best bang for buck on used ht speakers? maybe b&w?

would it be best to get a newer 805 and a good sub. than the used nautilus or s series and keep my older not so good sub? i hear that the highs and mids are better on the book shelf 805's than the higher up of the series. i wouldn't know. i love the 800 to 802 look. but too much for home theater applications? lets face it. the left and right channel in home theater are more about mids and highs, the sub takes the rest anyway. or am i wrong?

I think upper bass still plays a role in home theater...and as a result a bigger speaker will handle the 75hz-120hz range with greater authority than the 805 will. And while the sub can go up that high...it will likely have a tendency to be boomy up that high and not as clean as an 800-802 series. my two cents.

I can say from my experience that the matrix series works well for HT. My setup is 802s for mains, HTM for center, 805s for sides. The consistent voicing of the speakers works very well in the room. For subs, the JL audio mates well with the matrix series. But as others have posted, the more high current power the better for the B&Ws.

Also, I wouldn't hesitate to use the 805s with the JL audio F112, which had a wider FR.

Edwyun,

Nice system!!! enjoy!! agree with your comments, btw.

I recently updated my three front speakers in my home theatre set-up. I had paradigm signature S1(v2), c1(v2) center and adp1's(v2) in piano black. I'm running a Onkyo pro 885 pre and a Parasound HCA 2205AT(220x5) power amp. My sub is a SVS PB13 Ultra in piano black all in a 20x8x14 room.

I was finding for movies I was missing some impact(midbass), dynamics from movies and music. So I upgraded to the Signature S2's(v3) and C1(v3) center and kept the surrounds the same. I wanted to stay away from floor standing speakers as I still have my SVS beast(and I mean"beast").

All I can say is "wow". For the additional price difference of new S2's(v3) and a 2 month old perfect used c3(v3) it was my best investment. The soundstage and frontal impact, dynamics is truly amazing. Im also hearing things i never heard before than i did with my smaller sigs. From bigger, more efficient drivers, and efficiency of 5-6 db and still having bookshelf speakers is for the most part esthetically pleasing.

For music the upgrade was definitely astonishing.

My advice is a seperate power amp is definitly a must. Also find a good subwoofer and eq it will be very substantial to your overall sound. Check out the Paradigm Sig S2's(v3) and the SVS PB13 ultra or the SVS SB13. Exemplary reviews online.

Good luck...

Regards Bacardi