Have a few home theater questions.

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coolred

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I have been wanting to get a surround sound setup for quite some time now, since I have a large collection of DVD's whose sound is wasted on my crappy old TV speakers. But I just recently picked up Medal of Honor Frontline for the PS2. I started playing and it sounded awesome. I thought man if it sounds this good on my crappy TV then having a surroun setup would just be awesome. So anyway am I really thinking of getting something, but I don't know what. Are any of those home theater in a box things any good? Right now I am living with my girlfriend in her parents basement, and after we get out of here we will prolly get a small apratment, so i don't want anything that will piss off my neighbors 4 buildings away. I just need something that sounds decent and can thump a little with the bass. So should i go for the HTIaB or should I get a little better system, or should i just build one peice by peice, by picking up a reciever and some speakers? If so what should I get, any recommendations or links to reviews of things are a great help, Thanks
 
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erub

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sounds like he wants to spend about $10,000 - go crazy guys ;)

By the HTIB question, I would guess probably less than $500. I've heard that the Kenwood HTIB is very good. The new top of the line one, the HTB-505, is about $500. For a good piece by piece system, this is what I originally settled on (before deciding I didnt want to spend that much money on a sound setup for a college dorm room):

Pioneer VSX-D811S - $300 online
JBL NSP1 - $250 online
Sony SA-WM40 - $150

That was a $700 setup, and I would bet it would sound pretty awesome. The receiver is top notch and will support almost all formats presently in use (up to 7.1 surround sound), it has support for Dolby Digital, DTS, DD-EX, DTS-ES, Dolby Pro Logic II (turns Pro Logic sources into 5.1), and lots of other stuff, the sub pounds, and supposably the set of 5 speakers are unbeatable for the money.
 
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coolred

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Yeah the less i spend the better, like I said I don't need anything too powerful, just decent sounding with a little punch to it. 400-1000 max.
 
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Ameesh

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my budget system is as follows:

i have a sherwood dd,dts reciever ($150) : its a generic brand but they manufactur a lot of the big companies recievers
i have 6 Klipsch Quintets (like the ones for the computer except twice the power and and better frquency response) $250 shipped
and i have a velodyne ct-120 a pretty kick ass sub woofer can go down to 21hz and goes up to 150 hz $400 +tax

i love my system my next system upgrade will be an expensive and this system will last me for a good while.
 
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Beau

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Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n1
A. All home theater in a box systems suck cocknuts
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You've never heard one of these before then.

Or one of these (includes MP3 playback capabilities.)
 
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StattlichPassat

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The 'HTIaB' setup might be more ideal for your situation, but nothing... NOTHING... will ever compare to a piece by piece component setup. You can still do a budget system this way too. Mine isn't really a budget system, per say, but it's not really too 'prosumer-grade' either. Here is what I've got in my dorm room.

Sony and Polk Audio are my best friends. :)
 
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777php

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I am in the same boat as you, I'm looking for a small home theater setup for my apartment. I would follow Ameesh's setup by going with satellite speakers, since you don't have a ton of space.

I second the suggestion to get the Pioneer VSX-D811S, I went to BestBuys to check it out and it seems like a pretty solid receiver.
6.1 with 100w per channel is more than plenty, it also supports DTS, Dolby, Pro Logic II, input/outputs galore, and a pretty decent remote.

You can find the pionner at e-tronics for $300.

From reading a bunch of stuff on some home audio forums, it is a general consensus that Wharfedale speakers are exceptionally priced for the quaility you get. They are a company based in England and they produce everything themselves. They get rave review from all audio magazines and the like. I picked up 4 Vivendi Modus satellite speakers a WH-2 center channel and a Powercube subwoofer. All for under $200, which is a steal becuase if you could even find it in the states it would cost over $600 combined.

Wharfedale

You can find deals on some wharfedale bookshelf speakers at ubid, just watch out for shipping!
 
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Ameesh

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Originally posted by: 777php
I am in the same boat as you, I'm looking for a small home theater setup for my apartment. I would follow Ameesh's setup by going with satellite speakers, since you don't have a ton of space.

I second the suggestion to get the Pioneer VSX-D811S, I went to BestBuys to check it out and it seems like a pretty solid receiver.
6.1 with 100w per channel is more than plenty, it also supports DTS, Dolby, Pro Logic II, input/outputs galore, and a pretty decent remote.

You can find the pionner at e-tronics for $300.

From reading a bunch of stuff on some home audio forums, it is a general consensus that Wharfedale speakers are exceptionally priced for the quaility you get. They are a company based in England and they produce everything themselves. They get rave review from all audio magazines and the like. I picked up 4 Vivendi Modus satellite speakers a WH-2 center channel and a Powercube subwoofer. All for under $200, which is a steal becuase if you could even find it in the states it would cost over $600 combined.

Wharfedale

You can find deals on some wharfedale bookshelf speakers at ubid, just watch out for shipping!
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ubid has great prices on home theater stuff,very high end speakers for cheap.

 
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