Hi everyone, this is my first post, but I've been trolling here for months. Hopefully I can finally start investing some of the ca$h I've been setting aside for months and months - with your help of course, and then start making real contributions to this forum, based on my experiences. I live in a small apartment in Raleigh, North Carolina and the room where I hope to set up this equipment is about [B]15 by 11[/B] and 10 ft tall. I'm hoping you guys can lead me in the right direction, because I've reached a point where I just don't know who to believe anymore and unfortunately don't have the luxury of auditioning a vast range of gear.... I have roughly two more years of Uni remaining so I'm definitely not going anywhere anytime soon. I'd be using them about [B]50% music[/B] (all types but especially female vocals ), [B]50% movies/sports/videogames[/B]. Floorstanding vs. Bookshelf? I think I'm going to [B]have to[/B] get a sub in the future, whether I go with either type of speaker. That's why I'd like a lively speaker that doesn't try to "do-it-all" from top to bottom, I'd prefer the speaker to excel at [B]treble resolution[/B], [B]midrange clarity[/B] for vocals etc... Bass [B]definition[/B] and [B]speed[/B] instead of weight. Source is PS3, SAT TV, HTPC w/ FLAC collection for now so a little bit of [I]forgiveness[/I] would be nice, I'd still want the detail to be there and I'd definitely want the speakers to reveal the quality of upstream components when upgrade them in the future... Does that make any sense? ...lol The speakers should ideally be [B]placed near a wall[/B], so I guess maybe [B]ported [/B]designs are at an advantage, although I've heard conflicting things about that... I can't blast the music very loud because I live in an apartment so hopefully these speakers will still be enjoyable at [B]low listening levels[/B], especially voices... I'd also prefer not to have to sit in one "sweet spot" the whole time, off-axis dispersion should be good but that's perhaps a luxury I'm willing to overlook. Initially, I'll be driving them with something like a Pioneer Receiver with ICE Amps, but hope to upgrade to a dedicated multichannel power amp in the future. I've already saved up close to 00 just to spend on the speakers alone, and I know that if I go any higher than that any improvement will be marginal at best given the listening environment. Here's where I am so far, took me forever just to get the KRP-500M, and the stand was 50% off [URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-Salamander-Designs-Synergy-237-Triple-TV-Stand-/120566944109?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1259916d"]here [/URL] [URL=http://img13.imageshack.us/i/kurogj.jpg/][IMG]http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/69/kurogj.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I know I could prob get a decent HTIB with 50% of the money I saved, but I just wanna come home from school/work and look at something that reminds me of all the hard work I put in, all the sacrifices I made... ;) I can probably keep on saving a bit more but I think there are some pretty damn good choices in the used market for around 00. Thoughts?
