Hello All,
Maybe this question has been asked before and I apologize if it has.

I am curious to get your opinions of what speakers go well with this system. I currently have at least 16 year old Energy Reference 22 Speakers. (BTW, they still sound pretty good after all these years).

I am looking to eventually get the Outlaw 990 and will also do a speaker upgrade as well. I know you need to speakers and also what sounds good to your ear.

My choices for possible replacements are the Energy's RCR series or possibly Ascends.

Thanks,

Greg

Two good resources for this might be the Your System Saloon (where many people have posted their specific system descriptions and some feedback) and this old thread about what speakers and amps people have paired up with their 990's. The 990/7500 combo should be pretty neutral - the bigger question is probably going to be which speakers you like more, as speaker preferences are a pretty personal taste. I haven't heard much about the Energy speakers you mentioned, but I've heard good things about the Ascends.

Are you into HT or more of a 2 channel person?

For either try the Rockets or Refs at av123.com

I have spent a lot of money on speakers over the last 10 years and finally found some I really love here. I am into HT mostly so I have the Rocket 850's, 200,300's,250's, two UFW10 subs and an SVS Ultra. Have not been to a theater since.

I found a wealth of information at M&K sounds website. Call Barry Ober, head engineer and he will explain a great deal. Great attidude and loves what he does.

They have some nice deals on their online store.

The ears will tell you what you like.

I am a big fan of this company that has a great history.

The answer for me was what would work best for the type of room and listening preference.

There is no right or wrong. Barry actually talked me down from spending more money on M&K's and made suggestions to the effect that "less is more".

Maybe Outlaw will make speakers one day!

Rockets, Axiom, and Orbaudio are direct retailers that people also like. You'd do well with any of those.

Good luck

I went through a lot of speaker changes when I got my 990/7700 combo. First I had Athena Audition Series and found them too bright, I then went with Energy Connasouirs (sp), had 3 of their LCR's up front and it sounded great for HT but was not quite what I was looking for.

I ended up with a set of Onix Reference 1.5's and these were the ticket! They were $1,000 each but I bought them when they were discontinuing them and paid $750 a pair, much easiser to swallow. These were the speakers for me, would love to have a pair of the Onix Reference 3's for the fronts, will have to wait until they discontinue and mark them way down I guess.

I am hoping I can afford those new LS6's, forget the 9's they be too big but boy can you imagine these in your room? Those guys over at AV123 never cease to amaze me. I am running out of room for speakers so I guess it's time to start selling some.

http://www.av123forum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=5219

Well cant get the photo to work here so you will have to use the url above... sorry.

Will my Outlaw 755 handle these things!

I saw some comment at AV123 suggesting that the LS9's would be at least 90dB efficient. If the LS6's are comparable, the 755 should have no problem pushing them as far as they can go.

my sig.

Knownalien: Any reason you not using your 2200's for your front main speakers. I have the same set up and got it that way in case one of the three amps went down for repair I could still have good sound. I figured the smaller seperate amps put the most through being the fronts and such that I would use the single amps. I figure if one is going to go it would be one of those. Cheaper to fix and or replace.
Just an Idea...
Mike

I can't speak for knownalien, but when I got my 7500 I moved my mains from a pair of M200's to the 7500 and found the results to be subtly better with the 7500. We're into a situation where differences are going to be subtle (comparing two very nice amps), but for me the 7500 had the edge.