I have an Onkyo 7.1 receiver I would sell for $150 and some Polk Audio towers like new I would sell for $100 I have pics if you are interested
I was looking into buying this sound bar from Sony.
Buy a real surround so I can come fish more wires and drink beer. You know how I like fishing wires and drinking beer!
looks like it’s on woot right now for their woot off - 179.99. Refurb, but who cares
i stopped reading after a few posts… but also factor in the size of the room… and tv. If u are in a smaller enclosed location and right in front of the tv… then soundbar may be fine. polk has a decent one.
u can throw money at HT all day long… set and forget if it’s not a priority to you.
I am planning to have a home theater. When you get a suitable one please post your review
are you a nigerian prince?
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=6836548&pid=1218808632852 end thread
I love mines but didn’t spend no where near that. It could use a lil more lower end but it stills catches me off guard at times during movies and football games.
Edit. I just read your $400 max. Buy used receiver, bookshelfs, powered sub ftw. A nice lil 2.1. I have a pioneer 5.1 receiver, pioneer bookshelf and a mirage powered 8 inch sub for like 325 by willing and dealing. It’s a bad ass setup in my bedroom
soundbar is pretty much just when you are faced with space restrictions.
i have one on our basement set up just becuase there isn’t enough room for a proper stereo set up.
A soundbar is going to give you a lot more gain (volume) and dynamic range (frequencies that it can hit) than speakers on a TV or any super crappy setup. The biggest plus is setup and size.
A HTIB (home theater in a box) may be better or worse in various ways, but will definitely take a little more setting up.
A real home theater setup will obviously be the best, but it take a lot more money, knowledge, setup, a proper room, and so on…
hopefully this helps a bit since this whole thread is all over the place.
Yeah, I am the type to mess around with settings to get the right sound. Not just turning up the bass all the way so everything is clipping. At this point, I wouldn’t be setting up an audiophile type environment with the best of the best speakers positioned at the right angles, tuned individually, etc etc. I am…at least would like to think I am, a person who can hear differences in audio quality and speakers. However, my minimal TV/Video Game/Movie would make high quality audio not really a necessity. I’m still leaning more towards a HTIB type setup decently priced.
The way I started was with a basic used setup of two bookshelf speakers and a so-so amp. Then I upgraded the pre/amp. Then I added a center channel. Then I got a much better amp. Then I got floor standing fronts and moved the bookshelfs to the rear… and so on and so on and $10k later you’re at what I have today (plus a decade of time).
Garbage is always worth nothing, used good stuff tends to hold value amazingly. Things like sound bars, and HTIB tend to lose 50% of value after you buy them new and probably two years later are worth 20-40% of what you paid new. The moral with these is buy used or on clearance.
It’s all time, effort, needs, etc…
$10k? Does it give blowjobs?
nope… and sometimes when I do the math I think I’m crazy, but the truth is it’s worth every penny to me and I just take it for granted. Also, we’re talking like $1k a year so in the long run it’s not that bad as hobbies go.
That’s pretty middle of the road for decent theater setups. No offense directed at Blue, as I’m sure it’s a bangin’ setup.
But there’s stuff out there that is downright ridiculous.
My friend Glen’s setup. Smoke machine, 9 different lighting machines, rear speakers that are worth more each than my Allroad. Few pics. I’m sure there are 6 figures into this easily. Totally ruins me for any subsequent audio experience for weeks after.
no offense taken, it’s a slow progression for me and I wouldn’t appreciate it if I didn’t come from less and won’t one day have more. I’d love to have a $50k setup by the time I’m 60 years old or so. The one thing for sure is that to go much beyond where I am you have to start doubling down to get any substantial gains.
Those pics show about 35-45K of audio stuff maybe.
I think when you get in that price range you need to evaluate more than a speaker. Dampening, curtains, type of floor, etc. etc. I mean I’ve seen people get down to the paint and shit for optimal audio quality.
I used to dabble in DIY home studios when recording bands as well as my own. I was probably a couple steps above recording with a tape deck. But, I remember on some of the forums, the outrageous amounts of money people would spend on their studios.
Absolutely. I’ve heard $10k systems that are fantastic, and $20k systems that sound no better. Diminishing returns, much like wine, cars, and just about everything else.
so true… the room is the so critical.