2.1 Audio I'm unable to run rear channel speakers in my home and I'm planning on using 2 Front speakers and a sub. I'm looking at the Bose 301s as the fronts. Any recommendations on the setup or a better alternative? 2.1 Audio I'm unable to run rear channel speakers in my home and I'm planning on using 2 Front speakers and a sub. I'm looking at the Bose 301s as the fronts. Any recommendations on... » Read More 2.1 Audio I'm unable to run rear channel speakers in my home and I'm planning on using 2 Front speakers and a sub. I'm looking at the Bose 301s as the fronts. Any recommendations on the setup or a better alternative? « Show Less
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I'm looking at the Polk 50 soundbar now. I believe this is going to be the route I go with. Thanks for the input.
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Maybe a speaker bar?If not then I wouldn't buy Bose, but rather Infinity or Polk.
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I have an AV Receiver that is 5.1 and have my center, 2x front and my powered sub directly plugged into the AV Receiver. My two rear speakers use the Soundcast SCS100 SurroundCast System.But as Spirit of 76 said, you cannot run a powered subwoofer in addition to the two speakers through this system. The powered sub will need to directly connect to your AV Receiver.
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Your amplifier needs to output the two additional rear channels, over 5.1. In addition, you need two more speakers for the rear. Thus your speakers are: center, front left and right, side left and right, rear left and right, and the subwoofer.
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Looking at a popular car-audio site...it lists that you can use 5 1/4 inch or 6 1/2 speakers in your vehicle. It also lists the ability to use a component system (individual woofer & tweets). These particular Infinity 1031t, can be surface mounted to just about anything - dash, rear deck, doors....etc. All you need is a place to hide/tuck the wiring.When you say "amp & sub installed" - are these factory or aftermarket?That site also says " You'll have to custom-mount the tweeters and crossovers, which usually requires drilling and running new wires."^That is for the front doors and rear deck.The Infinity 1031t does come with wires and a lot of mounting frames/plates to get the job done.Hope that helps! Looking at a popular car-audio site...it lists that you can use 5 1/4 inch or 6 1/2 speakers in your vehicle. It also lists the ability to use a component system (individual woofer & tweets). These particular Infinity 1031t, can be surface mounted to just about anything - dash, rear deck, doors....etc. All you need is a place to hide/tuck the wiring.When you say "amp & sub installed" - are these factory or aftermarket?That site also says " You'll have to custom-mount the tweeters and crossovers, which usually requires drilling and running new... » Read More Looking at a popular car-audio site...it lists that you can use 5 1/4 inch or 6 1/2 speakers in your vehicle. It also lists the ability to use a component system (individual woofer & tweets). These particular Infinity 1031t, can be surface mounted to just about anything - dash, rear deck, doors....etc. All you need is a place to hide/tuck the wiring.When you say "amp & sub installed" - are these factory or aftermarket?That site also says " You'll have to custom-mount the tweeters and crossovers, which usually requires drilling and running new wires."^That is for the front doors and rear deck.The Infinity 1031t does come with wires and a lot of mounting frames/plates to get the job done.Hope that helps! « Show Less
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I am using fh6-lcr's as fronts and center for two years they are wonderful.Make sure your amp has enough to push them.Remember center channels make the best speakers.Also fyi you have to stand them up vertically for proper sound when using as surrounds,Google for technical reason.
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Not sure what u wAnt to do. I had 2 as rear surround and they worked great.
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I would not use these speakers as fronts. I like to direct my front left and right at my main listening position, these don't lend themselves to that positioning. I use them as left and right surrounds and they are fine for that. I much prefer classic heresy speakers for fronts as they are smallish but sound great.
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Hello, In your sub you should already have the circuitry needed. Just use your front L+R outputs and double them up going to your front speakers and to your sub. Yes L+R in one input on the sub. You may have to set your volume on your receiver for your front speakers a bit higher once you setup. I have done this for decades in may instances and it is also in the Yamaha manual online.
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Hmm... I've never come across a question like this before. Well, I suppose you would have too bridge the connections. I'll try to explain as easy as possible... use the positive post from the right channel to the positive post on speaker... and then the negative post from the left channel to the negative post on the speaker. This will "bridge" the two channels to serve as one sound source (in theory) I've done this with car subs but never with home theater components. I would seriously do your research further before you attempt this because I would hate for you to buy a great speaker and something happened to it
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It's definitely not going to take the place of 2 12" speakers. I run 4 of these speakers only powered by my kenwood 4x50w head unit. I do have an 8" infinity sub in the trunk. And it's fantastic! When the sub is turned off it's a very noticeable drop in bass. They may be better powered by a dedicated amp, i would be interested to see how that works as i've been thinking of getting another amp.
