Speaker Choices

audiobliss
audiobliss Posts: 12,518
edited March 2004 in Speakers
I'm just curious as to the most popular brands of speakers in this forum. The first three brands are the ones, in order, I'm currently considering.
George Grand wrote: »
Jstas wrote: »
Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
In Use
PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
Epson 8700UB
In Storage
[Home Audio]
Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
[Car Audio]
Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2004
    i'm thinking since this IS a Polk Audio forum.. you're highly likely to get mostly Polk as the speaker of choice. If you asked the people in the Klipsch forum.. they'll prob say Klipsch is their speaker of choice.

    To be nonbiased.. you would prob need to ask this question in a neutral forum.. such as Sound & Vision or HT Forum.

    good luck. I'll be interested to see what your findings are on this.
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited March 2004
    For HT - Polk ... But B&W for 2 Channel
    Rick
    HT+ Sunfire TG IV, Dual CG Sig II's, CinePro 1K2, Oppo 981, Audio Technica PL120, Polk SRT's & F/X1000's, Samsung 71" DLP
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    Yeah, I figured the results would be biased; but I was wondering what THIS forum thought, so there ya go. I am, however, surprised at how unbiased most of you guys are; it's really appreciated by me and I'm sure all the other newbies, too!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • warlocks1
    warlocks1 Posts: 1,250
    edited March 2004
    I assume you do mean B & W not B & K. I don't think B&K makes speakers.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
    What no BOSE????:confused::confused::confused:;)
    Life without music would♭
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    Yeah, I think I meant B&W; you can tell they're out of my price range. And, I can't believe I forgot Bose; after all, I do have a pair of their headphones! :D
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,722
    edited March 2004
    Didn't we do this last year???
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2004
    I would've voted for B&W had they been on the list as well.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    Man!! I wish I would stop messin' up these polls!!!
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    The B&K is supposed to be B&W!!!
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    How come nobody's goin' for Energy, Klipsch, or Wharfedale? They sound cool! If you disagree, please say why. In fact, we could turn this into a learning experience for me and any other newbies who might read this. So, say why you voted for what you did (if you're not ashamed to admit what you voted fer :p ), why ya didn't vote fer that which you didn't, and what brands and why you would add to the list. I hope this doesn't take the fun out of it. I would sure learn from the responses!!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    Oops; I guess you can't use HTML in a post. Sorry about all the <commands>.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited March 2004
    Hmmm ...

    Did you really expect that folks who bought Polk speakers assumedly after listening to a variety of others and who hang out in a Polk forum would in large part vote for something else ?
    Rick
    HT+ Sunfire TG IV, Dual CG Sig II's, CinePro 1K2, Oppo 981, Audio Technica PL120, Polk SRT's & F/X1000's, Samsung 71" DLP
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    Originally posted by PolkWannabie
    Hmmm ...

    Did you really expect that folks who bought Polk speakers assumedly after listening to a variety of others and who hang out in a Polk forum would in large part vote for something else ?


    Hmmm..

    Did I say that I expected y'all to vote "in large part" for something else? NO!!! I didn't even say that I expected y'all to vote "at all" for somethig else. I, as I said, have been amazed at the general neutrality of this forum and the desire to help others more than to promote one brand. I fully expect, and still do, for the majority to vote for polk, but, as you can vote for more than one brand, I DO expect for some people to vote for some others and hopefully share why they hold w/e opinions about w/e brand.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    Thanks, ACTVenom; however, we are all biased, so I'm not looking for 'pure' opinions, because opinions ARE biased, that's why they are opinions, and that what speaker preferences are.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited March 2004
    I guess I must have misread this ...
    How come nobody's goin' for Energy, Klipsch, or Wharfedale?

    and maybe I just don't understand the definition of the word favorite.
    Rick
    HT+ Sunfire TG IV, Dual CG Sig II's, CinePro 1K2, Oppo 981, Audio Technica PL120, Polk SRT's & F/X1000's, Samsung 71" DLP
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    OOOOPPPSS!!!!

    I'm VERY sorry!!!

    I totally forgot what I entitled this forum. :( My bad!!

    I guess I had forgotten so much about the poll and started eagerly anticipatin' members' valued opinions about the various brands, from which I would grow speaker-knowledgeable. :D
    I apologize about that. Yeah, with me asking for your favorites, I can't very well give you hard time for not voting for something else. My bad!! HAVE MERCY!!! :(
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited March 2004
    No prob ... I thought maybe I was cornfused ... It's been another long day and it isn't even late yet ...
    Rick
    HT+ Sunfire TG IV, Dual CG Sig II's, CinePro 1K2, Oppo 981, Audio Technica PL120, Polk SRT's & F/X1000's, Samsung 71" DLP
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    Well, there is one forgivin' soul. I again apologize for that. I wish I wouldn't keep messin' up these polls!! :D
    I'll read the WHOLE thread next time before I post. (Well, probably no the WHOLE, ..)
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2004
    PHEW!!!!! :o:) I need to go to bed! :p
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,773
    edited March 2004
    My votes on speakers........

    Would have to be.....

    Definitive Technology
    Polk Audio

    Probally my two most favorite...

    I would love to own a pair of Def Tech towers.....hmmm
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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