John Matt

If you had $1,000 to spend...

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

Thanks
John

eddieZEN

4 CBM-170s, CBM-340 center
$906 shipped from Ascend Acoustics

(I'm assuming the $1K does not include the sub?)

John S

3 pair of JBL E30's and either dual 12" subs or one Velodyne DLS5000R sub. If you went the dual 12" route, you could surely get better front L/R speakers if you chose to, lots of great choices in the E series from JBL.

James Edward

PSB Image Series, and the least expensive Hsu sub to come in at 1K

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Yong Chan

Have you looked at Onix

Take a look at their Reference 0.5 monitors. If you call or email, you can easily get a lower price than their listed. If you do a search on Onix in the forum, you will find nothing but good things said...

good luck,

YC

Yong Chan

Take a look on the specials page

They have a 5.1 set up with their Ref 0.5's for $999 shipped. I think this would warrant strong consideration for a small to midsized HT room.

YC

DavidCooper

I second the Onix Ref syestem for $999 shipped. That would be a very nice system.

SethH

Take a look at the new SVS 5.1 setup. It got a great review over at audioholics recently and comes in just under $1000.

John Matt

>>>(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

DavidCooper

Both the Onix system and the SVS system that are suggested here include the sub.

eddieZEN

If this is a primarily HT setup, I'd go cheap on the speakers and splurge on the sub:

1. SPEAKERS:
Athena AS-B1s, 2 pairs for $200 shipped
Athena AS-C1 center channel, $100 shipped
from audioadvisor.com

2. SUBS:
Hsu VTF-3, $700 from hsuresearch.com
or
SVS PB12, $600 from svsubwoofers.com

What receiver will you be using?