Pops is looking for new speakers for home theatre setup

[platinumike]

My dad just called me and told me he is looking to spend ~800 dollars on some speakers for his tv setup. What do you gus reccommend?

 

[SaltBoy]

What type of speakers? Subwoofer, center, the whole 7.2 setup, or just mains...?

 

[ElFenix]

these will blow him away

 

[OutHouse]

anything made by BOSE

 

[Ameesh]

defintitive speakers are great bang for your buck, you can find them at magnolia hifi

i got my dad a nice set for his home theater and he loves them.

 

[platinumike]

The whole thing. 5 or 7 satellites and a subwoofer he has a very nice projector being displayed ona ~5 foot screen or so.

 

[Baked]

Best Buy threatre in a box FTW!

 

[Bashbelly]

Get THIS: Pretty much unbeatable over a huge price range.

http://www.svsound.com/products-sys-sbs_black.cfm

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: Citrix
anything made by BOSE

I agree. Anything made by Bose, can't be beat.

 

[Fiat1]

Here you go...

 

[So]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: Citrix
anything made by BOSE

I agree. Anything made by Bose, can't be beat.

No highs, now lows, must be...

 

[Slammy1]

Buy some good, matched fronts and a sub. Get the center and surrounds later.

 

[funboy6942]

Sell your dad a set of Z5000's and pocket the $600 for yourself

 

[StrangeRanger]

BOSE... better sound through marketing.

Dood, you can't really take speaker suggestions too seriously. You MUST get your dad to the store and LISTEN to them. Each brand/style/size/ect will sound different, you have to find the sound profile your dad likes. Have him bring one of his fav music sources and play it at the store. Granted, you're looking for a movie set up, but if he doesn't like the way his music sounds on it, he's probably not gonna like the way movies sound on them either.
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[Maxspeed996]

Originally posted by: Fiat1
Here you go...

agree , these are nice.

But , do this , and never look back.
http://www.klipsch.com/products/details/rf-83-home-theater-system.aspx

It does beat the budget all to hell though......like most of the ideas that were offered.

 

[michaels]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: Citrix
anything made by BOSE

I agree. Anything made by Bose, can't be beat.

Agreed

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: platinumike
The whole thing. 5 or 7 satellites and a subwoofer he has a very nice projector being displayed ona ~5 foot screen or so.

You need a receiver too, right?

If not, AV123 X-series would be close to your pricerange.

I wrote up a crappy general audio thread if you want to take a look at it.

We could just list off some good options for you, but sound is a personal thing so it might not be the best option for him.

As was said already, you don't need to necessarily get a whole 5.1 system right away, but if you think he doesn't want to put any more money into it in the future, then I guess full 5.1 would be the way to go right away.

Does he have anything that might be reusabe (like speakers to use as surrounds or something?)

How much time / effort does he want to put into this? Do you think he would be interested in going out and doing a demo of some differnt stuff, or is this more like a "make sure I don't get ripped off, son" sort of thing?

He could potentially try several options and figure out which one is best for him, or you could just pick out something good for the price and hope he likes it.

Would he be willing to go used? I recently got a system for my own parents for $750 that would have been closer to $2k if everything was new.