Calling all AV gurus: BUDGET UPDATE

[Eos]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: eos

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: eos
Has anyone heard of Cain & Cain speakers? They're made about 4 blocks from my workplace.

Yes.

Are they shite or not?

Not from what I've heard.

That's great news. My little town, known for onions and high end speakers...

 

[wetech]

check out AudioHolics for a good site on your general "snake oil" type things as well as good reviews / recomendations. BlueJeansCable is a good place for cables.

 

[ruffilb]

Updated w/ budget.

 

[Kyle]

Dont know if this has been posted yet, but personally I think more of the budget should go to the speakers than to the moniter...high quality sound will def. give it more of a "wow" factor than a pretty picture. at least in my opinion.

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: Kyle
Dont know if this has been posted yet, but personally I think more of the budget should go to the speakers than to the moniter...high quality sound will def. give it more of a "wow" factor than a pretty picture. at least in my opinion.

I'll tell him, but that's not my decision. He seems pretty stubborn.

 

[DaveSimmons]

With $1K for everything else, I'd spend $750-800 on speakers and $200-250 on the receiver (Pioneer or Onkyo, GottaDeal has a $186 Pioneer today).

Every dollar counts for speakers until you get up to at least $1,000 while you won't hear a dfference between a $200 and $500 receiver unless you do spend more that that.

$3K is just enough for a Samsung 50" 1080p DLP with 4 year extended warranty from Circuit City (+ tax ), maybe you can pricematch elsewhere to get it under $3K including tax.

Or buy mailorder, preferably from someone reliable like Crutchfield or TVAuthority. AVSForum had a power buy with TVA to save $100, not sure if it's still on.


Cables: DO NOT buy cables from a chain store, don't buy a power conditioner either. Just get a nice surge suppressor from Tripp Lite or APC for $20-35, and get cables from someone like monoprice.com for $15 instead of $100 monsters.

 

[slackerinabox]

Here's my set up:

Hitachi 57' RPTV hdtv monitor - $950
Infinity IL40 (i think) tower speakers (front) - $300 on an auction site, free delivery too!
Infinity center speaker - $150
fluance floor speakers for the rear - $100 or so.. less I think
Modified sony subwoofer.. sony subs are crap but this sub was legendry for it's modibility. - $150
dvd player (waiting to upgrade to either HD DVD or upscaled HDMI player) - phillips divx - $60