THE BEST!!! Deal In Home Audio 5 Speaker Surrounds. Fluance.

[ImMersion]

Ive also heard that these sound good....... but why oh why did they have to look so... eighties-ish
but the sound quality is what matters most i guess

 

[hevnsnt]

Got mine yesterday.. So far pretty impressed

 

[dpham00]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
Got mine yesterday.. So far pretty impressed

let them burn in for about 15-20 hours, and they'll sound even better

 

[FFactory0x]

Norhs are sick arse speakers. Check out NHT's though. AWSOME. Also look into some missions

 

[forumreader]

are the rear speakers mountable to a wall?

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Once again, let me remind you, you are in an NNZ (No Neffing Zone). Once more and I get out the big Trout and whack you into the next week. Understood?

AnandTech Moderator

Whats Neffing? (I am sorry for such a late posting ..I have been quite behind in these forums)

 

[forumreader]

Originally posted by: VudooCrush
Got my Fluance speakers on Monday, got the reciever today! If you live in an apartment and don't wanna get kicked out, don't buy a sub! I will have to keep these down as it is. Well, here's the deal. I have spent a good chunk of money today just on cable.. I also bought a couple of the ceiling or wall mounts so I can hang the bookshelfs. Right now I've just had the center and the main left and right running.. So far so good. I had everything wired, carefully and neatly put everything back in the entertainment center and no sound.. Maybe I'm just stupid, but I would have thought the cable with the red line on it would go to the red inlet. Nope.. Of course it can't be that simple. Any retard can figure out that red goes into black and vice versa.. rrriiiiggghhttt. ( laugh it up ) . So after spending about an hour thinking it was some stupid setting on my reciever my wife said to change it.. Of course for the first 15 minutes I just ignored her.. ( what do women know right? ) . damn.. she was right. I bought some more cables, they have +'s on them instead of nothing.. this makes more sense. I will add to this hopefully tomorrow night after the rear's are rockin..

-Josh

How has your experience been with the Fluance speakers? Which receiver are you pairing it with?
Do you mind posting a quick review

Thanks.

 

[Delbert]

Originally posted by: forumreader

are the rear speakers mountable to a wall?

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Once again, let me remind you, you are in an NNZ (No Neffing Zone). Once more and I get out the big Trout and whack you into the next week. Understood?

AnandTech Moderator

Whats Neffing? (I am sorry for such a late posting ..I have been quite behind in these forums)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=neffing

 

[hconnor2]

i highly recommend bipolar or tripolar surround speakers for the rear. these follow the thx concept of not being able to localize the rear/ambience channels. well worth the money, whether you buy these or some others. i splurged a few years back and purchased the b+w bipolars and they are totally awesome. but then i'm an audiophile and therefore fairly indulgent when it comes to audio gear.

 

[Scee]

bump for nOrh, great company with great prices for the quality. Emails are personally answered by the prez. I think either audio circle or harmonic discord has a board where you can find some of them used for even less.

tnitsuj - just there was a definite improvement in the vx10 after the poly mod.

 

[eyeguy]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

Originally posted by: Scee
Someone mentioned tying in the VX10 ($168) sub from 6ave.com. I have the sub and it fills a roughly 20'30' with resonably loud tight bass, especially after I filled it with polyfill. Might also want to check out the Sony wm40 sub on other forums, a 12 incher suppossedly sounds great for low $ after the mod.
As far as speakers in the price range go with Axiom, unless you can snag an increasingly rare pair of Michauras for less which sound (and look) even better.

I have the same VX-10 sub from 6ave. Only had it about a week and it is decent, but seems slightly boomy. Does the pollyfill help it that much?

This thread is scary. I would love to see one review from a trusted source on the Fluance. Usually you get what you pay for...

NO - do not put polyfill in the ported Velodyne. You change the whole subwoofer. Research Theil- Small parameters and how speakers are designed. Read Speaker builder magazine for 20 years..., get a masters in engineering....

Yes - crappy speakers that do not have the correct absorption / stuffing do benefit from adding some materials. If the walls are not braced, that helps too. But velodyne knows what they are doing and the Sony sub has great reviews.

The best price performance - actually reviewed home theater speakers that I have come across are from Hometheaterdirect.com.

