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Budget is low. 200-400 hopefully. The room is 14.5 x 19.5 ft with 8 ft ceilings. Wood floor and lots of book shelves. It's hard to say re: volume. I don't keep things too quiet but I just don't need to blow the windows out either. Not real helpful, I know. Thanks for replying!

Hi all. Looking for opinions for a subwoofer. I have spent some time searching the forums but not too many folks have my exact set up so. A pair of Heresy 1 for the fronts, Academy center, sides are ss-1 (unless they are ss.5? whichever pair is better. I forget. lame I know. They look the same and are a pain to see the rear without taking them down). My room is medium sized. Between 20-25 feet by 15 - 20 feet. One wall has a large passthrough to the next room so it not sealed up. I sometimes like to have a bit of volume, but I rarely listen to very loud music or crank the movies (although my wife might disagree). I have no interest in chest thumping bass but I really miss the low end provided by the quartets I recently had to give up. Never had a sub before and was pretty happy with the sound of the quartets. I use the system for music and movies equally. I have no problem buying either new or used equipment. Thanks for your time, JK Oh, one more thing is it bad to have the Heresy on its side?

Dan, I can't really speak to the amplifier. I don't have much experience there. I have a Pioneer Elite. It's several years old and I am very satisfied with it. As far as the academy, it is better than I even hoped for. Completely changed my system for the better. It replaced a Klipsch SC-1. I am happy that I got it here from a forum member but another good place is http://audiogon.com/. I paid 400 for mine which is pretty average. You probably won't find a good condition unit for under 350 and shouldn't pay more that 450 in my opinion. Ebay probably wont save you much if anything and you never really know who you are dealing with. That said, I'm sure many fine speakers are sold on ebay, some by members of his forum (although they are commonly offered here first). I have klipsch SS1 for surrounds and they seem ok to me. One of the things I heard a lot when asking these questions that you are is that the surrounds really do not have to be stellar to work well. I think they should be surrounds though. Directional speakers will not work as well. As the result of some advice I got, I may eventually upgrade to KSP-S6 or similar, maybe RS-7 if I have the money. Again, you don't really need to spend as much on these to get good results. So, in summary, academy is great and worth getting from someone here or audiogon.com I think. Ebay is probably fine, but I like getting a used speaker from someone who appears to care about them. The one I got from USNRET was great and so was he to deal with. Good luck JK

I'd love to see more pics of this. Let's see the input center and where you have the subs. I see the two behind the couch. Is this a 7.1? Where are the sides? Or are there any? Finally, what speakers are you using here? You will be my example to show the wife that my setup is tamer than it could be, thanks!

Slightly of topic? I would like to know what type of wood was used in the construction of the finished black Academy. I have oak Quartets and I'm getting at least one Academy (center to start) and could expand my search if I can refinish a finished black to match my existing. Of course, "matching" is a subjective concept I would reckon. Is there any reason I should *not* refinish other than possible aesthetic issues? I am not concerned about an exact match but I would like the general color to be close. -JK

You sir, are incredible. Thanks for the offer but I'm not prepared to purchase the surrounds for a couple/few weeks probably (depends on a couple things). Are you suggesting Academys for surrounds? I need to get the Academy for my center first. I already decided that it is a good center match for my quartets fronts. I'm waiting on a forthcoming check and then I get my center. Thanks again for the offer You restore my faith in humanity.

Thanks for your time to respond. I'm looking into the two mentioned here so far. My room is nothing special. The medium-small family living room with stuff everywhere so it is far from ideal (unless it happened to magically turn out to be good by chance!). I am not going to max the sound quality with this at all with this room but I hope to get reasonably matched speakers. Currently I have a KSC-C1 as my center and the dialog in movies is terrible. The incidental sounds and music coming from left and right overpower the center even if i try to adjust the relative levels in my Pioneer Elite VSX-26TX

Hi all, I have Quartet fronts L/R and I am going to get an Academy for a center (almost have wife buy-in). I have been browsing this forum for advice on surrounds/rears that match. Klipsch recommended the Academy for the Quartets as a center but does not list a matching surround speaker. I can not go with more quartets due to space constraints. I understand that some say more Academys would work but I would like to know what else. So far, I have read here couple folks recommend something from the KG series. Everything from .5 through 2.5! I would love in-wall speakers due to the limitations I have with space. Are those even worth looking at for a match with my older speakers? I am interested in "learning how to fish" so to speak so if you feel like sharing how to make this decision that would be great. Is it just experience and listening? Or do I look at response and horns and such....? Thanks for your time, JK