x 800D.

Nigel.

[style]

original from bigburner
Nah. A better setup is 7 x 800D.

Nigel

uhmm between the 800D and the 801D I like the 801D much more......
but we suppose a room from 8meter x 7m. or similar: with 5 pcs. I will be happy too!:
we go make 3 fromt 81D and 800d and the"rear"? , ampli in monoblock, a GREAT sacd, insonoritation, No sub, a turntalbe must be in the setup...
well Sweet dream......
what do you think?
Style

[JargonGR]

Seriously it looks much better with floorstanders than the small 805s.

I Use 800Ds + HTM1D in the front and 803Ds as surrounds and plan on getting two more 803Ds for 7.1. I am not really into multichannel music but movies mostly for surround. However, I still owe it to my setup to look into multichannel music a bit closer. It is just that I don;t like being the maestro which is exactly what multichannel music makes me feel.

And yes I know how I should sell my HTM1D and get an extra 800D for the front but this would be in front of my projection screen that I don't want to move further up.