LSiM 702’s

simm
simm Posts: 602
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I’m running a 5.1 setup right now using 703’s as my rears. I don’t have any plans of doing 7.1 but wonder if it would be worthwhile to get the 702’s while they are still available and on sale. Anyone used both as rears and feel the 702’s would be a better surround speaker?
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I don't think the rears are quite as important, I was using Monitor 60 and 70 for rears but I use 702 for the sides and they are really nice.
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  • simm
    simm Posts: 602
    edited April 2019
    I guess I really need to decide what my long term plans are. I would hate to pass on the 702’s and find myself a year or two down the road wishing I had jumped on them for $600. My mains are 705’s.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    @simm the rumor on another thread says they ain't making em anymore???
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  • simm
    simm Posts: 602
    afterburnt wrote: »
    @simm the rumor on another thread says they ain't making em anymore???

    I’ve read that as well which is making me consider these more seriously than I have in the past.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,380
    I have 702 as my surrounds and I really like them. I can't comment as to how much better, if any, they would sound, but if you have your surrounds wall mounted I'm confident they would look much better.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    At that price, I think you should get 4
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  • shs
    shs Posts: 105
    They will take up less space in the room than the 703s so that is a good thing, but the wall mounted 702s do not fire out perpendicular to the wall, but a ~45°, so think about the placement in the room. If they are either behind (5.1) or ahead (7.1) of the MLP they work well.
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,835
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I don't think the rears are quite as important, I was using Monitor 60 and 70 for rears but I use 702 for the sides and they are really nice.

    A man after my own heart!!!!! I've used M70's as sides, wides, A9's as wides and rears, and now this weekend, A9's will be placed in the rear once again!!!
    Set up:

    Marantz AV8802A - Sources: BRP Panasonic 9000/CDP Emotiva ERC 3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-6, XPA-2 x 2 - Speakers: Focal/PolkAudio, Mains/2ch - Kanta No2, C - LSiM706, SS - LSiM702, WS - RTiA9, RS - RTiA9, FH - RTiA3 - Subs: Epik Empires x 2

    Cables: AQ McKenzie XLR's from CDP to AVP to amp for 2ch, Emotiva XLR's for the rest - Douglasconnection: Furutech Alpha 36 12g speaker wire for 2ch, Furez 10g speaker wire for the rest - AQ Forest48 HDMI for the display, AQ Carbon48 HDMI from BRP to AVP - VR3 filtered power cables for CDP, BRP and AVP, Emotiva power cables for the amps - AudioQuest 505 power conditioner.

    EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
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