Floor standing speakers recommendation

[shankly1985]

Hi
I want to buy two floor standing speakers for my Denon AVRX2500H any recommendations for price range if £100 each speaker?

I want to come away from 5.1 due to change in my room. Do I still require a sub? And can I get away from using a centre speaker?

So basically I just want good stereo sound.

 

[shankly1985]

Increase your budget. £100 floorstanders are going to be very low quality

For movies it's still recommended to use a sub.

You can get away with a center but I'd recommend a center

Did you mean £100 for each indididual speaker, so £200 a pair?

Definitely look 2nd hand at this price point. Plenty of decent speakers available;

Q Acoustics 3050
Mission M34
Mission M74i
Mission 773
Monitor Audio Bronze BX5
B&W 602.5 S3

These are just speakers that I'm familiar with myself, but there are plenty of others out there.

If your budget is £100 a pair you'd probably be better going with a standmount speaker instead of a floorstander.

Subwoofer not essential but is definitely nice to have.

I should be more clear £200 total.

 

[shankly1985]

Should I maybe look into just getting a sound bar instead?

 

[shankly1985]

You say you want to come away from 5.1, but what do you presently have?

Why not just try it as a 3.1 system for a start?


If you are using tiny "home cinema in a box" style speakers at the minute, the other option could just be to upgrade the left and rights to some slightly more capable stand mounts, and appropriate stands, rather than actual floorstanders? e.g

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Currently using tannoy sfx 5.1 but my sub has broken. I am currently moving into a small room for the PC gaming etc
On my far wall will be the TV but I want this to be very basic TV/sound

This will be used for sim racing along with watching some TV/football

So I am not looking to be blown away I do still want some good sound.

I didn't really think about just setting up the left and right speakers and see how it sounds.

Edit

Thanks I will check that link out. I just figured since I going with stereo maybe floor standing would be the best option.

 

[shankly1985]

Hello little update.

I got delivered today, build quality is impressive. Not had a chance to set these up yet due to the room needing some adjustments.

Wharfedale Diamond 9.CS Walnut Centre​

Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 Speakers Walnut (Pair)​

Wharfedale Diamond SW-150 Walnut Subwoofer​

Little Subwoofer question, I will be attaching these to Denon AVRX2500H. The centre speaker Frequency Range: 70 - 24KHz and the left and right is Frequency response (Hz): 50 - 24,000

Should I set the sub to 50hz? Something I have just noticed I been running my Denon at 8oms with old 6ohms speakers all this time opps I guess I should read the manual next time.
I have now sorted that out for these 6ohms speakers.

I went over my recommendation price but I wanted something that would last abit longer and tbh I just love the build finish. Hoping they sound as good as they look.
These will be used for movie, music and gaming mostly sim racing on the TV.

 

[shankly1985]

Another question do you think me running the Denon at 8ohms with 6ohms speakers damaged the Subwoofer?

 

[shankly1985]

In the avr set all speakers to small 80hz. Set subwoofer lpf to 120hz. On the subwoofer itself set the crossover dial to maximum

Run auto calibration the manually change crossovers back to small 80

Perfect thanks