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Posted by ICI on December 01, 2002 at 13:13:47

In Reply to: Need Help with HT Starter System posted by G-Man on December 01, 2002 at 04:26:30:

I also would suggest Klipsch speakers. For HT, they are very hard to beat. They are extremely explosive, and their high and low end are very "alive".

I recently set up a HT system for a good friend using the Klipsch Quintets. They're small and can be put anywhere. You can actually get them for very cheap at Ubid.com. It would save a lot of money for a good receiver and center channel. I would probably look into a nice center like the Klipsch RC-3. It would be a good tone match. And it is an amazing speaker.

Another possibility for the receiver is a Harman/Kardon AVR 320 or 520. I've been seeing the 320's on sale a lot for under $300. This really irritates me, considering how much I spent for the AVR 310 not too long ago. But the 320 has a ton of features and also includes 7.1 surround. It may be going overboard, but as inexpensive as you can get the Quintets, you could easily add another 2 channels for the surround sound.

He could even get a set of towers for the fronts and still be in the price range.

G-man, many of the options you mentioned sound good. Just throwin a few things out there. I wouldn't suggest Klipsch for music lover's, but with a high diversity in music, and for mainly HT use, he would probably be happy.