ssmh Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Hi. I've started to assemble my Palladium home theater set. I started out by purchasing a pair of P-27S and a P-27C in Espresso for 1800$. My next move was to look for the P-37F but another pair of P-27S in Espresso popped up less than an hour away for 900$. Now i'm left with the choice of purchasing the P-37F or purchasing the P-17B and putting the extra money into subwoofers. It will be a while after this purchase before i have enough money for subs if i purchase the P-37F. Prices in Norway is usually 3500$ for the P-37F and 1200$ for the P-17B so the extra 2300$ would go a long way for subwoofers. Any advice in this situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 how big of a room are you trying to energize? if it's smallish, 17's are great. But as always, there is little replacement for displacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Schu said: how big of a room are you trying to energize? if it's smallish, 17's are great. But as always, there is little replacement for displacement. Agree. One analogy that I can contribute is I once moved my RB-75 "bookshelf" speakers and hooked them up in my main HT system where my RF-63's are located and ran some demos. Very little change in dynamics and impact. Both sets sound fantastic for HT and music. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssmh Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Schu said: how big of a room are you trying to energize? if it's smallish, 17's are great. But as always, there is little replacement for displacement. The room is about 3 meters wide, 6 meters deep with 8 foot ceilings. I've been reading a lot about bookshelves vs towers and a lot are saying if you are running subwoofers the towers are wasted as they will play similar above 100hz. 8 hours ago, willland said: Agree. One analogy that I can contribute is I once moved my RB-75 "bookshelf" speakers and hooked them up in my main HT system where my RF-63's are located and ran some demos. Very little change in dynamics and impact. Both sets sound fantastic for HT and music. Bill Yeah that helps a a lot. So even if the 17's wont be as dynamic the difference still wont be massive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 6 hours ago, ssmh said: The room is about 3 meters wide, 6 meters deep with 8 foot ceilings. So about the size of a large bedroom at about 1500ft3. 6 hours ago, ssmh said: I've been reading a lot about bookshelves vs towers and a lot are saying if you are running subwoofers the towers are wasted as they will play similar above 100hz. I would not say "waste" but the larger speakers can afford you a lower crossover to subwoofers which will help prevent localization of the lower frequencies. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Bigger is always better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles M Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 4/25/2020 at 3:01 PM, ssmh said: Hi. I've started to assemble my Palladium home theater set. I started out by purchasing a pair of P-27S and a P-27C in Espresso for 1800$. My next move was to look for the P-37F but another pair of P-27S in Espresso popped up less than an hour away for 900$. Now i'm left with the choice of purchasing the P-37F or purchasing the P-17B and putting the extra money into subwoofers. It will be a while after this purchase before i have enough money for subs if i purchase the P-37F. Prices in Norway is usually 3500$ for the P-37F and 1200$ for the P-17B so the extra 2300$ would go a long way for subwoofers. Any advice in this situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles M Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 That baby will work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles M Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 This one is a Saturn 12 the other one is Klipsch p312 w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlaurel Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 i say, get the bookshelves and a good subwoofer (or 2?) that blends well and goes deep - later, when you have the budget, move the bookshelves to rear/surround duty and get P-37F's for fronts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles M Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Focus on some subwoofers for I believe it will cost some money to do so . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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