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Hi all - I`ve currently got some Ariston MSX06 bookshelf speakers that I use as my rear speakers in my 5.1 set-up. The problem is that I`ve moved house and where before the bookshelf speakers really were sitting on bookshelves I`ve now got to have them hanging off the wall on brackets due to the change in room shape, furniture placement etc...thing is they`ll look terrible because of their size.

Can anyone recommend some discreet, small rear speakers that will do the business sound-wise and will placate the wife decor-wise? I`m thinking along the lines of these tiny computer satellite speakers that you see around...

(Oh yeah, and price is very important I`m afraid - £50 absolute max, preferably a lot less?)

thanks
julianf

This item was edited on Monday, 22nd September 2003, 14:08

I would recommend the Eltax HT2 from Richer Sounds, because they are bipolar they are a more discrete triangular shape. They are now sold for £49.95 but did cost £149 a few years ago, voted best rear and given 5 star ratings and I can assure you that they are still excellent by todays standards.

Nice - but they look pretty much the same size as the one`s I`ve got now - I`m after something the size of those Sony jobs you get with their home cinema all-in-ones...I think they call them micros...

julianf

Go and have a look at the Eltax for real they are not all that big and can be neatly mounted to the wall and disguised with a bit of imagination, any object placed on them such as a plant pot, perish the thought but if it keeps the misses happy, should be isolated with a few wee bits of Blu-Tac. If you strive for audio quality micros just will not do the job. I had to compromise, and how. If you go onto the Dolby site and read their tech advice they say that your fronts centre and rears should be all the same, since my cinema system has been added to a serious Hi-Fi following their advice would have cost me £10,000! Whilst I still have a seriously belting stereo, for home cinema mode the Eltax rears and their Liberty centre work extremly well having balanced them with the £7,500 stereo front pair using a Yamaha DSP-E800.

OK, I`ll go and see them - there`s a Richer Sounds in Plymouth that`ll have them.

It sounds like if they`re good enough for your system they`ll certainly do the trick on my budget setup (LG 32" W/S, Cyberhome ADL528 dvd player, Sherwood RD6106R AV Receiver, Gale front & Centre speakers and an old Altec Lansing computer subwoofer).

thanks
julianf