i am thinking about restoring a set of old bookshelf speakers and was wonder if you guy could recommend some good replacement speakers for me to drop in


Modified by stock97 at 7:16 PM 9/17/2003

 

What is your price range?

 

well i'm not looking to spend too much but a couple of hundred wouldn't be out of the question

 

for hoem audio my pic is Bose speakers, with Denon reacivers, etc!...-Roger

 

Vifa...Morel...check Parts Express.

 

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for home audio my pic is anything but bose. The denon reciever are nice but i prefer arcam and rotel besides...he's only looking for advice on bookshelf speakers.

I would look into the B&W 600 series. I used to have the LCR 60 as a center channel and it was an amazing speaker. well worth the money. granted the speakers may be slightly over a few hundred dollars i think in the long run they're worth it. You should be able to get a great set for $400-500 . my thoughts on home speakers is buy the right ones the first time and keep them forever. like my CDM 9's

 

yeah thats what i'm talking about -- just the raw speakers for my bookshelves, any other brands worth it?

 

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I agree with this. Vifa speakers are hard to beat. Just make sure you match the replacement driver to the box it's going into. You may have an issue matching the driver exactly to the crossover, but I think anything is better than an old ragged out speaker. Many of the highest of high end speakers use Vifa drivers.

 

klipsh are the bomb diggidy!

 

should i get a new crossover and redo wiring?
also do home speakers have to be matched to box size like car subs? (cu.ft.)

 

scan-speak......

 

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also do home speakers have to be matched to box size like car subs? (cu.ft.)
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Some high end drivers are cheap, throw a pair in there and see what happens. Anything beats old blown out speakers anyhow. I've always wondered what would happen if you threw hi end speakers in some old enclosures.