To Apex or not to Apex

As a devoted Apex owner myself, my two cents says you'd be better rewarded with the RX6 for your music needs, without doubt. The A10's are transparent and have a nice rythm to them, but for your type of music I'm thinking you'd simply need more, and the RX6 ought to fit the bill. I mean for me, listening to music on Apex I'm never satisfied with just a stereopair of A10's playing, this is why I always use multi channel stereo to utilize all speakers in the package, including the subwoofer, go get that roomfilling sound for the music. But with the bigger RX6 I'd think they'd be roomfilling enough. For movies, I personally perfer a sub/sat solution to floorstanders, so all-in-all an Apex package is a good "compromise" between the two, but for the best in 2-channel it's RX6 hands down.

Good luck and let us know what you choose!

Interesting hearing your thoughts, and appreciate your honesty. Do you think I could use apex as the rear sat speakers?

Now this greatly depends on your experience with hifi and your expectations. The apex system will perform well, just not as good as the RX6 for music, as said above. But again, if you have never had floor stands I doubt you will be disappointed. It's certainly better than your car speakers or all in one hifi system in case you was worried.

When you say Apex for rears, are your fronts the RX6? If so go for the RXFX on the walls IMHO. Don't mix the apex and RX, they are different in presentation. 

I agree with above. Try avoid mixing models that way, stay with the RX-FX rears if you descide on that path. This will simply give you a more cohesive sound presentation which is so essential.

Yes, I was thinking of RX6 front left and right with apex rears. But this doesn't sound like it's a viable option. I guess I'll have to go with the RXFX should I decide on the RX6. I'll see if I can get a demo with the RX6 and Apex this week and let you know how it goes.

OK, as my tastes aren't too different to yours, let me throw a curve ball into the equation if you like music from floor standers.

How about this as an option?

http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/radius-hd/r270hd10/

By the way, have you heard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven_That_Refused_to_Sing_(And_Other_Stories)

??

I haven't heard it yet, but will take a listen at some point. I was lucky enough to see them at their Royal Albert Hall concert last year.....amazing!!

Have looked at the radius, but not very keen on the styling, thanks for the suggestion though.

I'm now the owner of a pair of shinny new RX6's, they sound amazing . One problem though, the centre speaker really doesn't fit in, it's just too big and bulky looking!! I've bought the RX6's and have the RX centre on loan, I'm not prepared to buy the RX centre. As I see it I now have 2 options,

1, Listen to my tv just through the RX6's, which is a major improvement than the tv's dinky little speakers

or

2, Buy a Apex A40 centre speaker in place of the RX centre, which with it's sleek looks won't look out of place. I know it wouldn't work as well as the RX, but would this be a better option then option 1?

Hi guys,

I have Mezzo 6 and 1 about 6 years,  they are good but they sounds a lit bit sharp on bass especially mezzo 1 , all I can do is increase cross over frequency to 160 on mezzo 1 as surround, bass become a little bit less sharp.

My question is how does A 10 sound ?? is it sharp bass or softer ?

Would  it be better go for A10 as surround instead of mezzo 1 or go for RX FX ??

My centre is B& W HTM 62, which has not super bass if I select it as large, better sound is when put it as small and 100 hertz cross freq.

How does A 40 centre sounds  ?

I use Yamaha RX A 2010 

Many thanks.

Hello guys,

IS there any difference in sound performance if Apex speakers are fix on the wall  VS. if there are on original stand ???

Many thanks.