Looking for some ideas/suggestions for HT speakers

[boogs]

Hi all

I'm just finishing my basement and have a pseudo-dedicated home theater space (about 14' x 17' with the back of the "room" having a halfwall to delineate the space but still keep the basement open). At the moment i have a pair of Audax MTM's from their home theater design collection (yeah they are a little old) which i could use for the fronts but i'd much rather come up with a full set (5 speakers to start) that all use the same or similar drivers. 1 caveat - these cannot be too pricey - i just ordered sub drivers and they set me back a fair bit!

Amplifier power is in the 100 watt per channel range and the speakers will also be used for music.

Any ideas/designs would be greatly appreciated!

Scott

[Cal Weldon]

If you go full range, you save on the tweeters and XO, allowing a couple of more bucks for the drivers. Have you considered the CSS FR125? There are many threads on these forums, do a search if you aren't familiar with them.

Here's where to get them:
http://www.creativesound.ca/

[boogs]

Hi Cal

It's funny you mentioned that; I did have a look at those drivers but i wasn't sure about their max SPL and power handling.

I also read several threads on dipole design but was shying away as no one seems to be using that arrangement for HT.

Would those drivers do the job?

Scott

[ezmeralda11]

If you already have the Audax MTM's, you could just buy the matching center channel and surrounds here (http://madisound.com/audaxhometheater.html), unless your Audax MTM's are different than those in the kit. That would be cost effective.