Samsung speakers with 7.1 Onkyo tx-sr605

Hi amav31,
You currently have a 7.1 Onkyo tx-sr605 A/V receiver. If you haven't purchased the speakers yet, firstly, you need to know what is the wattage per channel for each speaker that your receiver is delivering.
It is always a common question when you walk into a audo shop and the seller will ask you what is your budget that you are willing to fork out. I had the same experience when I invested in my 1st set of speaker systems. If you have a budget, tell him that you want an average price range and ask for his recommendations.
What you should do is that since you have the specifications of your receiver and the size of your hall and ask the seller to recommend you several brands of speakers that will compliment with your receiver. Buying a set or speakers is to individual listening liking. It does not mean that expensive set of speakers are better off than average sets.
Listen to the sound quality from the speakers that you like most within the budget range. Make sure that the seller is using a receiver that has the same wattage as yours and you decides from there.
For your information, I am using a 7.1 Yamaha receiver with 7 speakers and a subwoofer. They consisted of 2 front floor standing, 1 centre, 2 rear surround, 2 tweeters mounted below the ceiling but above the rear surround and an active floor firing subwoofer.  
The pair of stand alone tweeters are tilted down at an angle where the the sofa is. They are very effective as it emphasise the high pitch, for example the sound of a fighter plane zooming from left to right. The pair of tweeters can be of any brand and costing below S$50 should be sufficient.
As for the active subwoofer, I have owned front firing and down firing one. But in the end, I still prefer floor firing one as it provides a more uniform distribution of the base sound. It sounds even better when the subwoofer is raised between 4" to 6" above the floor by placing something solid below. The purpose is to provide a wider dispersement of downwards sound as otherwise, you will encounter the bounce back effect due to the closeness of the speaker to the floor.
In conclusion, as what I mentioned above, the speakers sound quality must be to your liking and suit the size of your hall.
Though I live in a private property and with a big hall, I use a rather cheap brand of speakers and subwoofer. The important factor to note is to caliberate the distribution of sound from the receiver to the respective speakers.
Though the speakers are cheap, whenever my friends visited me and I turned on a dvd show, they were surprised with the sound quality and "oomph" sound.
 
Regards
Michael 
 
 
 
 

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