I have been reading articles and guides in order to find the system I want for the price I am willing to pay. I recently bought a 55" Sony SXRD and a Toshiba HD-DVD player (Ax-20 I think). I have been very happy with both. 1080p is glorius. Loving it right now. Now, I just need the sound to go with the picture.
I haven't the foggiest idea of which speakers and receiver to get. The choices are many and sometimes not very clear.
I do have to deal with the "WAF" issue but she has been pretty cool about letting me do what I want with everything to an extent. She doesn't want speakers that are too garish, and I agree with her. She doesn't mind tower speakers as long as they aren't too large (Polk RTi8 size are about as big as she will go for). The front channel speakers will need to be towers as she hates the stands and the TV has taken up all of the real estate on the console.
I think a deciding factor will be my current room arrangement. It's a large, open living room with a very high vaulted ceiling. The TV is currently sitting back against a wall (like most do) with opposite wall way off in the breakfast area. It's not a confined room by any means. No carpet, hardwood floors (don't know if that matters).
I was eyeballing a Klipsch RB-61 setup. I have liked Klipsch in the past. My father still has his Klipsch Heresy speakers from WAYYY back and they still sound great. Very impressive speakers. ONE thing I'm not sure about is the tweeter horn. They tend to be a little aggressive, much like my Pro media Klipsch setup.
That aside, I haven't had much experience with anything else besides what I had in my college days (does AIWA count?:beer:). I have gone to a couple of demo rooms to see what I like better but that really hasn't panned out since I can never get enough time to listen to what I want. I just get aggravated with the saleman/woman blabbering away and I leave.
The next issue is the receiver and I HAVE NO IDEA which to get. Given the DVD and TV, what would be a worthwhile choice?
****EDIT****
I guess I should have mentioned a price range I want to work with. Let's say $1.5k for speakers.
I haven't the foggiest idea of which speakers and receiver to get. The choices are many and sometimes not very clear.
I do have to deal with the "WAF" issue but she has been pretty cool about letting me do what I want with everything to an extent. She doesn't want speakers that are too garish, and I agree with her. She doesn't mind tower speakers as long as they aren't too large (Polk RTi8 size are about as big as she will go for). The front channel speakers will need to be towers as she hates the stands and the TV has taken up all of the real estate on the console.
I think a deciding factor will be my current room arrangement. It's a large, open living room with a very high vaulted ceiling. The TV is currently sitting back against a wall (like most do) with opposite wall way off in the breakfast area. It's not a confined room by any means. No carpet, hardwood floors (don't know if that matters).
I was eyeballing a Klipsch RB-61 setup. I have liked Klipsch in the past. My father still has his Klipsch Heresy speakers from WAYYY back and they still sound great. Very impressive speakers. ONE thing I'm not sure about is the tweeter horn. They tend to be a little aggressive, much like my Pro media Klipsch setup.
That aside, I haven't had much experience with anything else besides what I had in my college days (does AIWA count?:beer:
). I have gone to a couple of demo rooms to see what I like better but that really hasn't panned out since I can never get enough time to listen to what I want. I just get aggravated with the saleman/woman blabbering away and I leave. The next issue is the receiver and I HAVE NO IDEA which to get. Given the DVD and TV, what would be a worthwhile choice?
****EDIT****
I guess I should have mentioned a price range I want to work with. Let's say $1.5k for speakers.
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