Home Audio Setup

[Bumpin03 10+ year member]

alright, I know its only halfway through the first semester, but I'm already planning my audio setup in my apartment next year. Basically, it just needs to get loud. I already got a 12" JBL 400w sub and a SONY reciever and cd player. I also have a DVD player that plays mp3's. I'm not looking for speakers for movies and I don't really care for surround sound. Sound quality doesn't need to be great. I just want my speakers to get very loud with no distortion. Size doesn't matter, actually the bigger the better, so they are more sturdy. Im thinking about 2 big floor speakers. Again, bass doesn't need to be excellent, because I do have a subwoofer. I just want the music LOUD. If you can't already tell...the purpose of my setup is for parties //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif . Any brands or specific model numbers you guys suggest? or any certain specs i should look for? Money is the biggest factor. There are other things I need to buy for the room, so I want to keep the amount i spend down to as low as possible. Any suggestions anyone?

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[Heresy 10+ year member]

I have always been partial to Carvin for cheap touring packages. Here is a link to some of their package deals: http://www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Isearch.exe?P1=SYS1

 

[60_cent 10+ year member]

I have always been partial to Carvin for cheap touring packages. Here is a link to some of their package deals: http://www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Isearch.exe?P1=SYS1

D*** that stuff looks loud.

Try Cerwin Vega. They made some good floor standing speakers that were loud with good clean bass.

 

[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

Why not continue with jbl? They make some loud A$$ speakers. I got 4 n26 bookshelve speakers and they get insanely loud with moderate midbass. run off a kenwood 4 channel 45per channel amp.

 

[Bumpin03 10+ year member]

canton ergo series...
awesome floor speakers, mine are the shit, i wouldnt part with them for anything

yeah for $3 grand. im talking cheap here guys. i may have to go with JBL all the way. I have another question. Me and the 3 other guys in the room all have decent speakers. Would it be easier just to hook up all our decent speakers to get it loud? I know your not supposed to mix and match speakers in your car, but what about at home? Again, SQ is not a factor really. I also have 2 Bose bookshelf speakers that might be nice. So you guys think we should jsut bring as many speakers as possible and hook them all up? If so, how would I do that? I'm not sure but i think my reciever only has 5 outputs? Can I do what I do in the car and send more then one speaker into the same terminal? Thanks for the input so far guys.

 

[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

I would have to say pick up a pair of the jbl n26 61/2's and run them off your reciever along with them bose and that should do it.

 

[Bumpin03 10+ year member]

what do you guys think about packing in as many decent speakers as possible??? could i run more then one speaker into each channel in the reciever orwould that mess withthe impedance?

EDIT: so far that means i have 2 big floor standing speakers (getting old...already went through 4 years of college), 2 bose bookshelf speakers, and a 12" JBL powered sub. that should get pretty loud by itself, but i know my other roomates have some decent floor standing speakers too, so could i hook them all up?

 

[ShaunMac 10+ year member]

As long as your receiver can handle the load, some additional speakers would be a good idea. You could spread them out so the sound is nice and loud all over the house. Not just super loud in one room.

 

[Bumpin03 10+ year member]

what if i were to buy a 4channel amp...so taht way i have 4 or 5 channels from the reciever and an addition 4 channels from the amp?? or maybe i could hook up another reciever that i have laying around.

 

[ShaunMac 10+ year member]

Another amp would work good. If you have an additional receiver layin' around, use it before you go buy anything. That's what I would do.

 

[Bumpin03 10+ year member]

is it possible to just use the reciever as an amp and not use it for anything else? For example...I don't really want to have to turn on 2 recievers and put them both on the same setting and same exact volume level every time i want to turn it on.