Even though I would love to have a full 7.1 or 5.1 surround sound system, my wife has convinced me she will not have anything of the sort. I live in a reasonably sized apartment, and we watch a lot of movies, I play a PS3, and I listen to a decent amount of music.
I have been on the search for about 1 month now and have narrowed it down to 3 choices after much deliberation. I would consider another system but here's what I've liked so far...
1. Energy Power bar Elite.
2. Yamaha YHT-S401
3. Harman/Kardon SB-16
A few concerns: The Energy system has no direct USB or aux in for iPod connectivity, and personally doesn't have a nice look to it. Sounds great though.
The Harman/Kardon system looks like it has no mounting hardware for the bar. (This will be going on the wall.
And the Yamaha has the built-in sub on the receiver doesn't sound like it would be adequate (haven't heard the sub but I know Yamaha and I assume the bar sounds excellent. We were going to get the Bose cinemate ii but after learning that it has absolutely no bass/treble control and after doing some reading, it didn't make the cut.
Any help or thoughts? Just want to make sure that the $600-$700 is being properly spent. TIA!
-G
I have been on the search for about 1 month now and have narrowed it down to 3 choices after much deliberation. I would consider another system but here's what I've liked so far...
1. Energy Power bar Elite.
2. Yamaha YHT-S401
3. Harman/Kardon SB-16
A few concerns: The Energy system has no direct USB or aux in for iPod connectivity, and personally doesn't have a nice look to it. Sounds great though.
The Harman/Kardon system looks like it has no mounting hardware for the bar. (This will be going on the wall.
And the Yamaha has the built-in sub on the receiver doesn't sound like it would be adequate (haven't heard the sub but I know Yamaha and I assume the bar sounds excellent. We were going to get the Bose cinemate ii but after learning that it has absolutely no bass/treble control and after doing some reading, it didn't make the cut.
Any help or thoughts? Just want to make sure that the $600-$700 is being properly spent. TIA!
-G