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hulkster:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 05, 2007, 10:36:44 am ---
I use mostly Cambridge Soundworks speakers and they perform really well for the price.  They sell them on ebay pretty cheap, too.  They're supposedly seconds or refurbs but I've never gotten one with an issue I could identify.

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dang chad, you are johnny on the spot with the comments!   :applaud:

ill take a look at the speakers you mentioned.  im guessing thats a whole speaker set, and not just "cambridge soundworks subwoofer" or whatever.

ChadTower:

They do sell packages but I find that it's better to mix and match to get what you really want.  I believe I use the MC50 for corners and the MC150 for the center channel.  The sub is either a BassCube 10s or 8s, can't remember which at the moment.  They can all be had pretty inexpensively on Ebay and are well regarded in terms of price/performance ratio.

hulkster:
okay, so my receiver is on the way....cept i was looking at some pics of the back of it online and im wondering....

its got those twist lock connector things for speakers.  the speaker wires ive been using are decent, but they have the gold pin type ends to them that plug into the old speakers.  you know, the little red and black switches that you lift up and then put the end of the wire in? 

my question is, will my existing speaker wire ends go into the new twist lock connectors on my new receiver?  or do i have to get special connectors or something?  :dunno

ChadTower:

Cut the ends off.

hulkster:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 07, 2007, 07:29:13 pm ---
Cut the ends off.

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so i just stick the bare exposed wires into the twist locks??  :dizzy:  that sounds bad, but i guess thats what everyone does?

anyway, here are the floor standing speakers im looking at for the front two.  http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/542013030  for $100 you cant beat that.  again, im not an audiophile...so you think these will be good?
also, this for the center channel http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/548100324 and then these for the back rear channels http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/542100438 ....and then ill need a sub woofer.

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