These speakers seem overly expensive to be aimed at "real world" receiver users. Do they think that somebody is going to spend $500 on a receiver and then "3,600 and $2,800 per pair,respectively?" And that only for the front pair! I have a 5.1 Sony receiver with a $3,000 NHT speaker system and it sounds unbelievable. Don't waste your time with expensive amps or speakers.
You can listen to my Primare front end vs. your Sony on my 'lame' $900/pr. speakers and see if you still think it doesn't make a difference. I didn't think going from a $1200 HK receiver to a $1500 integrated amp and $1300 CD player would make much difference, and I was wrong.
Its great that you are satisfied with your system, but NHT speakers are not amplifier friendly speakers due to their low sensitivity. Borrow a 200 watt amplifier from your local Hi-fi dealer and you will be floored by how much more you can get out of your NHTs. I've sold and owned many pairs of NHTs, so I know exactly what I'm talking about.
Sounds good to me - the Arclight Movie theater down the street here in L.A. is supposed to be one of the best sounding theaters in the United States and was even set up by the Dolby labs team but if you asked me what I thought sounded better I would say my own home theater set-up sounded 10 times better. $1300 for a CD player? Why? Cd's are already obsolete here in California. The iPod has ruined sound quality and besides - its not really about how good it sounds - its always been about the music.
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Video Master @ May 4th 2008 11:09PM
These speakers seem overly expensive to be aimed at "real world" receiver users. Do they think that somebody is going to spend $500 on a receiver and then "3,600 and $2,800 per pair,respectively?" And that only for the front pair! I have a 5.1 Sony receiver with a $3,000 NHT speaker system and it sounds unbelievable. Don't waste your time with expensive amps or speakers.
Ken @ May 4th 2008 11:26PM
You can listen to my Primare front end vs. your Sony on my 'lame' $900/pr. speakers and see if you still think it doesn't make a difference. I didn't think going from a $1200 HK receiver to a $1500 integrated amp and $1300 CD player would make much difference, and I was wrong.
You are selling your speakers short.
kcjones @ May 5th 2008 12:48AM
Its great that you are satisfied with your system, but NHT speakers are not amplifier friendly speakers due to their low sensitivity. Borrow a 200 watt amplifier from your local Hi-fi dealer and you will be floored by how much more you can get out of your NHTs. I've sold and owned many pairs of NHTs, so I know exactly what I'm talking about.
Video Master @ May 5th 2008 1:50AM
Sounds good to me - the Arclight Movie theater down the street here in L.A. is supposed to be one of the best sounding theaters in the United States and was even set up by the Dolby labs team but if you asked me what I thought sounded better I would say my own home theater set-up sounded 10 times better. $1300 for a CD player? Why? Cd's are already obsolete here in California. The iPod has ruined sound quality and besides - its not really about how good it sounds - its always been about the music.