So I am looking to upgrade my speakers with my home theater set up. I have a 7.1 system right now in a fairly large open den area. Overall, I would say the room size is about 20x25. I really don't have an ideal home theater set up as far as positioning of furniture in relation to the surround speakers. I have my surrounds mounted on the wall around the room and two Energy standing speakers. I sit about 15 feet away from my TV. I am currently looking to upgrade my receiver that is 4k compatible. Just been looking at some of the lower level Denon x series such as the avr-x2400. I noticed Kef has a sale on the Q700 which are half off the normal price. I don't have a heavy budget so I want to get the best sounding overall speaker for my money. Other than a Best Buy, there are not any audio stores to listen to speakers. I did go to one place and I listened to some Magnepans which would be in my price range but I only got to listen to them with music and not a home theater set up. I know they require a good amount of space and i'm concerned about how the sound would resonate in my large den. I have read good reviews on other speakers such as Emotiva Airmotive T1 and the Q Acoustics 3050. I figured the Q700's would be a great buy at half price but I'm wondering if anyone has any knowledge of the Emotiva or Q acoustics which would be about $200 cheaper a pair. I think anything I upgrade to will be better. I'm mostly going to be a TV/movie watcher not so much music. I just want the best sound for my price range which would probably be up to $800 a pair. Any thoughts?
So I am looking to upgrade my speakers with my home theater set up. I have a 7.1 system right now in a fairly large open den area. Overall, I would say the room size is about 20x25. I really don't have an ideal home theater set up as far as positioning of furniture in relation to the surround speakers. I have my surrounds mounted on the wall around the room and two Energy standing speakers. I sit about 15 feet away from my TV. I am currently looking to upgrade my receiver that is 4k compatible. Just been looking at some of the lower level Denon x series such as the avr-x2400. I noticed Kef has a sale on the Q700 which are half off the normal price. I don't have a heavy budget so I want to get the best sounding overall speaker for my money. Other than a Best Buy, there are not any audio stores to listen to speakers. I did go to one place and I listened to some Magnepans which would be in my price range but I only got to listen to them with music and not a home theater set up. I know they require a good amount of space and i'm concerned about how the sound would resonate in my large den. I have read good reviews on other speakers such as Emotiva Airmotive T1 and the Q Acoustics 3050. I figured the Q700's would be a great buy at half price but I'm wondering if anyone has any knowledge of the Emotiva or Q acoustics which would be about $200 cheaper a pair. I think anything I upgrade to will be better. I'm mostly going to be a TV/movie watcher not so much music. I just want the best sound for my price range which would probably be up to $800 a pair. Any thoughts?