Video Asylum

Posted by Maui-2000 on April 21, 2000 at 15:15:09:

I just bought JBL N-26 surround speakers off of the net to go along with the Studio Series S-38 front channel speakers. For my ear they sound very good. But my problem/quesion is that I did not realize how large the N-26's were until I got them. (HxWxD) 14 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 7 1/2". They are big - at least to the the small surround speakers I had from Cambridge. The question I have is do I need surround speakers that have 6" woofers or are 4" woofers in the N-24's just as good? Part of the problem is that I cannot compare the two side by side... I
bought based on the fact the N-26's seemed to be a better value - but the size is kinda large... Are rear channels still of little use in Dolby Digital as in Prologic except for small effect sounds? Or are the size of rears more important now?

Here is the link to the N-26's...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/electronics/electronics-pictures/-/B00002EQCG/1/102-2406352-9536064#more-pictures

Here is the link to the N-24's...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/electronics/electronics-pictures/-/B00002EQCD/14/102-2406352-9536064#more-pictures

I am new to Dolby Digital and would like advice on rear speakers. Basically should I get the small ones or keep the larger ones with the 6" woofers even though they are kind of big???

Thank you very much.

Jeff