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My ideal setup would probably involve adding some in ceiling speakers, and some rear speakers to my current 5.1 system to experience Atmos soundtracks, and probably using the additional HDMI output from the receiver to set up a projector in the area under the stairs behind my couch and having a...

Ok, I've been posting this in a number of places, so appologies if you've seen it before somewhere else... Basically I'm looking to get a new DVD changer. I like mine but I'd like to be able to play DVD-A's in addition to SACD's. Originallly I was just going to get the Yamaha C-750, but have...

Sorry I got a little agressive with my responce, there, I was in the middle of a 13.5 hour work day, and I guess was just a little annoyed with the number of responces that were basically just "don't bother spend more." Which really isn't very helpful. MikeLi why would make you go with the Sony...

Well, to those of you who actually made some suggestions and such, I appreciate it. Those of you who didn't... well that's not very helpful, telling me to save up more money first confuses me with my friend, and ignores all of my qualifiers about how he doesn't care nearly as much about sound...

Ok, so my friend out in California was talking to me last night and mentioned he wanted to get some new speakers and such. He certainly isn't an audiophile at all, and so will probably be perfectly happy with a HTiB solution, which I think is probably going to be his best option given his needs...

Greg, I hadn't really thought about that factor, so now you've got me leaning toward the B1's again. And honestly it's probably the better move in the end. I'm going to be using this system for both movies and music, so the B1's are probably the more versitile option, plus they're cheaper...

Eddie, Thanks so much, I probably just wouldn't have thought of the Home Depot option, that should save me quite a bit right there. I'll probalby head over there in the next few days and see what they've got, though, I'll probably wait till I'm actually setting up the speakers etc. (in a few...

Oh, and quick question, any idea how much the home depot generic typically goes for? Just trying to budget a bit here.

Well I do plan to listen to SACD's etc, so the surrounds could potentially be pretty important. I do realize it seems silly to spend more on the surrounds than the rest of the speakers, but if I were to be buying them normally (ie not open box) I'd have spent more on the others, so this is sort...

Ok, I tried to post this a minute ago but it won't let me becuase I'm a relatively new member. (can't post URL's yet). Basically there is a coupon you can find online, to give you an additional 30% off of open box stuff at Best Buy. So I'd suggest finding this coupon (you can e-mail me at...

X-posted (essentially) at avsforum.com too. Ok, so I'm writing with a bit of an update and a question. I posted a little while back when I was trying to figure out what rout to go for a budget speaker set up. I was at the time trying to decide between a Fluance set up (probalby the SX-HTB)...

Don, Unfortunatly, even the 7.1" might be a little much for what I'm doing, they're also somewhat expensive for my budget (about $80 each). Someone somewhere told me they're actually only 6.5" deep, so if I can find them extra cheap or something I'll consider them a little more carefully, but...

Oops, wrong thread to post this in, sorry about that. But I would still appreciate your input (and suggest the Athena's [if you can still find them] as a good choice for budget speakers.) Ok, update: I had checked out best buy and found that I could get the floor models of the Athena AS-F1's...

Don Scott, Thanks!

Well then, I'll have to take another look at the binding posts on the ones I looked at, I couldn't see a way to connect bananna plugs, there seemed to be some red and black tips on the binding posts that would prevent one from plugging a bannana tip in, maybe those are removable or something...

Mark, Where can you get the Swans for $300? I keep finding them for at least 450, usually around 500 or so. I'm planning on going with some lower priced and lower quality speakers (probably Athena's at this point), but if I could find the Swans for $300 would probably go with them, and just...

Ok first, Michael, How much are the Swans anyway? I will start looking into them but honestly don't know much of anything about the company or their products. Ok, next item: I went to Best Buy yesterday to check out the Athena's that are on clearance and got a chance to listen to the F1's a...

Sorry accidentily posted this before it was done. is there a way to delete replys?

RyanJ, MichaelPR, and Mark--M, I have definitely considered just trying to be patient and very slowly building a full system made up of much higher quality parts, and I realize that's probably the smarter thing to do in the end, but it's taken me a very long time to scrap together even as much...

I've also posted essentially the same thing over at AVSforum.com so appologies if you see this twice. This one does have some updated information though! Ok, in the past I've been able to use my roomates speakers to put together a good 5.1 or at times 6.1 set ups, but sadly no more. Anyway...