Home Theatre 5.1 Suggestions

[joshharrington]

What would you guys recommend for 5.1 theater style sound? I'm looking for a friend as he wants to upgrade to a very nice theater system for his house. Any suggestions?

 

[Tifababy]

whats your friend's budget?

 

[HaxorNubcake]

need budget

 

[us3rnotfound]

It could be anything, we need a budget.

 

[kitkat22]

I got a sony boombox I can give you for $5.

 

[ForumMaster]

you need to give us a budget. here's a couple that had a "modest" $25k-$50k HT budget.

 

[joshharrington]

$500-$1000 range for speakers and receiver. No way he can afford that super awesome room.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Some options:

Towards the low end, Onkyo HTIB set.

For a bit more, get a budget receiver and add a few pairs of cheapish bookshelf speakers and a sub (lots of options)

Around the $1k mark and a bit above
SVS 5.1 set + cheap receiver
AV123 X-series 5.1 set + cheap receiver

(links in this thread http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=2012872&enterthread=y )

 

[joshharrington]

Thanks guys.

 

[mrrman]

Originally posted by: joshharrington
$500-$1000 range for speakers and receiver. No way he can afford that super awesome room.

check out ubid.com great deals on AV stuff

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: mrrman

Originally posted by: joshharrington
$500-$1000 range for speakers and receiver. No way he can afford that super awesome room.

check out ubid.com great deals on AV stuff

Other places to look:
http://www.audiogon.com/
http://www.digitaltheater.com/

There are a lot of forums out there for specific manufacturers that have a classifieds area as well.