I have a cheap Sony HTS, 5.1, incuded 5 shelf speakers and subwoofer for $199 three years ago. I think the receiver is 100 Watt.
It worked great for my 2 bedroom apartment, but I’ve recently upgraded to a large home prewired for surround sound. I’ve purchased four 90 watt 5.5″ Boston Acoustic in-ceiling speakers and a Polk CS1 Center speaker upto 125 watts.
My concern? I’ve hooked up the CS1 and am not getting the volume I want (I didn’t expect it to sound like the system in the store, but I did expect it to sound better than the original center speaker I had). Now I am concerned to cut holes in my ceiling for the four surround speakers to find they don’t perform any better than the bookshelves. Do I just install the rear channel in-ceiling speakers until I can afford a higher wattage receiver? How many watts do I need to support these speakers? What’s a decent, budget brand?
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