New Construction (1 Viewer)

[GregSal]

Hello!

Well I hope some of you may be able to point me in the right direction here.

I am building a HT in my basement. Looking to put in a 7.1 system with 1 or 2 subs. room is 12x25

I was looking for the following:

1) Best cables to run?
2) What is a good "In-Wall" 7.1 system?
3) Do I need power management?
4) Good 7.1 a/v reciever?
5) Good screen? fixed, also mid-level projector?
6) Anything else I should look for?

Been searching E-bay...Any feedback woul dbe greatly appreciated...

Thanks!
Greg

 

[Brian Osborne]

Look at the "things I wish I'd done different" thread. Some real lifesavers in there. Spend a lot of time looking at other peoples mistakes before you make them yours...

 

[Bob McElfresh]

Hi Greg. Welcome to HTF!

Best Cables

This topic can be controversial so let me give you the list of wires I would use, then others would be free to offer counter-choices.

Speaker Wires:

You need 12 ga wires for long runs. Wires dont make as much difference in a HT system as they might for a audiophile music system, so the Carol brand of in-wall wires from places like www.partsexpress.com work very well.

Make sure the wires you put in the wall have "Plenum" outer jackets or are CL2 or CL3 rated for in-wall use. (Some places require this for fire-codes).

Video Cables

You need to plan this based on your video sources. The best bang-for-the-buck video cables are from the custom websites like www.bluejeanscables.com


A good remote like the Harmony 688 or higher is a good thing to have.

You might want to plan out all your sources. You might need a component-video switch box for about $225 which is a lot cheeper than spending $2,000+ on a reciever just to get an extra input for video.

Hope this helps.

Brian: - you failed to put links in to your website where you show us your home theater. We all love to see what others have done.

 

[Brian Osborne]

Links in my sig.