Energy Take 5 Pack 5CH Home Theater Speaker System $150

Lol at the person recommending the sony speakers..

Anyone know of a deal on one with some tower speakers?

What is a "mini binding post"? Can you use standard size banana plug connectors?

Quote from Lancearoni : What is a "mini binding post"? Can you use standard size banana plug connectors?

I was trying to determine the same thing but according to wikipedia, it looks like a binding post will accept most (all?) connections.

specifically the article says

Quote : Banana plugs, inserted into the open end of the binding post Pin connectors, inserted into a hole drilled through the metal post and clamped by the screw-down portion of the binding post. Bare wire inserted through the same hole and clamped, or Wrapped around the metal post and clamped. A lug terminal inserted around the metal post and clamped.

Quote from everix : What do you guys think about these speakers paired with this [newegg.com] receiver? Plus some subwoofer to be determined later. Think there will be any better deals for a similarly priced system closer to Black Friday?

Go to your local best buy, ask for last year's model of that receiver, you'll thank me

I have these and love them. Paired with a good sub, can't go wrong.

Does anyone have a receiver and subwoofer they recommend to compliment these? I"ve seen a few tossed around so far which is good, but am looking for more options.

How much should I look to pay for each of these?

I am looking to set up a cheap system for small dance parties with my friends in my basement. Last time i hooked up my speaker set with the onkyo reciever to play loud music for some time, my receiever started overheating and started shutting down. Any ideas how can avoid overheating?

Amazing speakers. picked them up back in spring when they were this price and they're worth every penny. i even matched it with the matching ESW-C10 subwoofer that was 50% off at that time. i have it setup with a 10 year old onkyo receiver that pushes basic DD5.1 and it sounds amazing.
300 dollar speaker system that sounds like a 3000 dollar setup.

edit: the amp for the woofer went out after two months, but Klipsch sent me a new one free of charge. a 10min swap of the board and i was back in business.

Quote from sacflies : Check craigslist for a sub. Good deals can be found. A BIG NO on the Sony's being better than the Energy's. Assuming these Energy's are the same quality they have been for years. But seeing as Energy is part of the Audiovox group now...all bets are off.

I just got a svs PB12-NSD for 350 shipped from Craigslist.

Quote from rewsky : Does anyone have a receiver and subwoofer they recommend to compliment these? I"ve seen a few tossed around so far which is good, but am looking for more options. How much should I look to pay for each of these?

onkyo reciever rc-260 a few years old i paid approx 250 should be cheaper now
i have 2 subs a 10 inch polk approx 120 or a 10 klisp 99 if u message me back ill get the actual model #s leaving for worl right now
hope this helps

hmm, seems like a good deal, but noted these have worse lower end frequency response (down to only 110hz) than the RC-Minis (80hz), and the Minis are actually slightly smaller. Speaking as an owner of RC-Micros (150hz, but probably half the size or less, why I bought them & accepted the compromise), this is a big deal. I bought the Micros because I needed the small physical size. If I could accommodate speakers twice as big, based upon what I know -- and I'd do more research to confirm it -- I think I'd get the Minis (or something else), not these, if you can find them even at a bit higher price (i think they have been?). As for these speakers, as you will see if you search they have been sold at this price many times, e.g. this one, and many more (and they usually get only like ~3 thumbs up when they do hit this price)

Given that, seems an odd choice as a FP deal to me, just a "business as usual" sale price for these competent, but no where near spectacular, speakers. Just food for thought..

Quote from veryseablue : newbie question, please bear with me. I googled, but didn't get the answer. Could anyone please tell me what type of speaker wires should I buy to hook up a receiver with these speaker? Do I buy to buy some banana plug to go with the wires? Does a subwoofer use the same kind of wire/ plugs or the sub uses different wires to connect to the receiver? thanks a lot in advance. It will be great if I can be provided with some links to good quality products most of your experts use

Speaker wires come in all sized, but I've read somewhere that if the distance from the receiver to the speaker is more than 25ft then it's best to use 14 gauge wires, otherwise, 16 gauge should be more than enough.
The speakers can handle the 14 gauges.

Thanks a lot for the reply from a2bondfn and theMas3r Repped.