The most important components of a hi-fi music system or a home theater is good speakers. Because let’s face it, a home theater won’t be much of a theater if your sound system is dull and lifeless. So, if you are looking to make your own home theater system, now or at some point of time, it is always good to have a decent knowledge about speakers. So here is our suggestion of the top 5 budget speakers under $2000, which have associated surrounds, center and sub speakers. It is also very important to have matching speakers in a surround sound system.
1. The Salk SongTower QWT Floorstanding Speaker
Salk has created some great looking and great performing speakers for $1695. They are packaged with great deliberation to have at least an inch of foam all around the speakers. The SongTowers have a decent and linear response to overall frequency, with decent bass. Bass really starts to boom at 25 Hz and reaches its optimal volume at 40 Hz. The SongTower provides great sound detail and resonance. Sounds are very similar to live hall performances.
2. Revel F12 Floorstanding Speaker
The big F12 speaker is made up of two 8″ woofers, one small 1″ tweeter inside an exotic cabinet. The F12’s cabinet is rectangular prism shaped. Center-image fill is perfect when the speakers are kept 7′-11′ apart. The amount of bass and the interactions with room boundaries will change along with the distance from the front wall. The mid-range responds comprehensively with gross position changes. They always sound the best when toed-in, or directly ear to tweeter angle. The only shortcoming is that the F12 has no level controls.
3. Bowers & Wilkins 683 Floorstanding Speaker
The 683 is the largest speaker in the Bowers & Wilkins 600 Series. This 3 way floorstanding speaker is ideal for home theatre applications in larger rooms. It provides deep, bottom-end power and a dynamic sound with the help of a pair of bass drive units made of composite cones. The 150mm midrange boosts the middle frequencies, and adds clarity and tonality. The tube loaded tweeter in the system provides a great high end sound which reaches up to 50 Hz.
4 PSB Image T65 Floorstanding Speaker
The PSB Image T65 features three 6.5â woofers with three 2â bass ports – so the lower frequency is completely covered. A small dome 1″ tweeter provides decent amount of treble. Overall you can expect awesome sound quality – and all that for the minimal price of less than $1100 a pair. So it goes without saying that they’re a great bargain. Spatial audio cues are very well executed and the bass quality can match up to subwoofers. The detailing in these speakers are very good. Sound quality is lifelike with a lot of resonance and ambience. The T65 tower speakers are big and heavy, powerful enough to fill a large room or hall space.
5. KEF iQ90 Three-way Floorstanding Loudspeaker
For something priced at only $750, the IQ90 has a huge sound range and great detail. The pair of 6.5â bass drivers can produce amazing bass and low frequency responses. The cabinet is well designed with attractive curves to maximize firmness and remove internal reflections for a better response to frequency alteration. This speaker has a huge frequency range, starting from 33 Hz to all the way up to 40 kHz. The floorstanding units are available in Black Ash, Dark Apple, and American Walnut finishing.
