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I'm putting togather my 5.1 home theater system and need to find a set of speakers for it. I've received a lot of recommendations for Paradigm and Onix, but the ones I've seen are all bookshelf sized. Can anyone recommend a manufacturer with smaller, surround sound speakers that are cube...

Home Theater makes my head hurt. Up until I read this thread, I just assumed that if you had an AV receiver you'd route everything through it. But now I see that it's possible to get a better picture by just going directly from the source to the monitor and only sending audio through the...

The Onkyo TX-SR703B is available at J&R Music's website (check Google, this site won't allow URLs to be posted) for $599 with free shipping. The listed price is $799 but click on "See my price" and the real price is revealed. They are an authorized Onkyo dealer, so the manufacturers warranty...

Anyone have any suggestions for remote controlling black out shades for the home theater I'm putting in my great room? The windows are way up high and I need an affordable way to raise and lower some kind of shade or blind. I researched this awhile ago and came across an X10-type gadget that...

>>>To be honest, I am not sure if your setup really requires an HT specialist to set it up, especially not with the kind of pricepoints that you're talking about. Me neither, but I tried to setup my mom's HD system and the experience put me off doing it myself. I have to have someone come...

>>> Have you looked at Onix I noticed that the Onix ref monitors are bookshelf speakers. I was planning on using wall mounted "cubes" since I don't have shelves in the room to sit larger speakers. What's the consensus? Are full sized bookshelf speakers much better than the little cube...

>>>Well this is assuming that you like big-budget action flicks with plenty of explosions, rumbles, car crashes, etc I do but the house has a very open architecture, so I'm bit concerned about the system being too loud when my kids are in bed at 9:30. I'll have to keep the volume pretty...

>>>If this is a primarily HT setup, I'd go cheap on the speakers and splurge on the sub I'm not very knowledgable about such things. Why is the subwoofer more important for HT? >>> What receiver will you be using? I'm leaning toward the Onkyo TX-SR703. The screen will be a Pioneer 61"...

>>>(I'm assuming the $1K does not include the sub?) The $1,000 has to cover everything. It's a minor miracle the wife will let me spend *that* much. : ) Thanks for the suggestions, please keep them coming! John

... what kind of speakers would you get for a 5.1 home theater setup? Thanks John