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In Reply to: A stereo guy needs help with HT! posted by Kurt Morgan on June 27, 2001 at 13:32:31:
A buddy of mine had the same question. First of all, goto a specialty audio/video store. Not Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart, etc. Go into the yellow pages and look up Stereo for the specialty stores only. $3000 dollars gives you some room to work with. I would look at a solid receiver like Yamaha. It has an elegant look and does an awesome job on Home Theater. Their receivers are very flexible and you want Dolby Digital/DTS capabilities. What I like about Yamaha is that if you ever go towards seperates, like I did, it has outputs for seperate amps vs. using their internal amp. Also, the remote is very user friendly. Look for flexibility in the hardware. If your choosing between a receiver of 85W vs 110Watts, go with the cheaper 85Watts because your not going to get a sonic differance with an extra 15Watts only if it jumper from 85 to 150W.As for speakers, there are a lot of good speakers (DONT GET BOSE!!!). Listen to them and find the one that sounds best to you. My buddy got Klipsch Quintet because if came with 6 speakers (Fronts, back, and sub). I do recommend a sub and when you get the sub, you'll need a quality sub cable like Monsters 351 ($59 for 4M). Not all speaker wire is the same but don't break your budget. You'll probably need to make sure you have 2 good digital cables (about $75-$200 for two)to goto your receiver (DVD and satalite/cable box).
You'll probably need about 120 or 150' worth of speaker wire (which is about $100 to $250, pending cable and length, could me more if you go crazy with wire).
Speakers can be tough to recommend. I originally bought Klipsch because they were a very efficent speaker and I liked the sound for the budget. I now have M&K speakers that kick ass (S-150) for movies and I think the music is outstanding. (((Personally, I think Martin Logans look way cool and play wonderful music but I prefer a dome tweeter for movies)))
Lot of good speakers, you need to decide if you want small speakers or floor standing speakers and listen to them with your music/DVDs.
Also, pricing is negotiable. Ask them if you buy this, this and this, what kind of discount will you give me. They'll work something out to keep you within your bidget.
Good Luck and have fun shopping.
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