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And definitely don't run lsi7s on that onkyo 608. That thing is not designed to run 4 ohm gear in the first place, plus you should generally avoid mixing 4 and 8 ohm speakers on the same receiver.

For fxia6 you really don't need the power of the a51, but if money is not a concern, and you think you might go to a different (more power hungry) speaker in the future, then the a51 will be nice to...

Very nice. I bet all that power really makes the speaker shine, maybe even disappear, leaving only the detailed realistic sound in it's place. Have you compared these mono's to anything other than...

Based on those pictures, I was thinking rtia5 towers and a csia6 center. Will easily run on his current avr, and should be an improvement in sound quality over the r50s.

I discovered this product recently and am a bit tempted to try it out myself. Sounds like this is just what you're looking for:

Outlaw av975 $549
http://www.outlawaudio.com/products/975.html

If you decide on an amp, I'm with F1nut. Go with quality, not quantity. There are some really nice used amps for the same money as xpa3. Remeber, you get what you pay for with this stuff. Plus you...

Going from 5.1 to 7.1 on the onkyo 608 really diminished sound quality, I can't imagine the 717 has a much improved amp section over the 608, so I understand what you're hearing. The guys here are...

Now that you have gotten your feet wet with HT, go play at your local audio store and the best buy magnolia store. Chances are they will carry some of the polk products too, so you can compare. You...

Absolutely.

If you decide to go with a no amp option with your next speaker upgrade, you only have the option of polk rtia series (which could work for you btw), since the higher end series (lsim,...

Monitors are not really much of an upgrade from where you are. You should "up" the quality of the speaker. The way I see it, there's an expensive way and a cheaper way to upgrade and it all comes...

I feel like i've tried it all, and what's actually pretty fun is if you have gobs of power from a beefy amp it's actually kind of fun to set the center to large and have it produce the full range. My...

To the best of my understanding 20-275 watts is a range that tells you the minimum and maximum wattage these speakers will consume in order to operate. Speakers do not produce power, they consume it,...

Another option is to go with the RTIA5 instead or a7. Your reveiver will have plenty of power to drive those and you are going to be using the sub for lower frequencies anyway, so you don't really...

That sounds very strange because the last Marantz receiver that was rated for 4ohm loads was the 7002. The 7005 and the newer 7007 were not designed to handle 4 ohm loads. This was probably done to...

Sounds like you got good advice here and your selections should do well with the receiver you have. I would only suggest going to the psw110 instead of the psw10. I was at a new years party last...

Good stuff, Dan. I'm glad to hear Pioneer is putting useful new tech into their new line and continuing to up the sound quality. It's good news as some other manufacturers seem to not focus so much...

Well, if you've done separates before you have probably heard some pretty amazing sound, and I'm just thinking that monitors will not have the quality you may be used to. Monitors are polk's entry...

That depends on a few things.

Is your room big? I wouldn't be putting m75s in a 12x12 bedroom.
Are you going to get a nice receiver? You should, but if you are not then definitely get the smaller...

Parasound 1500 matches that description. Definitely warmer than a NAD.

My m70s measure 5.5in and m60s 4.5-ish, so yours seems right.

oh nice, the big kahuna! looking forward to your thoughts Dan, particularly on the dac.

I wouldn't even attempt to run lsi15s on a receiver that doesn't have a 4ohm rating or somewhere in the manual specifies that 8-4 ohm speakers are ok to operate. Besides that, lsi is what I like to...

It's nice to have the same tone all the way around if possible, so my vote is for another set of RTi6.

I've been very impressed with how spot on Dan's advise every time I follow it. This man will not steer you wrong.

I can see this being a good idea. You could even run 2 center channels, one on each side of the tv, if you don't have room under the tv.

I tried a similar concept, I ran 2x m60s as the center...