[ScottW]

"Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!" wrote in message
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wrote:
Knowing the standards of folks who frequent this newsgroup, I have some
trepidation about even poking my head in here, but I could use some
advice. I have a piece o' crap 20-year old Fisher receiver that pumps
out a simpering 20 watts per channel to 20-year old two-way Altec
Lansing speakers with 10" woofers. One of the speakers appears to be
finally on its last legs, as low bass makes it emit odd
crackling/buzzing noises. I'm fairly certain it's not the stands it's
on, the noise seems to be coming from the speaker itself. So I may
finally be in the market for new speakers.

But the catch is I don't have the money to buy a new receiver as well,
though next year I probably could. At the moment I have $200 - $250 to
spend. Right now Amazon has a sale on Sony SS-MF750H speakers, with
free shipping. Dual 8" woofers, 3 way speakers with a 35 - 50Mhz
range. Consumer Reports has always liked them a lot, for what that
counts. Considering the quality I'm used to, is there any better way
to fill a 13' x 12' room with sound? I know there are bookshelf
speakers of supposedly higher quality I could go for in that price
range. I play music obviously, but the main duty is actually to be
hooked up to my TV set for movie viewing.

So, given a small room, small budget, poor receiver, are there any
better options?

If you're otherwise happy with the speakers that you currently have,
you might consider getting the woofer that appears blown reconed.
Typically you can have that done for $50-60. Search online for speaker
repair. Most metropolitan areas will have at least one, or you can ship
it.

A quick search brought up this:

http://www.simplyspeakers.com/16reconing.htm

Of course, I would verify that this is the problem first...

It may only be the surrounds...cheaper yet to repair and easily
done on your own.

ScottW