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You can just run your main amp wiring to the high level inputs and then run the needed wire from the sub to the front speakers. If your amp is a integrated preamp with mutable pre-outs you can run a RCA from the secondary pre-outs via a single RCA cable. This will give you a 2.1 setup with the sub playing only one channel of the possible two channels. Mono powered subs can run a single channel and it will not sound as though your missing out.
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While I hesitate to give answers on these types of questions because there are some serious audio snobs out there but here we go... I have the entire set (center and rear surrounds as well as fronts) and I love them. They are crisp and clear. A good friend has the Bose speakers and we both prefer the sound of my system. That said, the rooms are different and speaker wire and receiver... are all different. I assume you're pairing them with a sub because they lack deep punch on their own. Long story short - I love mine. I compared them at electronics stores as well to Polk and Bose - and they sounded better to me, as well as the sales guys there. Hope it helps.
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It sounds like you shouldn't run Audyssey with Bose speakers. Just go through the tone test and try to level out the output. Then adjust to ear. The bass module isn't a true subwoofer so there may be problems there. Also, Bose is rather...um, proprietary about their products, so it doesn't surprise me to see the speakers don't "play well with others".
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I am using a pair of these as the speakers in a zone 2 (difrerent room as main system) of a 2-zone system. The main system has a powered subwoofer and in my very specific case, since I normally have the same audio in both zones (I never use zone 2 by itself, always to provide the same music to an adyacent room) and both rooms are next to each other, the subwoofer can be heard in zone 2 and actually fills quite a bit the audio from the Bose speakers. A second subwoofer in zone 2 would be a lot better but I don't really need it. So yes, a subwoofer will produce a fuller sound spectrum.
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Previous versions of Bose 301 were specified 8 ohms. Bose is a little vague with the latest version. Some Bose speakers are 6 ohms, but I don't think the design of 301 has changed that much. Speaker impedance is complex, so a single numerical value is not very accurate. I think you would be safe to treat 301s as 8 ohms. Hopefully your amplifier has enough current output that it doesn't make that much difference.
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Mr. Garrett - Technically this is a 2-channel Amp. You can easily wire 2 pairs of speakers to it however, and alternate between the two or run them simultaneously. I have run 4 6 ohm speakers this way without issue and it played plenty loud. I imagine you could easily run up to 3-4 pairs of 8 ohm speakers in parallel this way, or more if you ran them in series. But it would be safer to make sure that you used the same speaker if you were going to start hooking up tons of them (because the impedance of each would be about the same)!If you wanted to run multiple speakers off the amp, like the other responder, you could do it, provided that you keep the impedance above the 4 ohm minimum. Mr. Garrett - Technically this is a 2-channel Amp. You can easily wire 2 pairs of speakers to it however, and alternate between the two or run them simultaneously. I have run 4 6 ohm speakers this way without issue and it played plenty loud. I imagine you could easily run up to 3-4 pairs of 8 ohm speakers in parallel this way, or more if you ran them in series. But it would be safer to make sure that you used the same speaker if you were going to start hooking up tons of them (because the impedance of each would be about the same)!If you wanted to run multiple... » Read More Mr. Garrett - Technically this is a 2-channel Amp. You can easily wire 2 pairs of speakers to it however, and alternate between the two or run them simultaneously. I have run 4 6 ohm speakers this way without issue and it played plenty loud. I imagine you could easily run up to 3-4 pairs of 8 ohm speakers in parallel this way, or more if you ran them in series. But it would be safer to make sure that you used the same speaker if you were going to start hooking up tons of them (because the impedance of each would be about the same)!If you wanted to run multiple speakers off the amp, like the other responder, you could do it, provided that you keep the impedance above the 4 ohm minimum. « Show Less
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Actually since your using the RF-42 II the recommended rears are the RB-41 II. I have the RF-42 up front 3 of them.nand a set of the RB-51 as surround L&R; and the RB-41 II as surround back. If they seem to over power you can always turn the lvl down on their channel. I bought the RB-51 II for better sound with all zone and channel playback of music. Love my klipsch!