Seeing how all of these are at the same price point, it's getting tough to pick one. What would you say are the differences between these and which would you recommend?
I need them for two fronts in a home theater setup. Surrounds and Rears are Polk Tsi300 towers.
Most of the use will be movies with some occasional music. I plan on using the towers in stereo in full range mode for songs.
Hi
Based on your location in India, you need to visit dealers and hear for yourself how these speakers would sound. Your signature indicates you will be using the Marantz SR6011 (unless you are looking to power the front speakers with a separate power amp if the need arises). Most brands of speakers blend well with the Marantz...some speakers may be punchy else bright else warm etc.....besides personal hearing of specific music preference, placement of these speakers, built quality, the ability to deliver maximum frequencies between 20hz to 20khz spectrum etc including size of drivers & type matter.....
Carry your favourite movie scene and music with you....go and audition and decide what suits your expectations in terms of budget, appearance, performance etc.
If i were to look at specific brands of speakers as fronts from your list....would audition KEFs, Klipsch, SVS and even look at Polk RTiA series, Jamo C series, Definitive Technology, Monitor Audio, Tannoys also.....remember sometimes even a basic model or mid segment model of a normal brand can potentially sound much better to you than what is listed....
All the best...choose wisely......ensure the towers have high sensitivity (88db or more). Impedance does not really matter nowadays since all AVRs are capable of adjusting the same during setup....as for music professionally (in the past as a DJ) my thumb rule is to always hook up 8 ohms speakers which really make a difference in performance when compared to 4 or 6 ohms...this is my opinion with experience over the past 2 decades....
