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distalled

Help: Advice on switching out speakers.

Ok. So the energy take 5's are on NewEgg for 129, and that seems like a fantastic deal to me. I'm considering switching out my old system.

Back story: I have 2 Dayton B652's, as my L/R, a Polk Series II center, and 2 Realistic 1960's Nova10's as my rears. (the realistics are mint, great, and I couldn't part with them. They're rears because they're currently too large for my desk.)

So, obviously this is a non-standard set up. The center is balanced with the Daytons.. and I listen to audio only in stereo, so it really isn't a big deal.

I'm selling the Realistics, since they don't fit.. to a good home and good friend. My thought is I could sell the center and the L/R on CL for about 70 bucks easily.

TL/DR : Would you suggest I just replace the realistics with the daytons, or is the energy take 5 just that good of a deal I'd be an idiot to not make my speakers all consistent.

Thanks for your help!

Posted Dec 13, 2012, 2:15 AM UTC

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Pirate2012•

sorry, the only brand there i have personal experience with is Polk.

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ZeosPanteraHome Theater Guru•

Buy the Take5's and if you like them sell the rest. I think you will find the daytons are going to extend lower and certainly be louder then the tiny energy speakers.

Don't know enough about the polk center.

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distalledOP•

Thanks, it's a good idea. I like how low the daytons go. I play a lot of games and just having the slight thump coming from the Daytons means I need less thumping from my sub, and I get more directional sounds.

I've had sattelite-style speakers, and I didn't know how the Take5's would do low compare to the small Dayton bookshelves.

I'll probably just replace the rears with daytons to save space, and because my friend is a vintage fanatic and would die for my novas.

TL;DR, thanks - that helped me decide quite a bit.

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