My dad just bought this really nice tv from costco hah and he wants to set up a nice sound system. Ima noob to this thing, so what would you guys recommend? Hes really into sports and im into movies. Something nice but not too pricey, ya know?

Thanks.

 

Bose 3-2-1 system. Three speakers Surround sound, Simple set up. 899

 

Depends on your price range. Bose is OK, over priced, really. Klipsch makes good stuff. Continuously wins awards for being the best bang for your buck. a 5.1 surround could go from a few grand to about $15 grand depending on components and what not that you use.

Home Theater Setups in the SRIC and tips

Whatever you do, don't buy a home theater in a box...

 

oh fak 15k? thats way too much.. im thinking maybe $1000-1500.

 

Depending on the size of your room you can go a lot higher than 15K.

I know of one room that has $80,000 worth....


and that's just the subwoofers.

 

+1 for the bose 3-2-1. Their stuff does tend to be a tad overpriced though. While I worked at Magnolia, bose system markup was really really high (I only have one cause i got a fat discount.) Can't go wrong with Klipsch or Bose IMHO.

 

http://www.bose.com/controller?event...nd_subcategory

get the BOSE set up.. its the ****... it customizes itself to your room.. soo you get very good quality.. i sat in their.. room thing... it was really really good. im not sure about a very large room.. but my friend also has it.. and everything sounds extremely crisp. dont get anything else.. 6.1.. and set it up.. O.o.. then invite me over. hahaha.. but anyway.. yeah.. its really good.

 

i know a pair of 8ft speaker cable for $14,500

http://store.acousticsounds.com/brow..._ID=12140&sct=

 

tell your pops, for around $1500-2000 (and i am HIGH BALLING for extra margin), i can setup a nifty little system.

a 5.1 setup. around 80-100 watts per channel. subwoofer.

tune the audio and video system.

 

really... it depends on how big your room is. the bigger the room the more money you have to spend. for a small room a 300$ 5.1 yamaha is fine

 

WRXGUY, don't be fooled... Home audio gets into the hundred thousands, EASILY, and that's not a full setup... Electronics, especially home audio is probably one of the most marked up items.

What size room is this for? And for a grand you could get a couple nice pairs of bookshelfs. and a sub.

 

Onkyo S790
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=757222

Other options:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=109

 

Bose really isn't that good. Not for the prices they charge any way. Bose is more for people who don't know how to put together a good system.

Adjusting to the room???.... I set each speaker delay myself from where I'll be sitting most of the time. That way all of the sounds hit my ears at the right time.

+1 for Onkyo

My uncle had an Onkyo set up. It wasn't to expensive and the quality is all there.

 

I work in the industry, and trust me, bose virtual surround is worthless.

If you are setting up your first home theatre is would not recommend getting anything expensive.

There are a few things you need to consider:

At least 1 of each digital input (optical + coax)
Subwoofer (powered is prefered)
5.1 analog inputs (good to have)
Dolby Digital and DTS decoding

I highly recommend this system for beginners:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1149205462671

-Gagan


You should look for the above in any system you puchase.

 

Please please don't buy Bose. They suck i had Bose and untill i heard floor standing speakers i was like bose is great. i actaully opened a bose speaker and all they have is a tweater and Bose tries to produce all teh sound from the sub. That is so wrong.

My friend and i did a lot of reasearch till we got the following set up at his place.
Dennon receiver (7.1) 5.1 is ok.
Energy (i liked them as they are real soft) speakers front 3 should be the best ones rears can be box speaker.
Velodyne sub.
The whole setup costed 1200 for us like 2 years ago.

when you buy a receiver make sure that they say 7 channel discrete.