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Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396
Forget 7.1 unless you have a huge room. It's a waist of money. I'm also using the Bose Acoustimass 15 in my family room but I'm not that happy with the sound. For one the cubes lack the briliant highs I enjoy. However, when I bought my house my wife wanted small speakers that we could mount up on the walls and they sounded the best out of the small speakers we listened to. They work okay for movies but not for music. Same goes for the subwoofer. Although it sounds fine with movies with music the 5 1/2 woofers tend to pop when turned up. I added a 500watt RMS Sony subwoofer with dual 10s behind my TV so that I could turn the Bose subwoofer down. That resolved the bass issue but not the highs. You also don't need a ton of power as 100-150 watts RMS will go pretty loud without breaking the bank.
In my loft I have a cheap KLH 5.1 speaker system that sounds decent for the cheap price I paid for it. They have the highrange that the Bose are missing but they also lack in the midrange where the Bose shine. They also have a 100watt RMS powered 10 inch subwoofer that again sounds pretty good for being a cheap sub.
What 4 speakers do you currently have, make and size? Do you have a powered subwoofer or non-powered subwoofer? If not, are you planning to add either to the system? The reason I ask is because some receivers have power for the subwoofer where others do not in which case the subwoofer would have to have it's own amp.
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I have stacked Advents. They have 8 inch woofers and custom tweeters.
They are very clear and crisp.
Will get a sub-woofer if needed.