Best Low Budget Speakers

Lonewolf:

Eric's choice of power source has not been finalized yet. Eric has had a few threads here over the last few weeks that have been exploring the feasibility of using the 8 wattt output from his newly purchased 42 inch Plasma TV to power a pair of fairly sensitive speakers. IMO, the room size (approx 400 - 500 square feet) introduces the biggest complication. So, you had to have some prior knowledge on this one ... ergo my disclaimer ... assume that you are using an amplifier or receiver.

Regards,
Rich

Can't really go wrong with Vandersteen... music incarnate.

Lonewolfny42,
My post was a joke.I did it because of the big debate on the 200 response thread about the Green Mountain Europa speakers. I have never listened to them. I have heard alot of good things about them.

Eric
I just got done listening to different small bookshelfs including Polk RTi6, Athena AS-B1 and AS-B2, some Kef's (don't remember the model because they were horrible for $1500), Kef Q1, and Klipcsh. I ended up buying a pair of JBL E30 (not a joke). These little babies really sing, I have them on a Pioneer SX-1080 and they sound better than all the others. They sounded closest to the Polk RTi6, but had better bass. The others were all $250 to $450 with one pair of Kef being $1500. The JBL E30 were only $213 including tax!! I would not have even given them a look if my brother wouldn't have told me about them. They are worth a listen if you are on a budget.

Those would be my choices.