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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2004 Nov. - 2005 Jan.: Buyers Banter (ARCHIVES): Surround Sound System users admin

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Bigd
Member

09-13-2001

Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am getting ready to buy a new audio system so I thought I would ask for input. We want to try and stay $500 or below for the total cost. Please tell me what you have and why.

Thanks!

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a Mittsibishi system, but mine costed a bit more than that and is also a few years old. I do like Mittsibishi brand and also Sony. I really don't trust any of the other brands.

For 500 bucks though you can get some pretty good units, one word of advise though, wait until Thanksgiving weekend if your going to buy from a store, most everyone will be having them on sale.

Now a days they have advanced so far, alot of them have built in DVD's or VCR's. Just enjoy shopping for them and be sure to check out a few different brands and stores.

Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a Sony surround sound system with 5 speakers and a powered subwoofer that did not cost much over $500 about 4 years ago. I'm a pretty die-hard Sony electronics person, so I can't recommend any other brands, but I agree with Jagger to wait until the day after Thanksgiving to purchase anything.

Here are two suggestions I would make sure to have in the unit:

1). A powered subwoofer
and
2). A DVD player that is separate from the base unit.




Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Sunday, December 05, 2004 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmm...this is an old thread. I missed it the first time around. We have a kind of expensive set up- got it on sale at Best Buy and getting it as a package was about half as much as buying each piece alone. So we have the Klipsh quintet setup for speakers, plus a Klipsh subwoofer. This is set up t be used with a Sony DVD/CD player and a Yamaha reciever.

Tim's big regret is not getting a THX reciever, but they're a lot. Like $500 for the reciever a lot. This one is nice though- came with the Best Buy package. It has DTS and all that.

But are you looking at the surround sound in a box set-ups that they sell at Target and stuff? Those I don't know about.

Bigd
Member

09-13-2001

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 10:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey yal. I should have posted in here before that we did buy a system. We got a pretty good deal at American ( a local place sorta like Circuit City only they also have furniture). Anyway, we bought an Onkyo Home Theater System, 6.1-channel surround sound, 1000 watts, powered sub woofer, Dolby® Digital/DTS®, Dolby® Pro Logic II for $429. I have been very pleased with it. I may not have it hooked up absolutely correctly, but that is a question for Draheid. I had never heard of Onkyo, but it sounds great and I have had a great time listening to all my concert DVD's.

My next investment is in a CD player that stores 200 or so CD's.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 6:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've never heard of that brand either- but as long as it sounds good and you're happy with it, great!

I was going to get Tim some speaker stands for Christmas, but they've discontinued the ones that Klipsh makes for his. They've redesigned and his whole set they aren't making more of.