Let's say I scrap the Quintets, maybe use them in another room. The family room is about 25 X 25. My listening range is pretty broad but lets make it simple and say pop music. I would use the system primarily for home theatre. Lets say a budget of $1000 dollars for speakers.
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Originally posted by dougdrake:
You are definitely going to need a subwoofer. Those Quints will only go down to 100-120hz, and you'll miss the first two or three octaves where the bass lives. For an interesting chart that shows all the activity in that region, go here:
http://www.azstarnet.com/~solo/musrange.gif
You could try running the fronts in "phantom" mode on your receiver, which means it creates a virtual center channel using the front left/right speakers. You simply say NO center speaker in your receiver setup.
However, I believe that with the Quintets (IMO), you'll want a physical center channel. Get a Klipsch SS-.5. It's the closest match to the actual Quintet center channel, which are not sold separately and harder to find on Ebay than snowballs in Phoenix right about now.
If you are serious about scraping the Quintet deal, let us know your budget, the size of your room, music tastes, relative mix of home theater to music listening...and you'll get some suggestions.
The Quintets are great speakers for their purpose.
Doug