Hey All,
Five or so years ago, as a grad student, I bought a pair of M3's after reading that they were the best value in speakers. They are amazing value.
I have a cheap surround receiver (Sony STR-DE485) and decided today that it was time to get surround speakers. I impulsively went to best buy and spent $500 on a center (Definitive 1000) and rear (Definitive 800) speakers.
Wow do they suck compared to my M3's! Having the rears obviously added to the soundstage, but turning off the center speaker made everything sound better!
So, my plan is to return them to best buy and stick with axiom. However, I'm still in academia (postdoc), so the budget is a bit tight.
The room i'm in is pretty small. After reading quite a bit on these forums, I am pretty sure I'm going to stick with a phantom center for now.
The options are:
1) Keep my m3's as my fronts and get QS4 rears.
2) Get m22's as fronts and move my m3's to rear.
3) *Splurge* and get M50's for fronts and move my m3's to rear.
The other question is whether a new receiver will give new life to my speakers.
What's the opinion on the R-771 listed on axiom's site? Is it as good value as the speakers?
Thanks!
-Jeff
