Thread: Speakers

Got my 705 now i'm ready to upgrade my speakers. My budget is $1200.00. I plan on the fronts and backs to be wall mounted. Prewired for that when I built the house. Suggestions any one?

Originally Posted by stimpson

Got my 705 now i'm ready to upgrade my speakers. My budget is $1200.00. I plan on the fronts and backs to be wall mounted. Prewired for that when I built the house. Suggestions any one?

Check out the first sticky Yambekas, they seem to be pretty good.

Stipson;

Wall mount or in-wall?

And as far as the Yambekas for a an actual full H/T ????? I would find a set to test out and/or listen too BEFORE every buying them.

Wall mount. Not in-wall. Been looking at the Polk Audio RM6880 at Amazon.

Just make sure to be careful of wall mounts and/or how you mount, as vibration can ruin your listening pleasure.

There are many brands to choose from. I have 2 H/T setups. I use JBL and Infinity in my main home theater, but I paid well over 4 grand for the speakers alone.

I also use the Yambeka's in our family room H/T and honestly, they sound pretty good. I don't care what some say on speaker prices higher always being better, the yambeka's can hold their own admirably with higher price units. Can I tell the difference between our 2 setups? Sure, I can, but I don't think I can hear over $3000 of difference!

One thing I like about the yambeka's is they work nicely as they are not nearly as big as most setups. They look slick too.

Honestly, I have heard many a story of people's wall mount speaks coming loose over time also. Just please don't consider anything bose makes.

No Bose for me. Too expensive. I've done a lot of checking and I for sure won't be going with Bose. I think I'll be going with the Polk Audios. As far as them coming loose, I don't think I'll have that problem. I have the low voltage boxes mounted right on a wall studs and I will mount the speakers on the same studs just under the wall plates. I already have my rear Kenwoods mounted that way for over two years now. No problems yet, and they actually weigh more than the ones I'll be getting. I realize the fronts get more activity than the rears, so if the do start to get a little loose, I'll pu them on floor stands. Thanks for the advice all.

I know Paradigm has some wall-mount options. They have the Cinema series, and at least at one point the Monitor series had wall-mount available as well. From a quick glance at their website, it looks like they have a new line of Cinema series. The originals would have fallen well within your budget, but can't speak for the new ones since I haven't priced them in several years.

I've had my Monitors for 6+ years, and have never had a regret!

Originally Posted by scottie_h

I know Paradigm has some wall-mount options. They have the Cinema series, and at least at one point the Monitor series had wall-mount available as well. From a quick glance at their website, it looks like they have a new line of Cinema series. The originals would have fallen well within your budget, but can't speak for the new ones since I haven't priced them in several years.

I've had my Monitors for 6+ years, and have never had a regret!

I will check them out as well. Thanks for the info.