Looking for advice on speaker upgrades.

nitra

In advance sorry for the wall of text, and thanks to those who can provide some help.

First, my current setup.

L/R fronts, Technics SB-LV80, Center TSS750 Infinity, Surround TSS750, Sub Infinity SUB750.
Amp: Denon AVR-591
Room size, 10.5' x 14.5'
Background,

Two weeks ago I finally upgraded my older Sony STR-DE695 in favor of the new Denon, after the upgrade it's become quite apparent that my speaker setup has some serious shortfalls. A couple of years ago I got a deal on the TSS750's and I've been running them since, I replaced the 2 in the front in favor of the Technics because the TSS750 L/R were simply "missing" something.

After reading around, and getting some olid community advice it seems that polk may offer me the best value for the money without a loss to quality.
After checking with some people, and reviewing the prices, with my current budget, I can replace the SUB750 with a Velodyne DPS-10 (used) for around $100. I could also get either a CS2, or CS1 from Newegg, as well as a set of Monitor 60's for the L/R, and a set of Monitor 30's for the surrounds.

I would love to swap up to the Monitor 70's, but I am quite afraid that they will fall outside of my limited budget.

If I went with the Velodyne DPS-10, the CS1, Monitor 60's x2, Monitor 30 x2, how decent of an upgrade would that be given my current system?

Would my AVR-591 be able to power that setup?
Is the Velodyne DPS-10 worth the $100 over my current Infinity SUB750?

Thanks for your time.
Matt

packetjones

Welcome to club polk Nitra. There are a ton of knowledgeable people here that can give advice.

I can not really comment on the old speakers that you have but the monitor speakers are a great deal. I think that you will be very happy with them. The Denon that you have should not have any issues with them at all. Of course the more power the better.

B Run

I have the monitor 60's, cs1 and 30's in my current setup. I originally had a Denon 591, then returned it and upgraded to a used Denon 1909 (equivalent to 789) and finally settled on the RX v1800. The 591 will drive them fine and they will sound better than your current setup. I agree with the more power the better and i noticed an improvement between the 2 denons and a bigger improvement between the 1909 and the yamaha 1800.

nitra

Hey B Run, what was your issue with the 591?
The reason I picked it, it was on sale, and the feature set for the price point simply couldn't be beat, I was concerned about the lack of overall power, but for the small room it's going into, it didn't seem that underpowered.
The room is around 150 sq. feet.

B Run

No issue with the 591, i just found a 1909 on craigslist for $50 less than I paid for the 591 and I had a month to return it. I was happy with the 591 but i did notice an improvement once i went to the 1909. You shouldn't have any problems with the 591, Denon makes a great product.

nitra

Update, managed to pickup a set today, got a set of Polk Monitor 70's for the front, a Polk CS1 center, and 2 Polk Monitor 30's for the surrounds. Only paid 500$ for the set, they are one hell of an upgrade over the ones that I had, I'll keep you posted on a sub.

B Run

Congrats, glad to hear.

spock 2054

nitra wrote: »

Update, managed to pickup a set today, got a set of Polk Monitor 70's for the front, a Polk CS1 center, and 2 Polk Monitor 30's for the surrounds. Only paid 500$ for the set, they are one hell of an upgrade over the ones that I had, I'll keep you posted on a sub.

If you snag the dps-10 for a hundred bucks, that would be a great sounding system...

nitra

Update #2 got the DPS-10, system is quite amazing. Ty all for help!