Help with rear surrond speakers

[Y2K000]

Question for the pros,

I just bought a new Denon 1909 reciever and currently I have two Yamaha bookshelf speakers rated at 60 watts. I just bought a Klipsch C-1 center channel speaker and for the rear surrond speakers I have two JBL speakers rated at 40 watts. I want to get new fronts along with new rears. My reciever handles 90x7. Now is it wise to get matching speakers watt for watt for the front and the back? Does sensitivity matter along with freqs?

I am old school with 7 year old speakers here and would like to improve. I was looking at Klipsch speakers for the front and back.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by Y2K000

Question for the pros,

I just bought a new Denon 1909 reciever and currently I have two Yamaha bookshelf speakers rated at 60 watts. I just bought a Klipsch C-1 center channel speaker and for the rear surrond speakers I have two JBL speakers rated at 40 watts. I want to get new fronts along with new rears. My reciever handles 90x7. Now is it wise to get matching speakers watt for watt for the front and the back? Does sensitivity matter along with freqs?

I am old school with 7 year old speakers here and would like to improve. I was looking at Klipsch speakers for the front and back.

The back speakers are not as important. However, make sure the three front speakers are identical or at least they are from the same company.

[Colglizity]

Originally Posted by Y2K000

Question for the pros,

I just bought a new Denon 1909 reciever and currently I have two Yamaha bookshelf speakers rated at 60 watts. I just bought a Klipsch C-1 center channel speaker and for the rear surrond speakers I have two JBL speakers rated at 40 watts. I want to get new fronts along with new rears. My reciever handles 90x7. Now is it wise to get matching speakers watt for watt for the front and the back? Does sensitivity matter along with freqs?

I am old school with 7 year old speakers here and would like to improve. I was looking at Klipsch speakers for the front and back.

I don't think the "wattage match" is as important as the speakers being timber matched. (search this site for definition). The front left, front right, and center channels should have the same sized woofer and tweeter. On the surrounds, you can go a little smaller if you have to as there is not as much dialog coming from rear channels. Again, do a little searching on this site. Great choice on the 1909, I was also looking at that model, but couldn't wait and bought the yamaha 663. What's your budget?

[Y2K000]

My Klipsch (c-1) center channel is rated: 50 w (200 w peak). I was looking at either Klipsch/Polk speakers which would be replacing my currently two fronts and backs. I guess any current speakers on the market would blow away my old 7-8 year old sets. So frankly I guess I would spend 400 bucks on the fronts (pair) and $250 for the rears. Now since my Denon 1909 reciever would only do 90 watts per channel could I run over the max in new speakers? I know blasting the volume would blow out the speakers in the long run, but I wouldnt be doing that. I dont know shit about the technical specs on home theater, but I love what it can do!!!!

[allstar780]

since you bought the C-1 why not go with the entire matching set? you could get the B-2 bookshelves for under 250 for the pair or the f-1 floorstanders for about $500 a pair... plus the s-1 surrounds for about $260 (all on amazon and similar sites)
And with Klipsch being rather efficient speakers 90w is more than enough (and you will never, ever squeeze that much power out of it anyways)

One question though, you did not mention a subwoofer, curious what you have?

[Y2K000]

I got an old Yamaha subwoofer rated at 100 watts. It's shaped like a tower speaker. I didnt know exactly what speakers were exactly matched to fit the needs of my C-1. Now would it be wise to get speakers close to my 90x? I heard Klipsch speakers sound nice where one doesnt really need to crank of the volume just to hear

[allstar780]

The thing people don't seem to get about speaker wattage is that you can have an amp that is way more power than the speakers are rated for, and its less likely to damage them than if its less power than they are rated for... you are not constantly getting 90w or whatever from each channel, in fact the ratings are almost always the maximum and the average would be far, far lower.

for example my speakers have a rating of 96db @ 1watt/1meter... what this means is that with one watt of power at a listening distance of 1 meter, the volume of my speakers is 96db... so realistically if I sit 2 meters away I need 3 watts to achieve the same volume, but still, 3 watts when my receiver is rated for 100w is nothing right?

The only reason I recommended the speakers I did is because they are the ones Klipsch says will match your new center in timbre.

Oh and for the subwoofer, I would wait til you bring the rest of the system home and then, if you feel it isnt very present in the room with the new system, think about upgrading... and look at brands like Velodyne, av123, eDesigns, etc.

[Y2K000]

Kool. Thanks for the input. Yeah I dont get into the technical specs of shit. Too much going on for me to remember it and try to use it on a daily basis unlike computers

[allstar780]

well its a passion and a hobby... if theres anything else I can help you out with send me a PM and I'll try to be of service

[cravnsn]

I’m going to start sounding like a broken record, but…the information coming out of the front 3 speakers is far more important than the surrounds. Concentrate more of the $ you have to spend on the fronts, and you will be thankful in the long run. Also, there’s no substitute for a good quality sub. That’s not saying what you have isn’t, but since you’re doing everything else, it should be a consideration.