markbelanger;496565 Wrote: > I'm currently considering retiring my giant hurking cabinet and stack of > amp / pre-amp / sacd player / turntable (gasp!), and going the route of > amplified speakers. The Audioengine A5's are my current pick, but I see > the Klipsch-XF-48-Icon-X on sale (@ $400 each, but were $1250, and I'm a > sucker for "a deal") They oddly pitch them as home theater (who does 5.1 > without an amp/ rec'r?) > > In either case, they would be the (stereo) sound for a squeezebox > classic (a slimdevices 3, actually) and replace the Dali bookshelves on > stands. > > I realize the two aren't really comparable - the Klipsh are floor > standers, twice the price, etc. But if you have experience in this > arena, lemme know what you think - I'm "sold" on the A5's, but I'm not > sure if I'm up-sold on the Klipshes. Hoping to audition this weekend.
Many people are now letting the DVD Player do the processing. They use the RCA outputs on the back of the DVD Player to drive a stereo amp for the mains and self powered speakers for the surrounds (of course the subwoofer is powered). But one could actually use all powered speakers if they wanted to. My son uses a pair of AVI ADM9.1s with the subwoofer for the fronts, an AE A5 for center channel, two AE A2 for rears with an Earthquake Subwoofer on the LFE out. He uses the digital out to drive the ADM9.1 and RCAs to drive the rest. He can listen to CDs using the DVD player coming over the ADM9.1s. DVD remote has a volume control on it. I have not heard the Klipsh Speakers but they are floor standers so they most likely have better base and of course they have more power then the A5s. If you are going to use them as your main speakers and have the room, I say spend the extra $400. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72732 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
