Larry*S

Ive Got $1000 to spend on a sounds system for my HT

a couple of things,
I need a sound system for my theater room
The room is 9' by 17' , strictly for theater purposes
I know absolutely nothing about sound systems at all.
Ive got $1000 budget (including receiver, speakers, wire..)
From what ive read so far, staying away from HTIB's is recommended, Thats what brings me to writing this post.
I need sopmeone to recoomend a system/ componets that are all compatible, so I dont throw away my $$$. Im very good at spending, and getting the wrong thing, so please help me out,

actually, while your at it, you can throw a DVD player into the system (so tack on another $300 total budget of $1300, break it up as you like,


thanks in advance,

larry

gregD

First, do some browsing at local retailers and have them show you what $1300 buys... then investigate an authorized online dealer... here are a couple:

Cambridge SoundWorks carries packaged systems with separates at several price points... more importantly, they make very good bang-for-the-buck speakers:
http://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/s...=ht_systemsrec

AC4L carries refurbished products, and has helpful customer service... one of their Marantz receivers and DVD players could be added to any one of these very decent speaker packages:
http://www.accessories4less.com/item...PK%2DSYST&tpc=

Rich Wenzel

first off, here is my recommendation, dont go full surround system right off the bat, get a good 2 fronts and build over time...you will have a much better system and that will upgrade more easily...

the rest of my suggestions is based off of your $1300, this assumes you dont need a tv...if you need a tv, then this will be fairly different...

dvd player Onkyo 301 $130 (dont spend more on a dvd player for a $1300 system)...

you should be able to get a refurbed H&K 225 for under $300 on ebay direct from H&K..full warranty...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3057403501

thats about $500 between the onkyo and the h&k including tax and or shippng...

this means you ahve about $700, as you have to leave room for cables (go cheap)

you probably could put a great system together through the harman direct on ebay, by getting the infinity il series...not sure what the il50's or 40's go for, but i feel that they will be under $400 a pair, and I know you can get the il10's for rears for about $125 (i think i got a pair like that for $117)...

actually someone has the il40's for $395 a pair brand new...i would try to win an auction on the 40's or 50's though...then you just need a center...you definitely can get the 25 or 36 for the remainder...

if you want to buy one package all together...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=32861

but you will need to get stands....

but i still say, get the other two pieces i mentioned and spend the remaining $500-700 on a pair of fronts, maybe something like the discounted axiom m60....

Rich

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