Johnal
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2004
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- Johnal
Hi Everyone,
I’m new to these forums, and I’d like to take a moment to just say hi and sort of introduce myself before I ask away with my millions of questions. When it comes to music and sound quality in general I consider myself to be a relatively good judge. Throughout my life I have always been involved in music both instrumentally and vocally. In addition to my music fetish, I am also a DVD enthusiast with a collection of DVD’s I can’t believe I managed to afford over the years.
Over the past months I’ve been doing my best to educate myself on the different types of receivers and speakers that are available, and to be quite honest I feel almost as lost as when I started. I feel insecure about making any kind of investment due to the great variety of responses that people give. For example, up until extremely recently I was positive that I would be getting the Bose 301 speakers along with a harman/kardon 7200 receiver.
The reason I was sold on these speakers was because of the great feedback I have found all over the internet. However, I have always wondered exactly what knowledge and experience with sound equipment or even how truly musically knowledgeable these people are. As it seems, many people mistake loud and almost distorted noise with high quality speakers that have "awesome power." Thankfully, my constant search on the internet has lead me to these forums where I believe the ratio of people who know what they are talking about vs. those who wish to defend prior purchases regardless of true value will be in my favor.
As stated previously, I am seriously considering the Harman Kardon avr – 7200 receiver. I have owned this brand before and have always been satisfied with its quality and reliablity. I dare to say that my budget for speakers is in the range of $600 to $1000. Although, my budget can be stretched if the quality of sound is worth it.
A dilemma I am faced with is my inability to take the advise to "go hear for myself" what I like and what I don’t like. I have gone to Fry’s, Best Buy, Circuit City, and a number of other retailers and unfortunately they do not have a set up in which I can truly judge for myself. This is why I am coming here, to hear from those with actual in home experience. I understand that room size/shape plays a role in how well my music and videos will sound, but believe me when I say, any and all suggestions are welcome.
What I am looking for from this post is feedback regarding my wanting to go with the receiver previously mentioned, and with my budget for speakers, what will be the best I can do. Like, is there any handsdown winner for which speakers to go with?(I don’t need all 6 speakers at once. The budget mentioned was for just the two main speakers.)
-Johnal
I’m new to these forums, and I’d like to take a moment to just say hi and sort of introduce myself before I ask away with my millions of questions. When it comes to music and sound quality in general I consider myself to be a relatively good judge. Throughout my life I have always been involved in music both instrumentally and vocally. In addition to my music fetish, I am also a DVD enthusiast with a collection of DVD’s I can’t believe I managed to afford over the years.
Over the past months I’ve been doing my best to educate myself on the different types of receivers and speakers that are available, and to be quite honest I feel almost as lost as when I started. I feel insecure about making any kind of investment due to the great variety of responses that people give. For example, up until extremely recently I was positive that I would be getting the Bose 301 speakers along with a harman/kardon 7200 receiver.
The reason I was sold on these speakers was because of the great feedback I have found all over the internet. However, I have always wondered exactly what knowledge and experience with sound equipment or even how truly musically knowledgeable these people are. As it seems, many people mistake loud and almost distorted noise with high quality speakers that have "awesome power." Thankfully, my constant search on the internet has lead me to these forums where I believe the ratio of people who know what they are talking about vs. those who wish to defend prior purchases regardless of true value will be in my favor.
As stated previously, I am seriously considering the Harman Kardon avr – 7200 receiver. I have owned this brand before and have always been satisfied with its quality and reliablity. I dare to say that my budget for speakers is in the range of $600 to $1000. Although, my budget can be stretched if the quality of sound is worth it.
A dilemma I am faced with is my inability to take the advise to "go hear for myself" what I like and what I don’t like. I have gone to Fry’s, Best Buy, Circuit City, and a number of other retailers and unfortunately they do not have a set up in which I can truly judge for myself. This is why I am coming here, to hear from those with actual in home experience. I understand that room size/shape plays a role in how well my music and videos will sound, but believe me when I say, any and all suggestions are welcome.
What I am looking for from this post is feedback regarding my wanting to go with the receiver previously mentioned, and with my budget for speakers, what will be the best I can do. Like, is there any handsdown winner for which speakers to go with?(I don’t need all 6 speakers at once. The budget mentioned was for just the two main speakers.)
-Johnal