Drumolator
Super Member
Several years ago I took two Boston Acoustics T1000 tower speakers that had four rotten woofers and one blown tweeter and put an 8" Goldwood full-range drivers in the front and 8" Dayton Reference woofers in the back, no crossover. After using them for a few months with an equalizer and two receivers, I retired them for a while.
Recently, I bought a Yamaha RX-V375 AVR. I connected the full-range drivers to the AVR front speaker terminals and ran the sound calibration. Man! Do they sound great! The EQ in the Yamaha really smoothed out the Goldwoods. I set the subwoofer crossover to 100hz and power the Dayton woofers with our older Insignia stereo receiver. Most of the time I do not even turn on the subs because the front full-range Goldwoods sound so good.
The sources are a DISH Network box, a Sony TV, a Philips DVD/CD player, and a Panasonic DVD recorder. This is the best system I have ever had: open, balanced, and as loud as I can stand it. Movies and music sound great. Peace and goodwill.
Recently, I bought a Yamaha RX-V375 AVR. I connected the full-range drivers to the AVR front speaker terminals and ran the sound calibration. Man! Do they sound great! The EQ in the Yamaha really smoothed out the Goldwoods. I set the subwoofer crossover to 100hz and power the Dayton woofers with our older Insignia stereo receiver. Most of the time I do not even turn on the subs because the front full-range Goldwoods sound so good.
The sources are a DISH Network box, a Sony TV, a Philips DVD/CD player, and a Panasonic DVD recorder. This is the best system I have ever had: open, balanced, and as loud as I can stand it. Movies and music sound great. Peace and goodwill.