HT buffs: Need a surround sound speaker set plus a receiver for total about $800

[ndee]

OK, I already have a 16:9 TV with a Panasonic RV-31 DVD player. Now I need a surround sound speaker set plus a receiver. I can't get the Onkyo HTS650 here. Here's a list with about which one I can get: http://www.toppreise.ch/index.php?k=4&k2=352&k3=360 You can convert those prices to dollars if you divide them by 1.4

Thanks in advance.

 

[amnesiac]

That's not a very big selection. Most of those are HTIB sets too. :\

Good low priced receivers:
Yamaha 5550
Pioneer 811/812
Onkyo TR-SX600
Sherwood 6108/7108
Denon

Do you have any hifi stores over there? Go audition speakers because though people will tell you get X or Y or Z, the best judge of sound is your own ears. I know people who swear up and down that their Klipsch set rocks, but the horn tweeters give me massive headaches, for example.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
That's not a very big selection. Most of those are HTIB sets too. :\

Good low priced receivers:
Yamaha 5550
Pioneer 811/812
Onkyo TR-SX600
Sherwood 6108/7108
Denon

Do you have any hifi stores over there? Go audition speakers because though people will tell you get X or Y or Z, the best judge of sound is your own ears. I know people who swear up and down that their Klipsch set rocks, but the horn tweeters give me massive headaches, for example.

ok gonna go to the big music store next weekend then The Onkyo TR-SX600 is a good one? OK, I might get that one. I can get the TX-SR600 here, is that somehow similiar? hhhmmmm

 

[EvilYoda]

Interesting selection on that page, but it makes sense since you're not in the states...you don't see Jamo and Canton here too much, even tho they're both very good manufacturers. They both are very power hungry speakers tho, so be careful if you're only getting an entry level receiver with no amp.

But $800 for both surround sound and receiver...the Pioneer 711 is very well suited to your situation. As for speakers, I'm a huge fan of Paradigms, so depending on how much they go for overseas, maybe atoms/titans all around, or mini-monitors/monitor 3s.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: ndee

ok gonna go to the big music store next weekend then The Onkyo TR-SX600 is a good one? OK, I might get that one. I can get the TX-SR600 here, is that somehow similiar? hhhmmmm

Oops, mistyped. Yes, that's the one I have. I got mine for about $300 US shipped.

FANTASTIC receiver. Remote for it is better than most other units but it still sucks. High bandwidth component switching, clean power, solid build. Not as solid and powerful as my old Sherwood was, but definitely worth the money.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: ndee

ok gonna go to the big music store next weekend then The Onkyo TR-SX600 is a good one? OK, I might get that one. I can get the TX-SR600 here, is that somehow similiar? hhhmmmm

Oops, mistyped. Yes, that's the one I have. I got mine for about $300 US shipped.

FANTASTIC receiver. Remote for it is better than most other units but it still sucks. High bandwidth component switching, clean power, solid build. Not as solid and powerful as my old Sherwood was, but definitely worth the money.

That receiver costs here about $664 Or can I get some nice speaker set for about $300?

 

[GasX]

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[ndee]

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