HDTVoice.com - High-Definition Television Talk - Athena Speakers and Yamaha Reciever

LeeS

07-01-2003, 03:00 AM

The HTR-5590 is a nice receiver. I'm partial to Onkyo and Yamaha. You can get by nicely with 2 component inputs. I use one for my DVD and the other for a GameCube and output to one of the TV's two component inputs. My HD OTA receiver is hooked directly to the other HD input of the TV. Personally I like running in the 6.1 mode with a center rear speaker. Not necessary but I like it. And that is what it is all about, what you like.

As to speakers, that is a hard one. It comes down to preference and money. Basically what sounds good to you and what you can afford. I like a nice tight sub, not 'boomy'.

This LINK (http://www.stereophile.com/showarchives.cgi?645) might be of some interest. Seems that the company that makes the Athena's also makes several other brands of speakers, ie: Energy. A Canadian company too, can't be all that bad eh? (standing by for a blast from the Canadian contingent). :)

A good A/V store that will give a good demo of the speakers would be nice. Someplace that won't jack the controls around to make one set 'seem' to sound better than another.

I have seen some very inexpensive 5.1 speaker systems that sound great. Best to get a timbre matched system, all the speakers matched in the high/mid range so when the sound image moves from side to side and/or front to back in your 5.1/6.1 system the tonal quality doesn't change. You know what I mean?

Also do a forum search for 'speaker' and read all the posts that apply, there are a lot. I don't think there is anything in the FAQ's about speakers.

Good Luck and enjoy (sorry for the long post)
Lee

P.S., you don't have to double post a question. Everyone uses the 'view new posts' to catch everything new. All posts get looked at. I check at least twice a day so I don't get buried in new posts :) but I'm a HDTVoice addict.