I am in the middle of a complete house renovation. We bought a very poor 106 yr old farmhouse when we were married 11 years ago. I replaced the windows and siding, adding insulation to the exterior. Then I went and turned a 4 small bedroom 2nd floor into 3 more managable bedrooms and a full bath. This summer I ripped out the first floor and created a new full bath, a larger living room and dining room, and a new den. I put in a foundation for an addition (family room) and am just about done tripling the size of the kitchen. I am going to turn the basement under the addition into an eight seat theater, and recently bought the Epic 80 system (without sub)to go with my SVS sub.
Here's the deal. My wife wants surround sound in the family room, but does not want to see ANYTHING except the tv and DVD player. So I am packing up all of my other speakers and buying in-walls. I an rather unimpressed with the performance of all of the selections in my price range, but after corresponding with people on other forums, I am going to give the Audiosource 8" in-walls a shot. Others claim that they were better than anything else in the price range, and that as far as inexpensive in-walls go, they are pretty decent. So I will try them ($45/ea). They will probably suck, but is just for tv in the family room, not for music listening or movie watching.
Here's the second deal. Nothing can be seen. SOOOO.....I bought a Pinnacle Subsonic sub for $350 shipped tonight. It is brand new in sealed box with full factory warranty from an authorized dealer. I found a few favorable reviews online, and although it will never match a Hsu or my SVS, it should be easy to hide (it is an 8" cube!!!!). Apparently the twin 6.5" drivers in a sealed box with a 350watt amp puts out decent bass to about 30hz. As I said...TV veiwing only.
Now that I have told you my long story,...what do you think? I figure they should be ok for TV, but I really feel sort of like I could have done better for $600. I guess the COMPLETELY UNSEEN thing is a killer.
