What is best bookshelf size speaker for mainly home theater use between $1000-1500 a pair?

Question

I have Yamaha 3800 Receiver. Will likely mount on wall.

Answer 1

if your looking for wall mount speakers definitive tech makes a number of speakers in your price range. excellent sound reproduction, high wattage, wide soundstage. sound quality and construction that are unsurpassed for the money says digital tv&sound.

Answer 2

I would go with the Paradigm Studio series. I have the Monitor series which is one step down and I find they are amazing.

Answer 3

Before you buy anything, audition the B&W 800 series speakers. I use the same receiver as you in my family room system, and these speakers married up really well. They are also in your price range.

I am always wary of audio magazines claims. They seldom bite the hand that feeds them.

By the way, isn't that a nice receiver!

Answer 4

Try DynAudio

Answer 5

First let me tell you a little secret:

There is a DIFFERENCE between playing music and home theater sound.

For music - you want highly accurate & detailed speakers.

But Home theater sound is highly compressed, NOT lots of complex sounds 100% of the time like music, you focus on the video first, the sound second, etc.

This means less accurate (meaning expensive) speakers actually do a great job.

So while you can use music to audition speakers, you can go with the smaller, less expensive models for a mainly HT system.

What really impresses people for theater is the SUBWOOFER.

Those bookshelf speakers wont have any bass response. You MUST have a self-powered subwoofer to accompany them.  Unlike the main 5 speakers, you dont have to buy the same brand sub as the mains.

Two very good internet subwoofer companies are SVS and HSU Research.  Do an internet search or see all the postings about them at HomeTheaterFourm or AVSFourms.

I would second these choices as good brands:

Paradagym, Definitive Technology, B&W

Answer 6

Quad, Epos, JM Lab/Focal, Different versions of LS3/5A speakers.  Also PSB.