speaker/receiver?

[Porno Pete]

Hi all,
For a while now I have been using a set of Promedia 5.1's for my DVDs and music, however now that I have moved into a somewhat bigger apartment they seem to be a bit on the weak side for my tastes.

I am rather intrested in getting a receiver based setup but I have no idea where to begin other then the fact I would like it to be 5.1. Is this possible for $1000 or less and if so, can anyone give any reccomendations on good receivers and speakers?

Thanks.

[rabidmoose171]

Denon 1705- reciever-300$ish
Paradigm titans/atoms/whatever
dayton 12" sub.


This thread will get moved to the other specilized section though, so watch out.

[Hypo_Luxa]

Denon 1705- reciever-300$ish
Paradigm titans/atoms/whatever
dayton 12" sub.

Can't argue with that.


Just be sure to take your time and do some research before you buy. $1000 is a decent starter budget and you'll have alot of options in that price range. See the other receiver/speaker threads in this forum for good quality brands to look for. Basically you'll need 4 bookshelf type speakers, a matching center channel, a powered sub and a receiver.

[Hypo_Luxa]

This thread will get moved to the other specilized section though, so watch out.

I thought the same thing Although most of the time those threads get moved because of the magic words .....sssshhhhhhh .......home theater As long as the discussion is strictly about sound cards and speakers hooked up to them, then this is the appropriate forum I would think. Kind of a fuzzy line though.

[Idiot356]

I am going to recommend at least 1 pair of Axiom M2i's. I personally own these speakers and I love them. They are some of the nicest speakers you can get in this price range.

Axiom M2i hompage

I can't say enough about these speakers, they are truley awesome. Not to say that Paradigm or any other high quality speaker companies speaker wouldn't be great also. But I do think that Axioms are extremely hard to beat in this price range.


As for the components, I am a Yamaha fan myself, I think they make some great recievers across many budgets. But Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer and many others also make excellent products, so go with a budget and check out reviews of all these brands and see which one fits your bill, audtion them if you can.

The sub that was already recommended is an excellent choice, cheap and good.

[rock]

For $300, I'd take a Yamaha HTR-5860 over the Denon. Much nicer in the same price range.

[SprySpectre]

I'd go H/K over Yamaha, however I haven't actually listened to any Yamaha's...I just happen to love my H/K AVR 225.

For speakers, I recommend checking out Ascend Acoustics as well. Very "neutral" sounding, in that it's not engineered to have a brighter or boomier sound, it's just natural. I prefer to let the receiver or EQ deal with those types of things. I own the CBM 170's, absolutely amazing imo. You could also check out paradigms entry levels, or Mirage's entry level's if you can find a good deal on them.

[ewitte]

I thought the same thing Although most of the time those threads get moved because of the magic words .....sssshhhhhhh .......home theater As long as the discussion is strictly about sound cards and speakers hooked up to them, then this is the appropriate forum I would think. Kind of a fuzzy line though.

Sounds like soundcard/speaker to me The mod in there is kinda anal though. Just put the word "receiver" in there and the rest of your message is ignored.

[Kero-chan]

dont forget about cables... when i was done wiring all my HT stuff, i probably spent like $200 in cables/speaker wire. (and i used the generic stuff)
just saying, if you buy $1000 worth of audio stuff, make sure you have some extra to spare for other stuff...

[Buster Sword]

dont forget about cables... when i was done wiring all my HT stuff, i probably spent like $200 in cables/speaker wire. (and i used the generic stuff)
just saying, if you buy $1000 worth of audio stuff, make sure you have some extra to spare for other stuff...

Don't tell me you bought into Monster
IF not, what brands of speaker wire are you using?

[Kero-chan]

Don't tell me you bought into Monster
IF not, what brands of speaker wire are you using?

generic... but i had to buy 2 spools of 100ft 16guage and a bunch of generic optical and 25' component cables...

[sc03979]

Your best bet is to listen to different brands of speakers in and above your price range. Get a sense of what you like and go from there. Don't blindly buy something, you might not like them.

Generally if the speakers sound good with music they will sound good for home theatre. Some brands to look at are jbl (which I have and really like), axiom, athena, klipsch, bic america, and there are others.

I would also look at bhphotovideo, jandr, buy.com, and vanns.com as places to buy speakers and receivers. For example my jbl e90s cost me $460 at bhphotovideo while at best buy you're talking $750 for the jbl speakers a step down from what I got.

As far as receivers look at yamaha, h/k, pioneer, onkyo, and denon. I would check out www.avsforum.com.

[Buster Sword]

generic... but i had to buy 2 spools of 100ft 16guage and a bunch of generic optical and 25' component cables...

200 feet? oh hey that makes sense...
If it were really Monster, it would of costed you a grand

I picked up some decent quality 16 gauge wire (100 ft) for 20.00 with plugs.
The RCA interconnects are 6.00 too

[Kero-chan]

also something that will save some money is buying some decent RCA audio/video cables instead of component cables. they do the same thing, only the color coding is off, and the marketing usually makes the component video cables cost more. i know there's bandwidth issues, but you should be fine as long as you get some decent generic cables. same goes for spdif cables. also there is no real difference in optical or coax(despite what some people say, IT IS DIGITAL so either it works or it doesnt), so if the coax is cheaper, grab it.

[Buster Sword]

But i can get Component (thick and professional) jsut as cheap as RCA, and i know for looking at it, that Component is better, more differences than svideo.
your mileage varies on your source and TV display.