I need some awsome small as can be speakers, what should i buy?

Inferior_Light
Inferior_Light Posts: 14
edited October 2003 in Speakers
I want to get some onwall speakers (No larger than the 7200's), what speakers do you guys recommend? I'm willing to spend $1,000 on the speakers alone with no subwoofer.
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  • gatemplin
    gatemplin Posts: 1,595
    edited October 2003
    Would you consider inwall speakers?
    Graham
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  • Inferior_Light
    Inferior_Light Posts: 14
    edited October 2003
    This is for a HT, I have inwall speakers for other rooms in the house, I need something that sounds supurb.
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited October 2003
    I thought you were going to buy the RM7600?
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited October 2003
    There are some very superb sounding inwalls out there. Polk has the new LCi inwalls coming out, infinity makes the CAS series, etc. etc.

    spending 1 large on speakers that you want as small as possible is a bad idea IMO
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  • Inferior_Light
    Inferior_Light Posts: 14
    edited October 2003
    Originally posted by PhantomOG
    I thought you were going to buy the RM7600?


    Too big
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited October 2003
    I would assume that most speaker systems that are as small as you would like would sound pretty much the same.

    want to spend alot? get Bose. otherwise, any other Home-Theater-In-A-Box will probably be just as good and cost alot less.

    I don't think there are many, if any at all, posters on here that have "small" speakers so finding recommendations might be difficult on this board.
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited October 2003
    I'd look into the Gallo brand. Very small and suprisingly good sound.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2003
    There are lots of small speakers that sound good for ht, my personal fav is from Jm Lab:

    http://www.focal-jmlab.fr/gb/home/sib-cub/download/index.htm

    An inexpensive option you might want to look at are the HTD 'middies':

    http://www.htdaudio.com/htdmiddies.html

    I don't know that you can get *much* smaller than the Polk offerings, as another user pointed out, without just paying too much for too little.

    Check out Tannoy, KEF, Energy, and I think Def Tech has a *decent* 'little' speaker also.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited October 2003
    Check out Cambridge Sound Works. Great warrenty, nice sound, cheap.
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  • section19
    section19 Posts: 90
    edited October 2003
    I would highly recommend you check out Polk's 6700 HT package. It can be found at Circuit City for $600.

    The 4 sats are 6.5"H x 4"W x 5"D and weigh 2 lbs. The center is 4 5/16"H x 11 1/4"W x 5 13/16"D and weighs 5.25 lbs. All of the speakers (even the center) can easily be mounted on the wall. The sats are two-way speakers with 3 1/4" mids and 3/4" tweeters. The Center has an extra mid.

    All 5 speakers are ported (most palm sized speakers aren't) for exceptional (for their size) midrange. Granted you aren't going to get the same performance from them as you would from large floorstanding or bookshelf sized speakers.

    Still, matched with a good sub and driven by a quality source these little speakers can sound excellent.

    I auditioned Bose, Infinity and Klipsch HT packages and none of them came anywhere near the 6700's in sound quality (to my ears, anyway). Plus the Infinity and Klipsch were larger (and uglier IMO).

    Personally I think you will be hard pressed to find a better speaker on the market (in your price range) that has such an outstanding size/sound ratio as the 6700's.
    Denon AVR-1803
    Polk RM6700 w/ Infinity Entra Sub
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  • Terrax
    Terrax Posts: 483
    edited October 2003
    I would agree with gidrah, the Anthony Gallo's Mirco's are amazing little speakers that sound great, they are spheres, and come in a ton of colors, all metal construction. Do a search for "Anthony Gallo".
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  • C Bennett
    C Bennett Posts: 24
    edited October 2003
    Klipsch Quintet,CSW,Boston Acoustics(the small speakers in the sat sub system),Atlantic Technology.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2003
    Gallo Acoustics - http://www.roundsound.com/

    Fyi...
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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