Hi all, new poster here. Slight wall of text below, but I hope you'll bear with me.
Recently, I picked up the Onkyo TX-NR818 on Amazon, and now I'm looking to get a set of speakers to go with it. I live in an apartment, and I was looking at getting a 2.0 setup. No sub, since I don't want my neighbors horribly pissed off at me. I don't have a massive living room, either. Anyway, I was looking around, and I've stumbled upon the Arx line of speakers, having never heard of them before. I like what I'm hearing. Everything I'm hearing says that these speakers are pretty much as good as they get for the price (or double their price).
Anyway, the question I had was related to the size of my apartment. I've been looking at the A5's, but I'm not sure if that's overkill for my room or not. The layout of my apartment is like this (dimensions approximate):

The living room opens onto a hallway, the dining area, and the kitchen (which is separated from the living room with a breakfast bar). The TV is going to be centered over a triple dresser on the side of the living room opposite the love seat. I don't have a whole lot of options as to moving furniture around, and that long wall in the living room is the best place for a TV setup. If I center the triple dresser, I have something like 30 inches on either side that I can put speakers.
So here's the biggest question I have: would getting a pair of A5's be overkill, or would I be perfectly fine with a set of A1b's? I'm going to mostly be using them for home theater right now, as well as listening to music while in the kitchen. If I got A1b's, I would need either floorstands or wallmounts, but I could later get a set of A5's and move the A1b's to surround duties. And now that the A2rx-c has been announced, I might get one of those as well. I assume the whole set is tone-matched such that I can use pretty much any combo as a left-center-right set (A5/A2rx-c, A1b/A2rx-c, etc)? Also, has anyone driven these with the Onkyo 818? How's it sound?
If you made it through that, I would appreciate any advice ya'll might have. Thanks.
Recently, I picked up the Onkyo TX-NR818 on Amazon, and now I'm looking to get a set of speakers to go with it. I live in an apartment, and I was looking at getting a 2.0 setup. No sub, since I don't want my neighbors horribly pissed off at me. I don't have a massive living room, either. Anyway, I was looking around, and I've stumbled upon the Arx line of speakers, having never heard of them before. I like what I'm hearing. Everything I'm hearing says that these speakers are pretty much as good as they get for the price (or double their price).
Anyway, the question I had was related to the size of my apartment. I've been looking at the A5's, but I'm not sure if that's overkill for my room or not. The layout of my apartment is like this (dimensions approximate):

The living room opens onto a hallway, the dining area, and the kitchen (which is separated from the living room with a breakfast bar). The TV is going to be centered over a triple dresser on the side of the living room opposite the love seat. I don't have a whole lot of options as to moving furniture around, and that long wall in the living room is the best place for a TV setup. If I center the triple dresser, I have something like 30 inches on either side that I can put speakers.
So here's the biggest question I have: would getting a pair of A5's be overkill, or would I be perfectly fine with a set of A1b's? I'm going to mostly be using them for home theater right now, as well as listening to music while in the kitchen. If I got A1b's, I would need either floorstands or wallmounts, but I could later get a set of A5's and move the A1b's to surround duties. And now that the A2rx-c has been announced, I might get one of those as well. I assume the whole set is tone-matched such that I can use pretty much any combo as a left-center-right set (A5/A2rx-c, A1b/A2rx-c, etc)? Also, has anyone driven these with the Onkyo 818? How's it sound?
If you made it through that, I would appreciate any advice ya'll might have. Thanks.
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