So I've been looking for a set of bonus room speakers. I ended up moving the Yamaha HTIB surround back down to the living room after a huge disappointment from a soundbar.
I've been looking high and low for some decent speakers that are reasonably priced. Most people around here think that their ratty a/v equipment is made of gold, so it's been a tough time.
I'm only planning on going 2-way and not the 5.1 direction. I've come across these two sets and was hoping to get your feedback.
317p's are in good shape. They appear to have been re-foamed at some point. They seem to work ok. Guy was trying to play them with a no-name dvd player so I never really heard them hit hard (plus he had moved them to the garage).
He wants $200 for them and will not budge on the price.
the other pair is a set of CV3000's
I haven't gone to look at them yet, but I did talk to the guy. He said they were re-foamed about 4 years ago. He's asking $150, but they've also been listed for over a month.
A local guy that did my mysterious D2 surrounds (http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=588217) said the 317's would definately be the better set to have and worth the $200. He was steering me away from some New overstock Polk Monitor 80's ($320) and showed me a whole wall of Polk speakers that had the magnets come unglued from the back... common problem he says. He had what I believe to be some old Infinity reference 5's that needed to be reworked that he said would be in my price range...
Which direction should I go?
Mind you, I seem to be in a Audio / Speaker wasteland.
Thanks!
I've been looking high and low for some decent speakers that are reasonably priced. Most people around here think that their ratty a/v equipment is made of gold, so it's been a tough time.
I'm only planning on going 2-way and not the 5.1 direction. I've come across these two sets and was hoping to get your feedback.
317p's are in good shape. They appear to have been re-foamed at some point. They seem to work ok. Guy was trying to play them with a no-name dvd player so I never really heard them hit hard (plus he had moved them to the garage).
He wants $200 for them and will not budge on the price.
the other pair is a set of CV3000's
I haven't gone to look at them yet, but I did talk to the guy. He said they were re-foamed about 4 years ago. He's asking $150, but they've also been listed for over a month.
A local guy that did my mysterious D2 surrounds (http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=588217) said the 317's would definately be the better set to have and worth the $200. He was steering me away from some New overstock Polk Monitor 80's ($320) and showed me a whole wall of Polk speakers that had the magnets come unglued from the back... common problem he says. He had what I believe to be some old Infinity reference 5's that needed to be reworked that he said would be in my price range...
Which direction should I go?
Mind you, I seem to be in a Audio / Speaker wasteland.
Thanks!