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Best $300 Speaker Used

My dad is finally getting involved in Home Theater. He has an Outlaw 1050 receiver and is looking for the best set of mains he can get for under $300 new or used to pair with it. These will probably be mostly used for home theater together with some listening to 50s and 60s rock and roll. Size is not a real issue here. I would imagine in this price range it will be necessary to get a subwoofer for full range sound, but if there is something out there that can do it without one that would be better.

I recommended he audition the Paradigm speaker line because of their excellant price/performance ratio. What other speakers would you recommend he listen to?
gpalmer
gpalmer OP
174 posts
 
That should have been $300 per speaker or $600 for the pair. Sorry
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kirk930
283 posts
 
maybe some jbl 100ts or l 80ts. 4410s or 4412s. control 10s. these can all be had for way under 600.
gpalmer OP
174 posts
 
Hi Kirk,

Are these all jbl's? I am not familiar enough with the model numbers to be sure.

Greg
sean
6,229 posts
 
Some general recommendations to go by since you've given us the basics.

1) Look for something that is relatively efficient. This typically means ported in today's market. 60 wpc coming out of a receiver is not a lot of power when trying to reproduce the dynamics required in most HT systems.

2) Try to avoid metal dome tweeters. I don't think that they blend well with "reasonably priced" receivers and cd players for long term listening. Soft domes are typically a LOT more forgiving and listenable at these price levels.

3) Don't under-estimate the importance of room size and listening distance when looking for speakers.

Hope this helps and good luck. Sean
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gpalmer OP
174 posts
 
Thanks for the feedback Sean, your advice is excellant as usual.
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