What bookshelf speaks?

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

...would you purchase for $200/pair (give or take maybe 50 bucks). i'd prefer not to assemble any crossovers or enclosures, but i do realize that could limit my choices for the worse so give me your opinions. i'm open to suggestions. i plan on running around 100w per @ 8ohm off a 5.1 receiver... sub will more than likely be an rl-i 8" (0.7 ft^3 ~ 24hz)... I do understand that 200 dollars won't get me anything serious but i'm broke and need something decent to start out with. i'm interested in a setup that's superior/comparable to something like an infintiy primus pair or polk rti4...

these will NOT be a part of a surround setup, strictly 2.1....

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[joetama 5,000+ posts]

If you want to compete with the Infinity and Polk stuff you don't have to try too hard. For $200/pair, hmm you're not going to get much. My best recomendation for that price would be build your own...

 

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

right so what drivers etc...

i lack money, time, and experience building HT speaks so lets do this a step at a time

example: would the dayton kit at partsexpress be comparable/superior to other mainstream crap or is it not even worth the time/effort to build it?

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Did u check out PartsExpress's project showcase? They've got dozens of projects and give you a price for all the components.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

I would start by looking on parts express show case... For that price though is pretty low end.....

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

are you looking for SQ or are you just gonna try to turn them up as loud as they go?

 

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

sq...but they still can't be some ***** *** drivers that'll blow from 100w of cheap power

i'm just looking for other options besides the mainstream...infinity, polk, klipsch, even athena... looking for something around the same price range (150~250 TOTAL for the pair) that's actually worth getting over the mainstream stuff...

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

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[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

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If i only had some...

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

build you some..i bet you could get some going for around 200...thats about how much mine were...

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=290-010

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=264-804

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=260-144&scqty=2

Subtotal: $224.86

 

then some wood and glue and your good to go...

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

uhmm...

AA arbiter set.

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

build you some..i bet you could get some going for around 200...thats about how much mine were...

Oh I will. Just If I do now, I'm gonna try to figure out a way to get them in a dorm room, and that would be kinda nuts.

The tweets are gonna cost more than the NSB's though, thats the bad part.... but I will make some, you can count on that. After my extremis project and possibly a new truck (well, new to me, my current one has issues)

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

Oh I will. Just If I do now, I'm gonna try to figure out a way to get them in a dorm room, and that would be kinda nuts.
The tweets are gonna cost more than the NSB's though, thats the bad part.... but I will make some, you can count on that. After my extremis project and possibly a new truck (well, new to me, my current one has issues)

good luck finding any NSB's... especially for 50 cents a peice..if you do find some let me know where, i could use some more.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

The PSB Alpha B monitors got an editor's choice award in TAS (The Absolute Sound) and they list for $249....

http://www.psbspeakers.com