Evening Everyone,
My name is matt, and I am a college student looking to hook up his PS3 with a nice little system. I am an ex-headphone geek and still vinyl fanatic who appreciates good sound but can't afford to spend too much.
I was at Best Buy today looking at the htib systems and they all struck me as incredibly cheap. I did find an awesome deal on an open item, a Harman/Kardon AVR-154 open item for $199.
Currently debating two options:
1) Buying the Harman/Kardon AVR154 from Best Buy, and the $99 sony Sub they had. I would pair these with the Athena AS-B1 speakers that I have had for a few years now (and love)
2) A htib system, probably somewhere in the $250-$300 range at a brick and mortar store.. (metal gear solid in 5.1 is the real draw here)
3) Some kind of recommendation from you guys for a good 2.1 or 5.1 set up, I do not mind buying online, and can wait a few days for a cheaper, better sounding set up.
4) Recommendation from you guys, preferably a 2.1 systems, that can make use of the Athena AS-B1 speakers that I currently have.
The problem with me using my Athena speakers is that I currently have no speaker stands, so that would have to be taken into consideration.
I would like to spend about 300 bucks, cables will probably just be purchased at mono-price or blue jeans, so those do not need to be taken into consideration.
Hopefully this is enough information, I would like something that is easy to move, because I am in college and bouncing around various campus housing. The room is a decent size, however speaker stand area problem. Also, I cannot wall mount speakers due to campus rules regarding campus housing.
thanks for reading,
Matt
My name is matt, and I am a college student looking to hook up his PS3 with a nice little system. I am an ex-headphone geek and still vinyl fanatic who appreciates good sound but can't afford to spend too much.
I was at Best Buy today looking at the htib systems and they all struck me as incredibly cheap. I did find an awesome deal on an open item, a Harman/Kardon AVR-154 open item for $199.
Currently debating two options:
1) Buying the Harman/Kardon AVR154 from Best Buy, and the $99 sony Sub they had. I would pair these with the Athena AS-B1 speakers that I have had for a few years now (and love)
2) A htib system, probably somewhere in the $250-$300 range at a brick and mortar store.. (metal gear solid in 5.1 is the real draw here)
3) Some kind of recommendation from you guys for a good 2.1 or 5.1 set up, I do not mind buying online, and can wait a few days for a cheaper, better sounding set up.
4) Recommendation from you guys, preferably a 2.1 systems, that can make use of the Athena AS-B1 speakers that I currently have.
The problem with me using my Athena speakers is that I currently have no speaker stands, so that would have to be taken into consideration.
I would like to spend about 300 bucks, cables will probably just be purchased at mono-price or blue jeans, so those do not need to be taken into consideration.
Hopefully this is enough information, I would like something that is easy to move, because I am in college and bouncing around various campus housing. The room is a decent size, however speaker stand area problem. Also, I cannot wall mount speakers due to campus rules regarding campus housing.
thanks for reading,
Matt
