You absolutely must check out B&W Speakers. They're imported from across the pond, and nothing even compares to their sound. The midrange/bass cones are woven kevlar which (a) produce exceedingly clear signal response, and (b) since they're bright yellow, look damn cool.
I have a pair of B&W 601 S2s (I paid $450/pair) on the left/right channel and a CC6 S2 ($360) for the center channel... and some cheap bookshelf speakers on the rears. Do *not* get a cheap center channel speaker; you will pay with crappy sound.
The received I use is a Sony STR-D845... I'm pretty happy with it. I know Sony commonly includes a feature called Auto Format Decode, which monitors the digital *inputs*, figures out the format, and decodes appropriately. Do other receivers do this?
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You absolutely must check out B&W Speakers. They're imported from across the pond, and nothing even compares to their sound. The midrange/bass cones are woven kevlar which (a) produce exceedingly clear signal response, and (b) since they're bright yellow, look damn cool.
I have a pair of B&W 601 S2s (I paid $450/pair) on the left/right channel and a CC6 S2 ($360) for the center channel... and some cheap bookshelf speakers on the rears. Do *not* get a cheap center channel speaker; you will pay with crappy sound.
The received I use is a Sony STR-D845... I'm pretty happy with it. I know Sony commonly includes a feature called Auto Format Decode, which monitors the digital *inputs*, figures out the format, and decodes appropriately. Do other receivers do this?
Another data point: I am 21, by a window, but in the basement...
Let's draw some more useless correlations from this. Maybe we'll get an article about it.