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New member Username: LawiltPost Number: 1 Registered: Dec-10 | I was hoping ya'll could give me some recommendations on building a home theater system at a budget. I'm looking to get a pair of floor speakers, receiver, sub, and possibly some smaller speakers for the back of the room. I don't really have a set budget since I would be buying it piece by piece but I would like to try and not spend over 300 for any of the items on my list. It's going to be for a bedroom in my apartment,which is a standard size. Mainly be used for gaming and sports. I'd appreciate any help yall can give me |
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Silver Member Username: Vm8444TorontoCanada Post Number: 376 Registered: Aug-05 | boston acoustics http://www.amazon.com/Boston-Acoustics-Floorstanding-Independent-Components/dp/B002QX4N0M reciever http://www.dakmart.com/p11034/SLED-DENON-AVR-1709-7.1-SURROUND-RECEIVER-AUTH-DLR -W-WT/product_info.html email stock availability nathaly@dakmart.com finish it with wire audioquest flex 16/2 fantastic believe me theaudioguy.ca |
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Silver Member Username: RmammerschuberNY USA Post Number: 102 Registered: May-06 | If this is going in a bedroom why not go with an HTIB like http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=65877 21&Sku=S196-2014&SRCCODE=WEM2516AF&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM2516-_-tigeremail . If you mean you're actually setting up an extra bedroom as a home theater room then I look at Vinces ideas... |
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Gold Member Username: SuperjazzyjamesPost Number: 1051 Registered: Oct-10 | Law, in addition to what these two gentlemen suggested, if you really want satisfaction with your home theater system regardless of what you spend, you'll need to take your time going into stores, listening to different speaker and receiver combos, etc. You should consider using wall/stand mountable bookshelf speakers for your front left & right. You may like them better than floor speakers. Give both a try. Once you have the system home placing the speakers and subwoofer will be a matter of experimenting with location; finding the best arrangement, closer to and further from walls, etc. Let us know how it goes okay? |
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New member Username: LawiltPost Number: 2 Registered: Dec-10 | I've talked to a couple people and they told me it was better to not buy the bundle home theater systems by companies like sony because that sound quality isn't that great. So I'm not sure if I should try piecing together my system of buy one of the packaged deals. |
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Gold Member Username: SuperjazzyjamesPost Number: 1064 Registered: Oct-10 | Yes, you should stay away from HT in a box. I've had quite a few Sony products over the past 20 plus yrs and all have lasted a long time and were superior to their competition. However, even Sony's box systems are crap. |
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Silver Member Username: RmammerschuberNY USA Post Number: 103 Registered: May-06 | Jazzy is right but I think it is more of what you can pay for what you get. Our main home theater is a piece together which was accomplished for under $1,000 several years ago but my kids bedrooms have HTIB which was less than $300.and works for them. I did have to replace some caps and a resistor on the main board in my daughters HTIB so as they say "crap in crap out" is the rule. The real question is what do you want to spend? You can find a decent receiver and speakers for reasonable prices but doing it for $300 will be tough... |
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Gold Member Username: SuperjazzyjamesPost Number: 1069 Registered: Oct-10 | Is buying 1 or 2 peices at a time over a couple of months an option? You might want to think about that. Assuming you have the TV already, you'll need a receiver, 5 speakers, a subwoofer, a blu-ray player, interconnect cables and speaket wire. If you can budget $300 a month, in about 2 to 3 months you'll have it. I suggest decent cables and speaker wire for now. You can always upgrade later. Just don't use the cables or spkr wires that come with stuff. |
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New member Username: LawiltPost Number: 3 Registered: Dec-10 | I think my original post may have been a bit confusing. I want to piece together the system and spend around 300 on each piece. For example a pair of floor speakers for 280, a receiver for 300, ect. I'm just not trying to go overboard, i want to build it at a reasonable price since it will mainly be used for gaming and sports events |
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Silver Member Username: RmammerschuberNY USA Post Number: 104 Registered: May-06 | I just reread the original post and figured that out. I think we all misread it! So what your saying is you could budget $1.200 for receiver, front spkrs, rear spkrs and sub? I would definately look into the Denon; http://www.buy.com/prod/denon-avr-1611-7-1-channel-a-v-home-theater-multi-source -multi-zone/q/sellerid/31310631/loc/111/216928173.html or Onkyo; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882120153 for the money this is a lot of receiver. FYI I love my BAs! |
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Silver Member Username: RmammerschuberNY USA Post Number: 105 Registered: May-06 | Check these out; http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=52504 32&Sku=K55-1132 not a bad price for 5 OK speakers... Klipsch Quintet IV Home Theater Speaker System Price After Coupon: $289.99 $60 OFF - Enter Coupon VRE15781 at Checkout |
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Silver Member Username: Vm8444TorontoCanada Post Number: 379 Registered: Aug-05 | Hi there Gotta say piece by piece My first post can't be beat with The Denon Receiver And go to amazon Type in Boston Acoustics Cs 226 read reviews Best bang for the buck Then later add cs 225 center Cs23 rears and sub Hooked up With jazzy right decent wire so important I like audioquest flex 14/2 Or type 2 or 4 Whatever you can afford. This system will literally rock! Decent sub important And room. vince theaudioguy.ca With 2 Boston FloorstAnders |
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Gold Member Username: SuperjazzyjamesPost Number: 1072 Registered: Oct-10 | I haven't heard an Onkyo receiver in over 20 yrs and don't recall ever hearing BA speakers so I won't speak of those. I have a Denon stereo receiver (2.1 channels) and it sounds great with Mirage and Definitive speakers. Personally, I find Klipsch sound a little to bright with Denon. Klipsch sound good with HK. Denon receivers are very accurate sounding, while HKs tend to have a "warm" sound. Of course, you always want to listen for yourself. Every room and ever pair of ears are different. |
