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what speakers would you choose for a hometheater?

This a B&W only selection... so please no other manufactures... love them or not... this is the question.

say you are building a home theater... no two channel... already have it.

you need five speakers. fronts center and surround.

saying cost is a factor...otherwise i am sure i will get the... 800's all around or 802's all around.

not so much as i have a budget...but there has to be a cost vs. benefit here. going 800 or 802 all around can't be great cost vs. benefit as the rears get limited sound to them and they cost a bunch.

i will have a sub for the system, maybe two... but that is not in this question. as other electronics are not in question here... lets just assume i have a separates for the amp and all.

so, what would you get?
baranowski
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
You certainly do not need full size speakers for the rear surrounds.
If you chose 800's for the front, you could easily use 805's for the rear surround,
You could even go for the 7.1 style and have four 801's for the rear sets of surrounds.
If like Theo, you will want a wider frequency response (more bass) then I would say 803 for the rear.
Center channel should be the upper quality dedicated center from B&W.
tmsorosk
1,013 posts
 
It's home theater, it doesn't make any difference.
baranowski OP
240 posts
 
I find that hard to believe that speakers don't mater because they are in a home theater....forums have all kinds of people i guess...

the room is 15 by 25 feet and the electronics could run any of the speakers.
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rok2id
4,494 posts
 
Buy the POLK stuff for HT and be done. There is nothing on soundtracks worth all the agonizing.
mgattmch
372 posts
 
FWIW; I have a N801, HTM1, N805 and ASW850 B&W setup driven by a Krell KSA-250 (L & R) and two Pioneer Elite M-91 (center and surround). Sounds perfect to me. In fact, my wife and I have just watched/listened to Adele live at the Royal Albert Hall on blu-ray, about as good as live sound/vision gets; and I am not particularly an Adele fan. Emotionally brilliant!
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