Video Asylum

Posted by Rockethead26 (A) on April 13, 2014 at 22:19:56

In Reply to: RE: Help with a new HT system posted by Rockethead26 on January 11, 2014 at 15:08:13

Thought I would do a follow up to this thread for all of you who offered suggestions and advice. The home theater system is complete and looks and sounds wonderful. The prices of a few items dropped (the receiver by $100) between research and ordering, but I ended up adding a subwoofer and spending $1000 on the HDTV. I couldn't pass up the deal at Best Buy the day I walked in. I also upgraded the Sony Blue Ray player to a more recent model because the TV I bought had active 3D. I blew the budget and spent about $2000 on the whole shebang with cables and speaker stands.

By the way, the 3D on this thing is as good as at the theater. I'm not kidding. We've watched Avatar and Gravity in BlueRay 3D and it's unbelievable.

Both of us are extremely happy. The picture is extremely good with or without 3D. The sound and voices are very clear due to (1) the center channel speaker (2) the Yamaha receiver's built in room sound analyzer and (3) the receiver's sound program called "Clear Voice". No more, "what did he say?"

Anyway, here's the final list of components and a pic. The hula hoop is not included in the HT system. I think my wife put hat there while I wasn't looking. ;-)

HDTV: Samsung 55" Model UN55UF6400AF (Got a deal at $300 off)

AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-V475 5.1

Speakers: Two Infinity Primus P153 (left and right channels), one Infinity Primus PC251 (center Channel) and one Yamaha YST-SW012 subwoofer.

Blue Ray Player: Sony BDP S5200

Speaker Stands: Sanus SF26 for the left and right channel speakers.

Universal Remote: Logitech Harmony 650(Sweet!)

HDMI Cables: A two-pack of Amazon's high speed cables

Speaker Cables: 100' roll of C&E 14AWG Enhanced Loud Oxygen-Free Copper Speaker Wire to make my own speaker cables.

Banana Plugs: 3 sets of two Sewell Direct SW-29863-2 Deadbolt 2-Pair (these are the easiest plugs to assemble, ever!)

If you're in the market for a new HT system and have a $2000 budget, that's your shopping list.

Edits: 04/14/14   04/14/14