Can they be used as front & rear speakers? One person said he wouldn't recommend as front spkrs. I planned to get four for our living room system.
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I used them as rear only I'm sure you could use them as front but normaly you want the front speakers facing you. With that being said I'm sure they would work ok
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If you are installing only two front and two rear speakers they should work fine. If you are planning a 5:1 surround system they do not perform well as center channel speakers.
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You definitely need a subwoofer with these speakers; the bass is not just deep enough to replace that from a sub. I have a pair as front speakers, Yamaha NS-C310BL 2-Way Bass-Reflex for Center Speaker, Yamaha NS-333 2-Way Bass Reflex for surround and Yamaha SW315 Subwoofer, hooked up to Pioneer VSX-1121 receiver and the sound is simply awesome.
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I think they would work fine as front surround speakers, as they have very good response as rear surrounds.
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I wouldn't recommend it. These are 2 way components. For a rear deck set up 6x8 or 6x9 3 way speakers are more ideal.
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They definitely would work but might be overkill as rear surrounds. Especially if you are also running a subwoofer.
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You don't have to. I actually used these as my rear surround and the TSi400's for the front and a cs-10 for the center. But I'm sure 4 of these and a sub would sound excellent. If you want the full "5.1" you'll need a center speaker. 5.1 = 5 (speakers) .1 (subwoofer) roughly
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If you have a good Quality surround receiver(Yamaha, Marantz, Onkyo ETC.), go ahead and use them with the receiver. It is designed to have a nice set of fronts. JIm
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You could use them as fronts, however the speakers design is for dipole rear surrounds meaning they radiate their sound from the sides of the speaker cabinet and NOT from the front. You most likely would not be pleased using them as fronts. Definitive offers better solutions for fronts.
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These speakers are not designed for your two main (front) speakers on your sound system, or home theater system (unless in a very small room, such as a dorm room, etc). These speakers are best used for your rear or side speakers in a surround sound setup. If you opt to use them as your main speakers, you could add a subwoofer directly to the receiver to give added bass output to the system. However, again, unless the room is small, these would not be the best choice for your 2 main speakers.
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Yes, but it depends on what speakers it will be paired with. I use them for rear speakers in a 5.1 setup with Martin Logan fronts and center. They sound very good and blend well with the Martin Logan's.
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Yes you can do it. In a traditional LCR front speakers, that is if you have the Identical Left , Center and Right channel speakers, is the way to do it. If you can also, or maybe have the center speaker behind the screen, that would be the best set up. Now, if you have a center speaker that is different than the left and right, it would look strange but it should work fine. The ideal and right thing, is to have all the speakers from the exact same "family".
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I was under the impression that this was intended for use with rear channel only. I don't know how well it would work with front channel speakers or, really, why you would want to.
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I'm using these as fronts in a 5.1 set up. They are powered by a Harmon Kardon 1510 AVR, rated to oush 75w per. Believe m when I tell you that you will abslutely NOT be disappointed with these speakers as fronts. They will handle bass (tight and solid), midrange and highs (clarity and detail). They have a zobel crossover configuration in them so you can't go wrong. These are very good speakers, and will stand up to speakers costing more then twice as much. If you doubt, just youtube it for a user review.
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If you are talking about using them as a second main output, you will probably be okay so long as you aren't driving them at full volume. If you mean "rear" as in surround sound, then you have no worries. Surround output on the rear channel will never drive them extremely hard.
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I use them as my rear speakers and have a good pre-amp and 460 watt amp feeding them. They will rumble really well and makes it very movie theatre like experience. My front speakers are much more refined and clearer on speech. You will need separate amps because the EQ is configured between the pre and amp.
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If you are using them for your rear speakers, they will be just fine with your system. We have about same set up and they work very nice.
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These are usually only for door speakers. Rear speakers are a different connector that is not even close to the same size.