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New member Username: LawiltPost Number: 4 Registered: Dec-10 | Robert, the link for the denon receiver didn't work could you re post it? If I buy the floor speakers first do I still need to get the receiver when I do that |
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New member Username: LawiltPost Number: 5 Registered: Dec-10 | and Vince the 226's are sick but their kind of expensive for my budget being that they're 230 a piece |
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Gold Member Username: SuperjazzyjamesPost Number: 1074 Registered: Oct-10 | You'll always need something, budget in mind a receiver, to amplify the signal. You can't just go from blu-ray output to speakers. The audio signal always follows the same basic path: source, preamp, power amp, speakers. This is true weather listening to music or watching movies, TV, etc. and is true whether you're using a $1/4 million system, an iPod, or anything in between. Source players include, blu-ray/dvd/cd player, cable or sat box, audio cassette, VCR, turntable, etc. The signal from the.source player enters the preamp through the input/source/function switch. The preamp is the control center. This is where tone controls, surround processing and other effects, if any, are applied and the signal is slightly amplified. The signal exits the preamp through the volume control. It is then amplified by the power amp sufficiently for the speakers to use. The speakers of course, convert the electrical signal back into sound. HT in a box is a blu-ray player, preamp and power amp on single chasis (in one unit). A receiver is a tuner, preamp and power amp on a single chasis. In this case the blu-ray player is seperate or external. We've advised avoiding these systems, but that's what they are. You could get an integrated amp which is a preamp and power amp in one unit or all seperates, but that's high end and running the thousands, ten thousands, etc. So, yes you'll need a receiver. You may want to consider using bookshelf speakers as your front left & rights. Believe it or not, bookshelf speakers tend to sound better than floor speakers. I used to have a pair of Yamaha floor speakers. $1000 each brand new. My current speakers are Mirage shelf speakers. $250 each and they sound better than their $1k predessors. Make sure you listen to a lot of different speaker & receiver combos before buying. |
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Gold Member Username: SuperjazzyjamesPost Number: 1075 Registered: Oct-10 | In regards to Vince's spkr wire recommendation, I've heard a pair of Audio Quest cables for $220 compared to Monster 12 guage at $75 a spool. I didn't hear a difference. I bought the Monster. Check 'em out for yourself of course. Always experience it yourself before buying. Don't be affraid to twist some sale reps' arms to see & hear what you want to. |
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Silver Member Username: RmammerschuberNY USA Post Number: 106 Registered: May-06 | That Denon link I posted was for Buy.com and it evidently does not link correctly but the model was AVR-1611. Crtuchfield's link; http://www.crutchfield.com/p_033AV1611/Denon-AVR-1611.html These were just a couple $300ish range receivers I've placed in my clients environments. However you choose to proceed I would suggest you try and not cut corners on the receiver / amp as that will be the core of your HT system... |
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Silver Member Username: RmammerschuberNY USA Post Number: 107 Registered: May-06 | Another link that evidently didn't work right; http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=52504 32 Klipsch Quintet IV Home Theater Speaker System Price After Coupon: $289.99 $60 OFF - Enter Coupon VRE15781 at Checkout |
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New member Username: LawiltPost Number: 6 Registered: Dec-10 | Could anyone tell me if this system I saw at best buy is a good deal. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Denon+-+3D+Pass+Through+Floor+Speaker+System/9887699 .p?id=1218189763196&skuId=9887699 I was looking at that receiver and saw good reviews on it but would love yall's opinion on it. Also do yall think those are good speakers from boston acoustics or if I got this deal should I upgrade any of the speakers from it? Would I be able to pick up the monster 12 gauge wire from a store or have to order it online because I haven't seen any stores with it but wasn't really sure what stores might carry it. And since this would be my first system putting together is it a pain setting up along with using the new wiring for it? |
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Silver Member Username: Vm8444TorontoCanada Post Number: 380 Registered: Aug-05 | Hi there I can't click on link but if it's said Denon With ba speakers go for it Forget about mister cable get at least flex 14/2 Wire by audioquest Much superior wire Google audioquest type 2 Then read reviews on audioreview Best bang for the buck Let us know Theaudioguy.ca |
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Gold Member Username: SuperjazzyjamesPost Number: 1113 Registered: Oct-10 | Seriously Vince, I don't hear difference between AQ and Monster. Not to mention, the AQ wire would stretch our friend's budget a bit. |
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New member Username: LawiltPost Number: 7 Registered: Dec-10 | so could anyone copy the link into their browser and tell me if that deal is actually worth it |
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Gold Member Username: SuperjazzyjamesPost Number: 1116 Registered: Oct-10 | I'll get back to ya! |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 819 Registered: Jun-05 | You are always better off buying all pieces seperate, even though this is not a bad system you could do better. The Denon 391 for $199 is a good start to an inexpensive sysytem. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Denon+-+550W+5.1-Ch.+3D+Pass+Through+A/V+Home+Theate r+Receiver/9878219.p?id=1218187480810&skuId=9878219 For speakers from Best Buy I recomend the Martin Logan. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/MartinLogan+-+Motion+2+3-1/2%22+Bookshelf+Speaker+(E ach)+-+Piano+Black/9627612.p?id=1218133475714&skuId=9627612 or http://www.bestbuy.com/site/MartinLogan+-+Motion+4+4%22+Bookshelf+Speaker+(Each) +-+Piano+Black/9627603.p?id=1218133479309&skuId=9627603 |
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Silver Member Username: NencyPost Number: 125 Registered: May-09 | If you are looking for the maximum amount of entertainment options, all of which you can enjoy in the privacy, comfort and convenience of your own home, the above tips should help you with building a home theater system. |