Quintet surrounds

[bdmiller]

I have been considering upgrading my 5.1 reciever to 7.1. I have RB-3's and an RC-3 II up front and 2 old speakers as rears. After shelling out $500-700 on my reciever, I am going to be strapped for cash, so putting 4 reference surrounds in the rear is not a current option. I can get klipsch quintets for about $50 each on ebay. Would this be a big mistake, or would this be an acceptable holdover until I can buy matching reference series surrounds? I hear alot about timbre and voice matching in this forum. How far apart are these speakers , and how important is timbre matching from front to back?

[yromj]

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On 3/23/2004 5:03:55 PM bdmiller wrote:

I have been considering upgrading my 5.1 reciever to 7.1. I have RB-3's and an RC-3 II up front and 2 old speakers as rears. After shelling out $500-700 on my reciever, I am going to be strapped for cash, so putting 4 reference surrounds in the rear is not a current option. I can get klipsch quintets for about $50 each on ebay. Would this be a big mistake, or would this be an acceptable holdover until I can buy matching reference series surrounds? I hear alot about timbre and voice matching in this forum. How far apart are these speakers , and how important is timbre matching from front to back?

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I used my Quintets for a couple of weeks while I was waiting for funds for my surrounds. I was surprised at how well they kept up w/ my RB/RC-25s. They sounded pretty good. I had to bump their levels up a few dBs but that was all.

You're looking at using them as the rears in the 7.1, correct? I would think they would suffice you for a while.

John

PS- I can sell you a pair of white or black. PM me if you're interested.