And, yes you can educate your ears so that crap really sounds like crap. So, if you want to save your money don't go into a good audio store and listen to B&W, Snell, Vandersteen, Kef, NHT, etc, or you will never be satisfied. It is like seeing someones pent 4 when you are running a pent 133.....

good luck with the cheap speakers

 

[a2k]

Originally posted by: eyeguy


This thread is scary. I would love to see one review from a trusted source on the Fluance. Usually you get what you pay for...

NO - do not put polyfill in the ported Velodyne. You change the whole subwoofer. Research Theil- Small parameters and how speakers are designed. Read Speaker builder magazine for 20 years..., get a masters in engineering....

Yes - crappy speakers that do not have the correct absorption / stuffing do benefit from adding some materials. If the walls are not braced, that helps too. But velodyne knows what they are doing and the Sony sub has great reviews.

The best price performance - actually reviewed home theater speakers that I have come across are from Hometheaterdirect.com.

And, yes you can educate your ears so that crap really sounds like crap. So, if you want to save your money don't go into a good audio store and listen to B&W, Snell, Vandersteen, Kef, NHT, etc, or you will never be satisfied. It is like seeing someones pent 4 when you are running a pent 133.....

good luck with the cheap speakers

There's a definite difference between "value" and "cheap". I'm not gonna pass any judgements on Fluance myself until I can hear them. When I ordered my Norh's, I nearly got laughed out of a stereo store by the sales people convinced that I had wasted my money and that would not be able to get anything of quality for what I paid. They were wrong. I would be a little suspect, though, of anything that can be modded simply and cheaply to make it better. I'd hope the company that makes speakers I buy knows more about making their speakers sound good than I do.

I've got a (somewhat off topic) question for all of you looking for good speakers: Should a pair of good speakers make every recording sound great, or should they really show what's recorded well and what isn't?

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: ICXRa

Originally posted by: dpham00

Originally posted by: dakels

Originally posted by: dpham00

Originally posted by: dakels
What cables do you folks use? I won't have enough on my older 12 guage reel to wire this so I was thinking of ordering some 12 guage oxygen free shielded cables from cablestogo.com. I haven't tried their speaker cable yet but 12 guage oxygen free shielded cabling at under 90 cents a foot seems great to me. Especially considering I have bought some S-Video and RCA cables off them and was really impressed for the money. I am really liking cablestogo. They have alot of great budget cabling thats awesome to me for the price/performance.

partsexpress has 12 AWG OFC for $.34/ft. really tho, i think the lead wires in these speakers are 16 or 18 AWG, so there's no real point buying a thick gauge with these speakers.

Agreed like I said in a few PM's with someone:
Its true most cases the premium speaker wire is not at all necesary, almost a gimmick. and I know the wire is probably overkill for my needs but I like to be better safe then sorry. As long as my impedance is better then my speakers ratings, I am good to go. I doubt I'll need great cable with the Fluance speakers but its not the quality (That I probably wont see on those speakers) that interests me, its the shielding. This is going on a computer, so near alot of computer equipment and also around the walls a little. Thats why I wanted heavy shielded cables. I'd like to be safe with the heavy sheilding so I have the option of making 50 foot cables for the rear sats. I'd have to run the wire for those rear sats around the wall. I may also want to run some of these speakers out to a 3rd floor deck. Not sure what I want to do with them.

i don't think all speaker cables are designed to go thru walls. the in wall ones usually have a jacket over the wire pair.

Yep, this is the cable (only in white) that dakels is referring to though so he should be fine.

just MUCH MUCH less then that $2/foot

 

[eyeguy]

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I've got a (somewhat off topic) question for all of you looking for good speakers: Should a pair of good speakers make every recording sound great, or should they really show what's recorded well and what isn't?[/quote]

GOOD SPEAKERS SHOW WHAT IS FED TO THEM. the harder they are to drive or the less efficient they are, the better amp they need. Kef made a speaker that looked to the amp like a 4 ohm resistor, very easy to drive. Wilson makes spaekers that have such complex impedance that you need a Krell to make them sound good.

The norh 3's do get good reviews from real reviewers... As a single driver, it may not even have a crossover, making it very easy to drive.

