Can I buy 2 tower speakers & add them to my 5.1 speakers on my 7.1 AV Tuner? Is that recommended?

Question

I have a 7.1 Surround Sound AV Tuner & a 5.1 JBL speaker system. I would like to add two speakers to have true 7.1, but am unsure of whether I should by two towers or just two more satelite speakers. The Tuner I have is 100w per speaker.

Answer 1

A tower system for the fronts

will give you more mid-bass

impact than satellites for the

fronts.  What you need to look

for is a pair of towers that is

voice-matched with your center

channel so the transitions in the

front are as seamless as possible.  

Try looking for a pair of JBL towers

than match your center channel.

Answer 2

You can add the two towers as the front main speakers. You will need to set them up as large and get the volume for the front channels correct (see your JBL owners manual under setting up speakers). The impedance for the towers may be different than the satellite speakers but this shouldn't pose a problem for your amp. They won't be matched sonically to the satelittes but the towers will (most likely) give you much better sound in stereo and most of the sound from a 7.1 channel setup comes from the center then from the front mains. The surrounds get a lot less signal and are for fill-in sounds so I think you'll be very happy with a better set of fronts. After that, you may want to upgrade your center channel speaker (I'd go with the match to the towers) when your budget allows.

Answer 3

more speakers, more sound

am i right??

just use an AMPLIFIER