athena or aaron speakers - and denon A/V receiver

[David]

Hi all,

Its come down to the following as choice for my speakers. Does anyone
have any experience of opinions. My choices are between:

Athena:
Front AS-F2
Centre AS-c1
Rear AS-B1

Aaron:
Front ATS-3
Centre CC-120
Rear ATS-1


As an aside do you think its worth the extra $400 or so to upgrade from
a Denon AVR-1604 to AVR-1804?

Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Dave

[Glenn C]

dude

I would look at the lager Aaron centre speaker cc240 it has a nice wide
stage for a front speaker
And yes go for the 1804 instead of the 1604.

I have set up a AT3,ATS1,CC240 and Sub 40 using a Denon 1802 and for the
money this is a great package


"David" <nospam@nospammers.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Its come down to the following as choice for my speakers. Does anyone
> have any experience of opinions. My choices are between:
>
> Athena:
> Front AS-F2
> Centre AS-c1
> Rear AS-B1
>
> Aaron:
> Front ATS-3
> Centre CC-120
> Rear ATS-1
>
>
> As an aside do you think its worth the extra $400 or so to upgrade from
> a Denon AVR-1604 to AVR-1804?
>
> Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave

[David]

Thanks for the response.

2 questions though...

1) Have you listened to the athena's as well, or just really happy with
your arrons?

2) Not sure if ive got the dosh to upgrade to the better denon. as far
as i cant tell the big difference is greater power output. is there
anything else im missing?

thanks

dave

Glenn C wrote:

> dude
>
> I would look at the lager Aaron centre speaker cc240 it has a nice wide
> stage for a front speaker
> And yes go for the 1804 instead of the 1604.
>
> I have set up a AT3,ATS1,CC240 and Sub 40 using a Denon 1802 and for the
> money this is a great package
>
>
> "David" <nospam@nospammers.com.au> wrote in message
> news:401a33e0$0$1734$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.a u...
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Its come down to the following as choice for my speakers. Does anyone
>>have any experience of opinions. My choices are between:
>>
>>Athena:
>>Front AS-F2
>>Centre AS-c1
>>Rear AS-B1
>>
>>Aaron:
>>Front ATS-3
>>Centre CC-120
>>Rear ATS-1
>>
>>
>>As an aside do you think its worth the extra $400 or so to upgrade from
>>a Denon AVR-1604 to AVR-1804?
>>
>>Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Dave
>
>
>

[Glenn C]

I have not hear the athena's i am pretty impressed with Aarons for the
price.
Prior to my current system i use to own a pair of ATS5's
"David" <nospam@nospammers.com.au> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the response.
>
> 2 questions though...
>
> 1) Have you listened to the athena's as well, or just really happy with
> your arrons?
>
> 2) Not sure if ive got the dosh to upgrade to the better denon. as far
> as i cant tell the big difference is greater power output. is there
> anything else im missing?
>
> thanks
>
> dave
>
> Glenn C wrote:
>
> > dude
> >
> > I would look at the lager Aaron centre speaker cc240 it has a nice wide
> > stage for a front speaker
> > And yes go for the 1804 instead of the 1604.
> >
> > I have set up a AT3,ATS1,CC240 and Sub 40 using a Denon 1802 and for the
> > money this is a great package
> >
> >
> > "David" <nospam@nospammers.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:401a33e0$0$1734$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.a u...
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>Its come down to the following as choice for my speakers. Does anyone
> >>have any experience of opinions. My choices are between:
> >>
> >>Athena:
> >>Front AS-F2
> >>Centre AS-c1
> >>Rear AS-B1
> >>
> >>Aaron:
> >>Front ATS-3
> >>Centre CC-120
> >>Rear ATS-1
> >>
> >>
> >>As an aside do you think its worth the extra $400 or so to upgrade from
> >>a Denon AVR-1604 to AVR-1804?
> >>
> >>Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>Dave
> >
> >
> >