What's the best home theater surround sound system?

[TWills2]

Well?

Is bose any good?

 

[Arcanedeath]

Bose is overpriced garbage, This totaly depends on your Budget, but for cheap HTIB systems Onkyo, Yamaha, and Pioneer all have decent Offerings altho I think Onkyo has the best price / performance for entery level HTIB systems.

 

[InlineFour]

no, bose is not good for the money.

svs is though.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I've pulled up some lawn chairs and have popcorn and beer, who wants one? :beer:

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
I've pulled up some lawn chairs and have popcorn and beer, who wants one? :beer:

I will gladly pull up a chair beside ya. Now don't hog all the popcorn!

 

[allanon1965]

onkyo all the way, blasts bose out of the country! 399.00.....for my HT surround setup....sounds fantastic!

 

[taterworks]

I'll take two Danley DTS-20, two Community SBS12, and seven Community SLS920. Then you can all come over and watch Armageddon at 130dB. If it's a big room, I'd step up to Community SLS960 across the front three channels and SBS22 for the two front channels.

That's my Cost No Object solution.

(Boiler Up!)

 

[themisfit610]

Denon makes incredible recievers, but you have to pay. I have several Onkyo 2 channels in my parent's house for running speakers throughout the house, and they drive big heavy floor standing speakers VERY well.

I currently have a Sony (puke) that I use for my ghetto home theater. I Got such a good deal though... a 27" TV with S-Video, a 5 disc DVD changer, the sony reciever which is a 6.1, with 100wrms per channel, a new VCR, and 3 speakers, with remotes and wires... for $120

Anyway, the Sony is pretty good, nothing special. The 2 bose speakers, and sony center channel it came with sound pretty darned good, and I added some crappy old Fisher speakers I had for my surround speakers. It sounds remarkably good overal for DVD-Audio, the biggest problem being lack of subwoofer, which I hope to remedy as soon as i get some $ saved up But hey, I've got my promedias, so who am I to complain...

~misfit

 

[themisfit610]

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sorry, a dupe

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[ribbon13]

Got 'Bose' class HT budget?

You could have a little fun building your own kits. Three pairs of these maybe You could build the sub yourself too. Top it off with a Denon AVR-3806.

 

[jkresh]

as others have said it depends on the price, for less then $500 (and in many cases less then $1000) onkyo 790
is hard to beat

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: themisfit610
Denon makes incredible recievers, but you have to pay. I have several Onkyo 2 channels in my parent's house for running speakers throughout the house, and they drive big heavy floor standing speakers VERY well.

I currently have a Sony (puke) that I use for my ghetto home theater. I Got such a good deal though... a 27" TV with S-Video, a 5 disc DVD changer, the sony reciever which is a 6.1, with 100wrms per channel, a new VCR, and 3 speakers, with remotes and wires... for $120

Anyway, the Sony is pretty good, nothing special. The 2 bose speakers, and sony center channel it came with sound pretty darned good, and I added some crappy old Fisher speakers I had for my surround speakers. It sounds remarkably good overal for DVD-Audio, the biggest problem being lack of subwoofer, which I hope to remedy as soon as i get some $ saved up But hey, I've got my promedias, so who am I to complain...

~misfit

That 5 disc changer came with 5.1 analog outs?

 

[ND40oz]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Got 'Bose' class HT budget?

You could have a little fun building your own kits. Three pairs of these maybe You could build the sub yourself too. Top it off with a Denon AVR-3806.

3806, good choice, I have one in my basement. The new pioneer elite's will be shipping in two weeks, also a solid choice.

 

[TWills2]

I got a samsung plasma widescreen for father's day, and i think the built-in sound doesn't do it justice. So my price range is 1k or less right now.

EDIT: yea, i put that bose question in there to prove a friend wrong. Thanks AT.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Got 'Bose' class HT budget?

You could have a little fun building your own kits. Three pairs of these maybe You could build the sub yourself too. Top it off with a Denon AVR-3806.

Big thumbs up on the DIY sub, I got a 10" on ribbon13's recommendation and I'm loving it, it's a beast! I was enjoying the Neverending Story II on it tonight (I > II btw) as well as Spider-Man 2 clips.

 

[desiplaya4life]

i stay away from SONY!!!! haha first.


i prefer onkyo speakers for the money or yamaha or jbl. my personal choice and favs.

receivers i prefer are yamaha, onkyo, denon or pioneer. i liked em.

 

[themisfit610]

@PurdueRy

That 5 disc changer came with 5.1 analog outs?

I should have been clearer. I connect it to my amp with a digital coaxial cable. I am actually listening to the 5.1 AC3 track on the DVD-Audio disc, not the 24/96 PCM, as my DVD player doesn't handle true DVD audio. My computer does though..


~MiSfit

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
I've pulled up some lawn chairs and have popcorn and beer, who wants one? :beer:

I will gladly pull up a chair beside ya. Now don't hog all the popcorn!

I'm convinced that this MUST be a parody.