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Hi all,
I'm looking for a replacement for my surround speakers in a living room 5.1 system. Fronts are kef r series; I'm not concerned with matching surrounds to the front soundstage.
Since this is a living room however, I do have physical criteria for the surround speakers; they need to be wall mountable, preferably max weight in the 5-6lb range with a 1/4" insert to match hardware that's already on the wall.
Practically this means that I'm looking for speakers with a 4" max woofer. Ideally I'd like to cross them over as close to 80hz as possible. I'm realistic enough that maybe 100hz is more reasonable goal. Would prefer to avoid the typical 120-150 Hz crossover that seems to be inherent to most satellite systems.
Despite the modest/subpar ASR review, my current front runner is the PSB Alpha P3, due to form factor, bass extension and value (good price in my country).
I intend to allow my AVR to run room correction above the Schroeder frequency for this speaker to tame the worst of the resonances below 4k.
Paradigm millennia one seem like a potential dark horse but the measurements online are old school and I don't trust them... Mainly thinking that their bass extension will not meet my stated goal.
Are there others that I should consider before pulling the trigger?
Thanks.
I'm looking for a replacement for my surround speakers in a living room 5.1 system. Fronts are kef r series; I'm not concerned with matching surrounds to the front soundstage.
Since this is a living room however, I do have physical criteria for the surround speakers; they need to be wall mountable, preferably max weight in the 5-6lb range with a 1/4" insert to match hardware that's already on the wall.
Practically this means that I'm looking for speakers with a 4" max woofer. Ideally I'd like to cross them over as close to 80hz as possible. I'm realistic enough that maybe 100hz is more reasonable goal. Would prefer to avoid the typical 120-150 Hz crossover that seems to be inherent to most satellite systems.
Despite the modest/subpar ASR review, my current front runner is the PSB Alpha P3, due to form factor, bass extension and value (good price in my country).
I intend to allow my AVR to run room correction above the Schroeder frequency for this speaker to tame the worst of the resonances below 4k.
Paradigm millennia one seem like a potential dark horse but the measurements online are old school and I don't trust them... Mainly thinking that their bass extension will not meet my stated goal.
Are there others that I should consider before pulling the trigger?
Thanks.