TimTurtino
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This is a standard "Here's what I'm thinking of doing" post. I'd appreciate any and all input.
Here's the restrictions:
It's a smallish listening area (12' x 13') in a larger room. Big speakers aren't going to happen, thanks to a certain love of my life. Front proj is almost certainly out of the question; not only is size an issue, but so is budget and ambient light. I will probably be buying most of my stuff from Circuit City, since I work there and can buy significantly lower than retail, unless someone can convince me that I'm turning down a _great_ deal elsewhere for similar $$$. Video quality is probably slightly more important than audio, but both are fairly important.
What I currently have:
Panny CT-27SF35W
Aiwa DD-ready shelf system
Pnny DVD-CP72S
MOT DTC 5100 Digital/HD Cable box (from Comcast)
1 random VCR
JVC HRS39112 U S-VHS VCR
Where I'm going, in order:
Onkyo TXSR700 -- Is this overkill for the speakers (see below)? I'm planning on keeping this for a good long while and upgrading speakers when I move into a new house and can build the HT room from scratch. I really like the sheer number of inputs and will probably be using video switching (others that use the system are remote control challenged) until such time as I get the Pronto, so I also appreciate the RCAS-vid conversion.
vs.
The 600 or the 800. All seem to have enough power for the room and good enough sound quality (certainly for the speakers)-- the only real question is whether I want the extra goodies or can do without the zone 2
Polk Audio RM7200s -- Subwoofer doesn't go down far enough, and the whole system isn't quite as tight as I'd like, but it meets my other constraints (size and $$$).
vs.
Polk Audio RM6700s w/ Polk PSW404 Subwoofer. I'd like to pair a better subwoofer, but then I'd lose some mid-bass, so I'm going to have to be satisfied without a lot of low bass (and some directionality with the bass I do have). Again, these will definitely be upgraded when I have a dedicated HT room.
Some sort of relatively small RPTV-- I'm leaning towards the Sony KP46WT500 because I like the PIP functionality and it seems to have an okay reputation with the ISF calibrators. That's the farthest purchase away, so it's currently a very small lean. I need to look at some calibrated screens
Eventual upgrade paths:
SACD Player (or universal w/ SACD + DVD-A?) -- nice thing about the Sony is it has two 5.1 channel inputs...
D-VHS
HTPC
Pronto(perhaps other brand, but something like this)
DVD recorder
Front projection (not until I can build the room for it)
Better Speakers (as above)
Thanks in advance for your careful and kind consideration,
h Me
Here's the restrictions:
It's a smallish listening area (12' x 13') in a larger room. Big speakers aren't going to happen, thanks to a certain love of my life. Front proj is almost certainly out of the question; not only is size an issue, but so is budget and ambient light. I will probably be buying most of my stuff from Circuit City, since I work there and can buy significantly lower than retail, unless someone can convince me that I'm turning down a _great_ deal elsewhere for similar $$$. Video quality is probably slightly more important than audio, but both are fairly important.
What I currently have:
Panny CT-27SF35W
Aiwa DD-ready shelf system
Pnny DVD-CP72S
MOT DTC 5100 Digital/HD Cable box (from Comcast)
1 random VCR
JVC HRS39112 U S-VHS VCR
Where I'm going, in order:
Onkyo TXSR700 -- Is this overkill for the speakers (see below)? I'm planning on keeping this for a good long while and upgrading speakers when I move into a new house and can build the HT room from scratch. I really like the sheer number of inputs and will probably be using video switching (others that use the system are remote control challenged) until such time as I get the Pronto, so I also appreciate the RCAS-vid conversion.
vs.
The 600 or the 800. All seem to have enough power for the room and good enough sound quality (certainly for the speakers)-- the only real question is whether I want the extra goodies or can do without the zone 2
Polk Audio RM7200s -- Subwoofer doesn't go down far enough, and the whole system isn't quite as tight as I'd like, but it meets my other constraints (size and $$$).
vs.
Polk Audio RM6700s w/ Polk PSW404 Subwoofer. I'd like to pair a better subwoofer, but then I'd lose some mid-bass, so I'm going to have to be satisfied without a lot of low bass (and some directionality with the bass I do have). Again, these will definitely be upgraded when I have a dedicated HT room.
Some sort of relatively small RPTV-- I'm leaning towards the Sony KP46WT500 because I like the PIP functionality and it seems to have an okay reputation with the ISF calibrators. That's the farthest purchase away, so it's currently a very small lean. I need to look at some calibrated screens
Eventual upgrade paths:
SACD Player (or universal w/ SACD + DVD-A?) -- nice thing about the Sony is it has two 5.1 channel inputs...
D-VHS
HTPC
Pronto(perhaps other brand, but something like this)
DVD recorder
Front projection (not until I can build the room for it)
Better Speakers (as above)
Thanks in advance for your careful and kind consideration,
h Me