Could these be used for the front/rear L&R speakers in a home built 5.1 channel surround sound system?
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I suppose these speakers can be used, but the best thing is to mount them in a ported enclosure if you are looking for decent sound. They are small and don't move a lot of air. You will probably also need a small subwoofer to pick up the slack to enrich the lower frequencies.
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Check your ohm rating and compare to a home stereo systems ohm rating. If they're the same then it should work.
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Same here, I have them as front speakers. Rear will probably do great as well.
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they sound very clear, it just depends on what you are using them for and what type of system you have? I chose them as L/R front and rears and got a speakercraft AIM8-3 for center channel in my surround system. But if your just using them for music they will work great!
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these are designed for front and back channels. Would sound better if you had a center speaker. these make good surround sound speakers
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You can easily hook these up to a Logitech 2.1 computer speaker setup and replace the mains. But you do need to make sure that they arent the hardwired type and can accommodate a speaker wire input. Also that the power output of the system is at least as high as the nominal power required by the Polks. I'm doing just this very thing, replacing the two main front speakers with the Polks on a Logitech z5500 system. Already replaced the rears with little Bose cubes.
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Bear, These do not send sound straight at you so they normally would not be the best choice as your front speakers.Eric C
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They work well as either front or rear speakers. I use a jbl wireless transmitter so I would not have to run wire.
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I've owned these for almost 4 years and they are more than appropriate for a 5.1 surround. I've used them in a 7.2 surround system as rear high, front high, side high, and rear low. they deliver man. Buy em. You won't regret it.
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I don't see why not, after all it is a 5 channel receiver. Just because you don't hook up the rear channel speakers doesn't mean it won't send the appropriate signals to the front and center channels.
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I can't really compare the new to the old however, I will say that they are an excellent choice for rear surround speakers in a 5.1 Home Theater setup. I have had several other rear surround speakers over the past few years and these for the money, are tough to beat. The build quality seems solid and there is good sound clarity. I have been very pleased with them so far.
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They'll work great for front and rears. I personally wouldn't use them on the center channel. The center channel is your primary channel for tv and movies and would need to be more rigorous. Theater Solutions also makes a center channel speaker.
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In the front result might be better, if you want rears I would go for some surround ones , I have that configuration for a 5.1 and works really good
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Not sure. I use them for rear speakers for my surround sound. I have a denon receiver and they work fine.
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Hard to tell, Ryan. But, if the back of the speaker has the threaded hole to connect to the mounts, I don't see why they wouldn't work.
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If it's bass you want, theses are NOT the way to go. They are ok for maybe 7.1 surround but I would not use them as your main rear speakers.
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depends. personally they do not throw enough power for the space I am in. But the space is huge & I AM using them as SECONDARY front speakers (for a total of 4) - so, they are a bit weak but if your space is small enough they should suffice for front speakers. Crisp sound, all "highs" but I'm sure your rear speakers and sub take care of the lows. Hope this helps.
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I wish that I could help you out. I'm using the speaker's from the home theater system that I already had hooked up. There are 100watt wall and ceiling shelve size speaker's. I do believe that the speaker's you do use, will have to be speaker's for surround,(FL>Center>FR>RL>RR&gt;) for 5.1 system. The rear speaker's are also known as(SL>SR). If you use just any kind of speaker's, like for stereo. Then you wont get the separation, any true affect of surround sound. I wish that I could help you out more, and hope that this will help you some what. Nick I wish that I could help you out. I'm using the speaker's from the home theater system that I already had hooked up. There are 100watt wall and ceiling shelve size speaker's. I do believe that the speaker's you do use, will have to be speaker's for surround,(FL>Center>FR>RL>RR&gt;) for 5.1 system. The rear speaker's are also known as(SL>SR). If you use just any kind of speaker's, like for stereo. Then you wont get the separation, any true affect of surround sound. I wish that I could help you out more, and hope that this will help you some what. Nick