So being the kind of guy to hate credit, I bought an AVR-1611 about two months ago from a local installer. It sat in a spare room for about three weeks with no speakers to hook up.
I was as anxious as a kid needing a good chocolate fix, needless to say.
My brother-in-law remembered he had a set of Paradigm something-or-others in storage and loaned me the fronts and center (no sub). I looked for the nameplate on the back but it was covered by a mount. Didn't want to hurt his older speakers so I didn't remove the mount. They were smallish bookshelf types. They sounded FANTASTIC compared to the Sammy TV speakers.
I finally built up the cash to buy my own speakers, but I'm still torn between buying a HTiB set or picking up a set of 1) Bookshelves 2) Center 3) Sub over time.
For now I have a demo of Paradigm Cinema 70s. I hooked them up last night, ran Audessy and sat back to be amazed.
I wasn't. I was shocked to find that the three loaners from my bro in law had more guts than the whole set of Cinemas w/ subwoofer.
I haven't given up yet (I still need to tweak the sub crossover and such), but I have my doubts :S
I was as anxious as a kid needing a good chocolate fix, needless to say.
My brother-in-law remembered he had a set of Paradigm something-or-others in storage and loaned me the fronts and center (no sub). I looked for the nameplate on the back but it was covered by a mount. Didn't want to hurt his older speakers so I didn't remove the mount. They were smallish bookshelf types. They sounded FANTASTIC compared to the Sammy TV speakers.
I finally built up the cash to buy my own speakers, but I'm still torn between buying a HTiB set or picking up a set of 1) Bookshelves 2) Center 3) Sub over time.
For now I have a demo of Paradigm Cinema 70s. I hooked them up last night, ran Audessy and sat back to be amazed.
I wasn't. I was shocked to find that the three loaners from my bro in law had more guts than the whole set of Cinemas w/ subwoofer.
I haven't given up yet (I still need to tweak the sub crossover and such), but I have my doubts :S