Justin_Smith
Auditioning
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- Jan 5, 2006
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I'm more a fan of those now that I have one, then I ever was in the past. I used to always make fun of the people that went to Best Buy and bought those kits...then I became one. At that time...it WAS the right move for me to make. My girlfriend had complained for 2 years about her surround sound being broken, so a $700 kit was her Christmas gift. 6.1 Sony surround bit, with seperate 5 disc changer.
A year later, we've upgraded to a 7.1 Marantz receiver, and a MX-850. Having a working surround, gave me the bug to go on to a bigger and better surround. Knowing we plan to sell this house in the next few years, I know not to dedicate TOO much to the house itself. In the past 2 weeks I've already spent $400 running a structured setup with cat5e runs for data/phone, and RG6 coax, to every room of the house. I've pulled 14/4 cable to various places in the house for volume controls.
Admittedly, we lose a lot with the current speaker wire, speakers, and midgrade interconnects-but upgrades are coming. Speaker wire will never be a top priority here, as I know I will be leaving it behind shortly-and a grand in wiring won't help sell the house.
That said, the home theater worked fine for our living room, as it definately is NOT a theater room.
A year later, we've upgraded to a 7.1 Marantz receiver, and a MX-850. Having a working surround, gave me the bug to go on to a bigger and better surround. Knowing we plan to sell this house in the next few years, I know not to dedicate TOO much to the house itself. In the past 2 weeks I've already spent $400 running a structured setup with cat5e runs for data/phone, and RG6 coax, to every room of the house. I've pulled 14/4 cable to various places in the house for volume controls.
Admittedly, we lose a lot with the current speaker wire, speakers, and midgrade interconnects-but upgrades are coming. Speaker wire will never be a top priority here, as I know I will be leaving it behind shortly-and a grand in wiring won't help sell the house.
That said, the home theater worked fine for our living room, as it definately is NOT a theater room.