Onkyo TX-NR575E and Speakers

iba

Hi,

So I have an Onkyo HT-S5405 AVR. This comprises both an AVR and speakers. The AVR is HT R548 and all the speakers have 548 in its name except for the woofer that has 538:

http://www.eu.onkyo.com/en/products/ht-s5405-43101.html

I recently bough a new AVR without the speakers. TX-NR575E:

http://www.eu.onkyo.com/en/products/tx-nr575e-137838.html

Now what I cant decide is should I replace all the speakers or just buy the two atmos ones which cost £120 on amazon:

http://www.eu.onkyo.com/en/products/skh-410-118692.html

If I was to replace all the speakers I would go for this which costs £380 on RicherSounds:

http://www.eu.onkyo.com/en/products/sks-ht588-125348.html

If I was to replace all the speakers then I could sell my original HT-S5405 as a kit rather than just a seperate AVR.

Although the full kit, speakers and AVR on Richer is only £200 more:

http://www.eu.onkyo.com/en/products/ht-s5805-125343.html

Or should I buy the above and keep the speakers and sell off the AVR.

So at the end of the day, these are my option:

1) Just buy the two add on speakers, skh-410, and sell my original AVR without speakers.

2) Buy a full speaker kit, sks-ht588, and sell on my original AVR with speakers.

3) Buy the new kit, ht-s5805, and sell on my original AVR with speakers and also sell on the AVR from the ht-s5805 kit.

If anyone can follow all that I would love to hear your views please and thank you.

slave1

I’d make my mind based on the subwoofer, all those speakers should be set to small and let the sub handle the low frequencies, can that sub handle 7 small speakers? I’m assuming you are going 5.1.2 Atmos

iba

slave1 wrote: »

I’d make my mind based on the subwoofer, all those speakers should be set to small and let the sub handle the low frequencies, can that sub handle 7 small speakers? I’m assuming you are going 5.1.2 Atmos

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I'm not sure if I fully understand you though (my fault cause my experience with AVRs is very limited). The woofer is SKW-538 BASS REFLEX POWERED SUBWOOFER. Specs are here (in fact the specs of all my current speakers are here):

http://www.eu.onkyo.com/downloads/1/4/6/0/4/Manual_HT-S5305_HTP-538_En.pdf

So I don't know if the sub can handle 7 small speakers. I'd be grateful if you might advise please.

Thanks

slave1

Sure just try it, I don't have that Onkyo but in most AV Receivers these days you have to tell it whether your speakers are large e.g. floorstanders or small e.g. like yours.
If you set them to large then the Receiver will direct low frequency sounds to them as they should be able to reproduce.
If you set them to small then the Receiver will direct the low frequency sounds to the sub instead as the speakers are not capable of reproducing these sounds.

Set them to small and see if you are happy with the sound....then try them set to large and this will help you make up your mind....

mossym

the speakers you have are rated 6ohms nominal so no issue with your new amp, and the sub is powered so no issues there either. often the speakers that come with all in one kits are muck and designed only to work with the unit they come with, and can fry another amp if you use them with something else


all that is to say if i were you i'd keep your existing speakers, and buy the atmos add ons. the new set you linked to is unlikely to be any improvement over what you have so why spend more money for at best the same result?