Alright, here's my current system:
(after dec 25th) 24" iMac as a display and DVD player, optical output to
Technics SH-A500 dts/dd decoder The four surround outputs go to:
Technics SA-8500x, which is currently hooked up to 4 panasonic SB-550 big ass speakers, on custom oak stands that I made at school.
The center channel is the custom wall mount unit I linked to here: https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7450
And right now, I have two choices for the amp to power my center... a technics SA-AX720 home theater receiver, or some weird funky sharp brand massive 2 channel amp that i can't find any information on.
Anyway, I currently live in an apartment, so I was thinking about getting some of these:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=299-028
Seems like a pretty good deal at only $29 each, I was thinking about picking up 3 of them, 2 for the couch, and one for the love seat. Does anybody have experience with them? I'm just wondering how well they work as 'subwoofer replacements', especially since all my surrounds are fullsize speakers. I could understand that if I was using satellite speakers, that the lack of 'audible' bass would be kinda strange, but I don't think I'm going to be missing a whole lot, only the very very low frequencies, which should hopefully be covered by these puppies.
So ... yeah... any experience you ahve with these things would be good. Also, how much power do they really need? Would it be better to use that high powered 2 channel amp? Only downside is that amp has no volume control so I couldn't control how loud they get...
ideally, I was thinking about powering the center channel and the shakers with a vintage technics SU-7700, which has about 50 watts per channel. Would that be enough power for these modern shakers? Or do they really suck up juice, enough that I should probably use a more modern amp with a lot more wattage?
(after dec 25th) 24" iMac as a display and DVD player, optical output to
Technics SH-A500 dts/dd decoder The four surround outputs go to:
Technics SA-8500x, which is currently hooked up to 4 panasonic SB-550 big ass speakers, on custom oak stands that I made at school.
The center channel is the custom wall mount unit I linked to here: https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7450
And right now, I have two choices for the amp to power my center... a technics SA-AX720 home theater receiver, or some weird funky sharp brand massive 2 channel amp that i can't find any information on.
Anyway, I currently live in an apartment, so I was thinking about getting some of these:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=299-028
Seems like a pretty good deal at only $29 each, I was thinking about picking up 3 of them, 2 for the couch, and one for the love seat. Does anybody have experience with them? I'm just wondering how well they work as 'subwoofer replacements', especially since all my surrounds are fullsize speakers. I could understand that if I was using satellite speakers, that the lack of 'audible' bass would be kinda strange, but I don't think I'm going to be missing a whole lot, only the very very low frequencies, which should hopefully be covered by these puppies.
So ... yeah... any experience you ahve with these things would be good. Also, how much power do they really need? Would it be better to use that high powered 2 channel amp? Only downside is that amp has no volume control so I couldn't control how loud they get...
ideally, I was thinking about powering the center channel and the shakers with a vintage technics SU-7700, which has about 50 watts per channel. Would that be enough power for these modern shakers? Or do they really suck up juice, enough that I should probably use a more modern amp with a lot more wattage?