 

[XCLAN]

"I've got a (somewhat off topic) question for all of you looking for good speakers: Should a pair of good speakers make every recording sound great, or should they really show what's recorded well and what isn't?"

show what's recorded well and what isn't

that would be my answer

listen to lousy recordings with good speakers and clean signal....good cd/turntable...etc.....the speakers should show the flaws better than a cheapy 50$ stereo from wally world

 

[nycromes]

Well anyways I saw somewhere that if you build a wooden box and place it behind the floor speakers about 6 inches from the base it amplifies the bass from the floor speakers. I do not know if that works, but I am going to try it to see if it does. Anyways just thought it could be useful to anyone who did not want to buy a sub, but wanted some more bass.

 

[stoner87]

Bought a set. Thanks for the deal.

 

[edplayer]

Originally posted by: eyeguy
This thread is scary. I would love to see one review from a trusted source on the Fluance. Usually you get what you pay for...

NO - do not put polyfill in the ported Velodyne. You change the whole subwoofer. Research Theil- Small parameters and how speakers are designed. Read Speaker builder magazine for 20 years..., get a masters in engineering....

Yes - crappy speakers that do not have the correct absorption / stuffing do benefit from adding some materials. If the walls are not braced, that helps too. But velodyne knows what they are doing and the Sony sub has great reviews.

The best price performance - actually reviewed home theater speakers that I have come across are from Hometheaterdirect.com.

And, yes you can educate your ears so that crap really sounds like crap. So, if you want to save your money don't go into a good audio store and listen to B&W, Snell, Vandersteen, Kef, NHT, etc, or you will never be satisfied. It is like seeing someones pent 4 when you are running a pent 133.....

good luck with the cheap speakers

Never heard of Hometheaterdirect. Will check them out. Any good forums on speaker building that you can recommend?

 

[lhotdeals]

Does anyone know if these Speakers would work with the Yamaha RP-U200 Exteran Soundboard for PCs? The detailed info of the Yamaha RP-U200 can be found HERE

If these speakers work with the RP-U200, what's a good POWERED Subwoofer that I can buy to go along with the system? Thanks a lot .

 

[lhotdeals]

Also how do these (with a $100 subwoofer) compare to the Klipsh promedia 5.1 Speaker set (goes for 399.99) for PC?? Is it much better? or A little better?

 

[dpham00]

well, the klipsh are computer speakers whilst these are home theatre speakers. depends on what you're using it for.

 

[adinar]

Never heard of Hometheaterdirect. Will check them out. Any good forums on speaker building that you can recommend?

Here are a couple of reviews of HomeTheaterDirect speakers:
Shootout comparing Axiom, Ascend, Home Theater Direct, noRh, & Swan

Reviews of Home Theater Direct speakers + others mentioned above

Personally I'm saving up for the Ascend Acoustics CBM-170s (4.97/5.00 rating on AudioReview.com with over 62 reviews). But any of those mentioned are excellent speakers.

 

[lhotdeals]

Hmm.... well if these ain't even better than say Klipsh 5.1 or Megaworks 510D, then why did i buy the U200 for ? Ebay here i come!

 

[dc]

who said they aren't better?

 

[huesmann]

Damn those hometheaterdirect.com speakers are pricey!

 

[SNC]

200 for a complete set?!!!?!!!?!!! The crossover componets in my mains cost more than that. I would not expect much from them.

I too have liked the Paradigms for there larger than they are sound. I have used them for rears in a couple setups.
I still have a set somewhere.

Originally posted by: cga
This system certainly seems to be a great deal for the price?almost *too* good to be true. But the reviews look promising and if I needed an inexpensive system I would probably give these a try.

I hope this is not off topic, but if anyone is looking for what is in my opinion the best value in a very small bookshelf speaker, listen to the Paradigm Atom. At about $180/pair they are truly spectacular. If you want accurate and smooth speakers that will fit almost anywhere and sound great, give these a shot. The only problem is unless you stumble across the odd eBay sale or classified ad listing, you have to buy them at a Paradigm dealer. It?s worth the bother, however. Do a Google search for Paradigm Atom and read any of the reviews. Sitting in front of these with your eyes closed---you?d never believe how small they are.