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<blockquote data-quote="silvercookie" data-source="post: 4038485" data-attributes="member: 581433">Alright so a while back i bought a realistic sta- 64b receiver. made in 1980the speakers it came with sounds amazing.the receiver has 4 channels and im only using 2 right now.keep in mind that this receiver is only putting out about 18-23 watts.im planning on building 2 boxes for a little surround sound action (not real surround sound but hey 1 speaker in each corner of the room has to sound better than 2 speakers in one spot no?)anyway i was looking at these midrangesdo these look ok?<a href="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&amp;amp;Partnumber=290-309" target="_blank">http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&amp;amp;Partnumber=290-309</a>i like the way the cone is one color. very simplistic. i was looking at the HiVi speakers but they were out of my price range.btw i have to limit it to around 20$ per speaker considering the fact i still have to buy the mdf and shit.and they have to be either 8 or 16 ohm.and has to be between 6&quot; and 9&quot; woofer.suggestions are welcome as well as places to buy.im on like a 80$ budget.<a href="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&amp;amp;Partnumber=297-426" target="_blank">http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&amp;amp;Partnumber=297-426</a>i was thinking of using those for tweeters. so it is not to bright on the surround but still enough to get some of the highs. and it will match the midbass. and i have so caps from an older pair of speakers i can use.if i wire the woofer and tweeter/mid in parallel what would the final ohm load be?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silvercookie, post: 4038485, member: 581433"] Alright so a while back i bought a realistic sta- 64b receiver. made in 1980 the speakers it came with sounds amazing. the receiver has 4 channels and im only using 2 right now. keep in mind that this receiver is only putting out about 18-23 watts. im planning on building 2 boxes for a little surround sound action (not real surround sound but hey 1 speaker in each corner of the room has to sound better than 2 speakers in one spot no?) anyway i was looking at these midranges do these look ok? [URL="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=290-309"]http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=290-309[/URL] i like the way the cone is one color. very simplistic. i was looking at the HiVi speakers but they were out of my price range. btw i have to limit it to around 20$ per speaker considering the fact i still have to buy the mdf and shit. and they have to be either 8 or 16 ohm. and has to be between 6" and 9" woofer. suggestions are welcome as well as places to buy. im on like a 80$ budget. [URL="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=297-426"]http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=297-426[/URL] i was thinking of using those for tweeters. so it is not to bright on the surround but still enough to get some of the highs. and it will match the midbass. and i have so caps from an older pair of speakers i can use. if i wire the woofer and tweeter/mid in parallel what would the final ohm load be? [/QUOTE]

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