- May 4, 2001
- 15,381
- 6
- 91
I currently own a 4.0 system using a sony str-de597, some infinity sl-20 fronts and infinity qps-1w rears.
The wife and I are moving in to our new house, which has a loft area we're going to dedicate as a gaming room. My plan is to take my existing system up for the loft, so we'll need something new for our living room where we watch movies (~14'x20' on a rough guess from memory).
I've never been particularly picky about sound quality. But while I'm no audiophile, I can recognize decent quality sound when I hear it. But, I'm currently limited in my budget (especially right now). Another quirk is that we have 5.1 speaker pre-wiring in our ceiling, so whatever speakers I get needs to be ceiling mountable.
I've looked at these various systems/setups
Yamaha YHT-390bl ... ~$350, no threaded or keyholes in center and front speakers :/ ...would have to drill or use gorilla glue for mounts. Sounds decent, if a little "boxy" from the low budget speakers.
Onkyo HT-SR800 ... ~$350, refurbished and don't know about speaker quality or mounts because no local stores carry this product.
Or I could maybe stretch my budget a bit (less preferrable) and get something like Polk RM6880 (pretty sure my local CC has them, otherwise Polk RM6750) + Sony STR-DG520... ~600 + tax
Or Yamaha ns-sp1600 + Yamaha RX-V463BL... ~$400+
Any other suggestions or input would be greatly appreciated....obviously one common element (except for the Yamaha HTiB listed) is the autosetup/calibration from the receivers. Definitely an attractive feature to me since I know next to nothing about speaker calibration.
The wife and I are moving in to our new house, which has a loft area we're going to dedicate as a gaming room. My plan is to take my existing system up for the loft, so we'll need something new for our living room where we watch movies (~14'x20' on a rough guess from memory).
I've never been particularly picky about sound quality. But while I'm no audiophile, I can recognize decent quality sound when I hear it. But, I'm currently limited in my budget (especially right now). Another quirk is that we have 5.1 speaker pre-wiring in our ceiling, so whatever speakers I get needs to be ceiling mountable.
I've looked at these various systems/setups
Yamaha YHT-390bl ... ~$350, no threaded or keyholes in center and front speakers :/ ...would have to drill or use gorilla glue for mounts. Sounds decent, if a little "boxy" from the low budget speakers.
Onkyo HT-SR800 ... ~$350, refurbished and don't know about speaker quality or mounts because no local stores carry this product.
Or I could maybe stretch my budget a bit (less preferrable) and get something like Polk RM6880 (pretty sure my local CC has them, otherwise Polk RM6750) + Sony STR-DG520... ~600 + tax
Or Yamaha ns-sp1600 + Yamaha RX-V463BL... ~$400+
Any other suggestions or input would be greatly appreciated....obviously one common element (except for the Yamaha HTiB listed) is the autosetup/calibration from the receivers. Definitely an attractive feature to me since I know next to nothing about speaker calibration.