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ny giants fan | I'm looking to build a home theater system... It's a small (13x13) room, and I'm hoping to make a great little home theater... I've got a 50" tv (toshiba 50g50 rear projection for now... hope to upgrade at some point) I want something that I'll be happy with for a few years at least... as I'm getting married in December... and probably won't have the money to throw into HT equiptment that I'd like to... I've been thinking a lot about the Marantz 7300 (or maybe waiting for the 7400 to arrive)... any thoughts anyone... help would be MUCH appreciated. |
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Berny | Look into the NADs or the Outlaw Audio 950 and 7100 combo for US$1598. I can almost assure you that you won't be disappointed. But then again if you are leaning towards the Marantz, go for it...but the Outlaw combo can't be beat. cheers http://www.outlawaudio.com/home.html |
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G-Man | You have a somewhat small-ish room with the Boston Acoutics 9000 speaker system. These contain the micro series of speakers with a self-powered 120 watt sub woofer. As this set-up is usually bought at $900 or less and doesn't require much power--nor do you need a lot of power in that room--any receiver that you like in the $400 to $600 range would make sense. If you can live without Dolby Prologic II the Outlaw Audio receiver (I think it is the 1050) which can be bought online for $499 would be great. You might try the NAD T742--or what would probably be my choice--the Pioneer Elite 43tx. This unit can be gotten under $500-it is THX certified, has all the popular formats, plenty of power, looks great, and has a manual version of MCCAC (which is the excellent sound calibration tool for maximizing the balance and acoustical mix in your room). |