Page 1 of Westy I Need Your Advice (or anyone else who can help)

Westy,
You being the home cinema king I thought I would direct this question at you. Have you ever heard or even heard of the Canon S-35 rear speakers?
They are from about 1994 and are a curious but novel dome shape. I might be purchasing a pair for £40 or less if they are OK. It`s a budget setup I have with a Sony STR-DE445 receiver, A Sony sub, Mission 702e fronts, Mission 70c1 centre and for the moment i`m using my old fronts Eltax Monitor 3`s as rears but I liked the look and the sound, haven`t heard them with my setup yet, of the Canon`s and just wanted advice as to whether they would be worth the £40 and would make any improvement.

Cheers

Darren

Darren,

Really speaking you should steer clear of the Canon speakers. Cheap though they are, they`re more likely to down grade the sound rather than add to it. I`d stick with your Eltax for now, save up for some Mission m7ds dipole rears, the sell the Eltax to put some money towards getting a better sub, a Yamaha yst320 will do the trick nicely!

Westy

Westy,

Thanks for your advice. I`ve got the Canon`s hooked up to my system at present just for a try out. As you say they don`t add anything but they don`t seem to be any worse than the Monitor 3`s. Looked up the Mission dipoles, a bit out of my price range (VERY tight budget) how about the Eltax HT-2 bipoles?? As for the Yamaha sub it`ll have to wait, the amp I have is part of the HTK-315 kit so I could sell the Sony sub and surrounds to raise some cash, as the surrounds and center are now redundant.

Thanks once again,

Happy New Year

Darren