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Originally Posted by ArkGuy
If I were you:
- College student on a budget
- Already owning a decent receiver
I'm pretty sure I'd do the following:
Take what you seem to be prepared to drop on a modestly priced Polk 5.1 system, and instead spend almost all of it on a pair of better quality fronts, towers if you like, with an eye (ear?) toward those with a good reputation of providing decent bass without a sub. You can enjoy your "2.0" system for quite a while, especially if you use your system alot for music. You can always look for a decent used center channel on ebay or craigslist of the same brand and similar build and run three across. If you're just dying to add some rears while still in school, you can pick up a tolerable pair of used extra speakers for a song, especially in a college town.
You may find that spendng the bulk of your money now on two fronts, instead of spreading it around on a six channel system, means you'll eventually build a good 5.1 faster because you won't be paying for every speaker twice.
Just a thought. |
good advice and along the lines of what i was initially thinking. my pc is connected to my receiver, so i will be using my home theatre quite a bit for music. i just wanted to be sure that i would'nt be losing too much low frequency quality without a sub. i think im gonna drop my whole current budget on adecent set of front towers and then add the rest as i go, with a sub most likely coming last.
thanks.