CBennett047
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- C Bennett
As the title says..im a bit older school and used to really be into music and home theater. Thats what my tax return $$ would go into..now days getting older im not quite as much into it as I was. Still use HT and listen to music now and then but getting older im not quite as into it. What I have now is all a bit older I have a Panasonic Viera Plasma TV..will have that till it conks out. I have a 5.1 Surround sound system currently. I do not ever plan on upgrading over the 5.1 I dont have the room, space or most of all need. So anything beyond 5.1 isnt a consideration. My current speakers are a hodgepodge on ok speakers but older that sounds fine to me....I dont have the "ear" some do for the sonic balancing so I got lucky. (Scotch is the same to me while I can enjoy a $100+ bottle there isnt a huge difference to me in a $50 bottle..Just dont have THAT exquisite of taste buds i guess) I have Mirage Omni 60's as fronts and a set of old(that the Omni 60's replaces) Polk S4's are surrounds and a Atlantic Technology Subwoofer.. Currently I dont have a HT Receiver as it just refused to power on(no idea why but its 10 years old I think im replacing that with a Denon AVR s540BT.
I went looking for the Receiver locally and went into the lone local store(non chain store a true local small business) and looked around they didnt have anything really in my price range they like to start at the $500-600 range and go from there I dont need that.. but while there I saw they had a bunch of speakers and some sound bars.. I asked about the bars he showed me a few the one was a Sonos the other a Viera and maybe a Denon and Def Tech.. I didnt think being smaller in size that they would be worth looking at..I mean how big can those speakers be and how much sound can they put out VS my old setup.. They left me really impressed. I was almost shocked...So I realize that that was in a controlled setting and I didnt ask what receiver power source etc,etc it was hooked to..but are any of these good/great values? He did say some are a complete system and included the surrounds others are just the bar surrounds must be bought separately. My living room i would consider on the smaller side.. I would be using the Atlantic Technology subwoofer as a bass boost... let me know your thoughts oh and like $500ish bucks tops price wise..I mean look if something that sounded like AWESOME was $590 id splurge but $500 or less is more comfortable for the WIFE acceptance factor..
Obviously a system that was a all inclusive would also be better.. this would be for general TV watching, using just the bar for better/clearer sound than the TV provides.. HT movie watching with the Sub going and some music now and then
Would this be worth doing or since its "not broken" and works ok just keep the speakers I have and move on?
I went looking for the Receiver locally and went into the lone local store(non chain store a true local small business) and looked around they didnt have anything really in my price range they like to start at the $500-600 range and go from there I dont need that.. but while there I saw they had a bunch of speakers and some sound bars.. I asked about the bars he showed me a few the one was a Sonos the other a Viera and maybe a Denon and Def Tech.. I didnt think being smaller in size that they would be worth looking at..I mean how big can those speakers be and how much sound can they put out VS my old setup.. They left me really impressed. I was almost shocked...So I realize that that was in a controlled setting and I didnt ask what receiver power source etc,etc it was hooked to..but are any of these good/great values? He did say some are a complete system and included the surrounds others are just the bar surrounds must be bought separately. My living room i would consider on the smaller side.. I would be using the Atlantic Technology subwoofer as a bass boost... let me know your thoughts oh and like $500ish bucks tops price wise..I mean look if something that sounded like AWESOME was $590 id splurge but $500 or less is more comfortable for the WIFE acceptance factor..
Obviously a system that was a all inclusive would also be better.. this would be for general TV watching, using just the bar for better/clearer sound than the TV provides.. HT movie watching with the Sub going and some music now and then
Would this be worth doing or since its "not broken" and works ok just keep the speakers I have and move on?