Hello, Is this the right place to talk about speakers?
I'm looking into building up a 5.x.4 speaker system from scratch (the speakers at least). I have a very old pair of Polk LSi9's that I like, but I feel like continuing with that series is going to just cause problems when I inevitably want height speakers (the LSis were replaced with LSiM's, which are also now discontinued I think).
I'm thinking of starting with towers (<~$1200/pair) and bookshelves ($500/pair) to get 4.1 (I have a sub I can start with), and then slowly adding other parts from there, including the height/Atmos speakers. I thought I'd look into speaker lines with dedicated height/Atmos speakers just to have a full matching set. However, I don't really know what's out there. I'm completely new to height speakers, but I don't think I'd be able to mount them on the ceiling. I think the best I'll be able to do is mount them on the wall angled down, hence my interest in height/Atmos speakers that are already angled down.
Here are a few speakers I've found
I'm wondering if anyone has other recommendations, as well as people's thoughts on these particular lines. From my brief googling, I've seen anecdotes like ELAC is known for being neutral, Wharfedale Diamond 12 is known for being a little laid back, and SVS Prime is more forward. But those might just be random opinions.
I've also seen some opinions that towers don't become a better value over bookshelves unless one is spending $1500+ on them. I've also been out of the speaker market for a long time, so I'm not sure if my ball park price ranges make sense.
(also, I do have some owens corning acoustic panels and will be looking into treatments and tuning also, but that's another story).
Anyway, I'm still in the brainstorming stage, so any thoughts are welcome. Thanks.
I'm looking into building up a 5.x.4 speaker system from scratch (the speakers at least). I have a very old pair of Polk LSi9's that I like, but I feel like continuing with that series is going to just cause problems when I inevitably want height speakers (the LSis were replaced with LSiM's, which are also now discontinued I think).
I'm thinking of starting with towers (<~$1200/pair) and bookshelves ($500/pair) to get 4.1 (I have a sub I can start with), and then slowly adding other parts from there, including the height/Atmos speakers. I thought I'd look into speaker lines with dedicated height/Atmos speakers just to have a full matching set. However, I don't really know what's out there. I'm completely new to height speakers, but I don't think I'd be able to mount them on the ceiling. I think the best I'll be able to do is mount them on the wall angled down, hence my interest in height/Atmos speakers that are already angled down.
Here are a few speakers I've found
I'm wondering if anyone has other recommendations, as well as people's thoughts on these particular lines. From my brief googling, I've seen anecdotes like ELAC is known for being neutral, Wharfedale Diamond 12 is known for being a little laid back, and SVS Prime is more forward. But those might just be random opinions.
I've also seen some opinions that towers don't become a better value over bookshelves unless one is spending $1500+ on them. I've also been out of the speaker market for a long time, so I'm not sure if my ball park price ranges make sense.
(also, I do have some owens corning acoustic panels and will be looking into treatments and tuning also, but that's another story).
Anyway, I'm still in the brainstorming stage, so any thoughts are welcome. Thanks.