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<blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 1133550" data-attributes="member: 109222">Hi.A good 5.1set is better than a bad 2.0 set for sure. If you spend lets say 100 bucks for a pair of &quot;Stereo&quot; speakers and you spend 1000$ for a 5.1 set I'm pretty sure the 5.1 set is better also to listen to music but will offer you full surround sound while watching movies too... But if you compare a 1000$ 5.1 set&nbsp; with a 1000$ pair of stereo speakers most likely the later will have a much better sound...By the way, no one will prevent you from using a pair of good speakers as front speakers and add an cheap(er) and small(er) set of back speakers to have surround sound if needed but good stereo sound when listen to music. That's how I've done it all the years I'm using 5.1 now. More important is a proper fitting centre speaker. This one should be on a similar level than the two front speakers. At least in the mid range frequencies and especially if you don't have a good microphone for calibrating the 5.1 sound. My old AVR did not offer a calibrating microphone and for this I never was satisfied with my centre speaker. The new one has an automatic calibration and my wish to replace the centre has faded away away away.... By the way, welcome to the dark side.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lehmden, post: 1133550, member: 109222"] Hi. A good 5.1set is better than a bad 2.0 set for sure. If you spend lets say 100 bucks for a pair of "Stereo" speakers and you spend 1000$ for a 5.1 set I'm pretty sure the 5.1 set is better also to listen to music but will offer you full surround sound while watching movies too... But if you compare a 1000$ 5.1 set with a 1000$ pair of stereo speakers most likely the later will have a much better sound... By the way, no one will prevent you from using a pair of good speakers as front speakers and add an cheap(er) and small(er) set of back speakers to have surround sound if needed but good stereo sound when listen to music. That's how I've done it all the years I'm using 5.1 now. More important is a proper fitting centre speaker. This one should be on a similar level than the two front speakers. At least in the mid range frequencies and especially if you don't have a good microphone for calibrating the 5.1 sound. My old AVR did not offer a calibrating microphone and for this I never was satisfied with my centre speaker. The new one has an automatic calibration and my wish to replace the centre has faded away [SIZE=2]away[/SIZE] [SIZE=1]away[/SIZE].... By the way, welcome to the dark side. [/QUOTE]

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