dougdrake2 Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 "Is this new flagship model the best Klipsch has ever done?" Mike - You tryin' to start a war or something?? This phrase will appear in the dictionary as an example of "inflamatory." ------------------ My System Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Colin: In fact, if you can tolerate the internal speakers on large TVs, all you really need to add is a powered sub-woofer. To make a very simple HT, just add a good sub-woofer to the speaker outputs on the TV. This will give 80 -90% of the thrill of home theater without the cost. Ok now that is just outrageous. Colin, I don't necessarily disagree with all you said, except saying you can use the TV speakers to recreate 80-90% of the home theater experience is just plain silly. Plus, you need more than a pair of front speakers and a sub. A lot of sound comes from the center, and if you're more than one listener, forget about good imaging in stereo! Also, you need the surrounds. I don't care how well your speakers image, they can never recreate the sound of two discrete rear channels with sounds going back and forth and ambience reinforcing the whole experience. I would like to add, on a more general note, that very often (not always), people are looking for different things from a home theater setup than from a music setup. I'm generalizing here of cours,e but in general the goal of a music system is to reproduce the original sound with perfect accuracy. In movies, on the other hand, especially the big Hollywood action blockbuster (the main reason a lot of folks get into home theater for; American Beauty is almost as enjoyable a film on a simple TV, while Arnold really benefits from a full-blown setup), the goal is to get very in-your-face, exciting sound. IMHO, that is where Klipsch excels the most. Therefore, in an ideal world, I would be using something like Dynaudio or Energy Veritas speakers, or some classic Klipsch (Klipschorns) in a stereo music room, and enjoying a good multichannel Klipsch Reference setup in the HT room, which would also probably serve as the Rock, Rap, and Techno music system. But that's just me. ------------------ http://members.fortunecity.com/sebdavid - go laugh at my crappy website/equipment http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mc.asp?alias=Sebdavid - go laugh at my puny little DVD collection This message has been edited by Seb on 03-09-2002 at 11:35 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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