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Rollinboy

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Ok, first off let me say I love the forum and it seems that alot of you know your stuff. I am in the process of putting together a solution for my HT system in my living room. WAF is not an issue. Neither of us are Home Theater buffs by any means so we are not looking for top of the line at all. I will attach pics and layouts of the living room below to get your feed back.
This is what I am looking at right now:
*TV- 60'' Sony Grand Wega (already have it, 2 years old)
*Receiver- Thinking the Dennon AVR 2807 or maybe 3806. Not sure I need that much though
*In Wall L/R- Polk Audio RC85i
*Center- LCi-C
*Surrounds- RC6
*Sub- this is where I have a problem. I don't have anywhere to set it up that will not be completly in the way. Unless I could find a 40 subwoofer cable and them that would put it about 3ft from the best seat in the house. I think that may be too close, but maybe not. Otherwise I am thinking about the Infinite bypass setup. I should have plenty of inwall space for something concealed.

I intend to have the following peripherals hooked up
TIVO HD-DVR (Directv)
PS3 (in the near future) 50% for gaming and 50% for Blue Ray capabilities. Do you think a PS3 as my Blue Ray DVD player will be suffucicient?

I assume then you will all reccommend a Receiver with at least 2 HDMI connections.

My budget is the follows:
L/R- $400 max
Center- $500
Rear $200 or so since I will be sitting directly under neath them
Sub- I am negotiable here. I would like to stay in the $400-$500 range
Receiver- Also somewhat negotiable. I would pay a little more but it would have to be justified. $400-$500 preferable

Below is the pics and diagram I would like to mount the L/F/C in the pillers, Surrounds in the cieling directly above the Sofa.

What do you guys think?


 

Robert_J

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Have you been following the changes at D* and how they affect the HR10-250 (aka DirecTivo)?

You may have overlooked it but you should budget something for calibration tools. Avia, Video Essential (or any other calibration DVD) and an SPL meter (Radio Shack, etc) should be minimum requirements. Home Theater Shack is running an introductory offer on a more accurate SPL meter for $95. It can be used with a PC and free software called Room EQ Wizard without having to use a calibrated mic and a pre-amp.

-Robert
 

Rollinboy

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Got ya, thanks. I will reword this post and put it in a better section to illicit some more responses. Thanks again


Scott
 

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