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tjs323
Im new to all this home theater stuff, and I need to know what to buy, to have a small home theater. I have the projector, so thats off the list. I have no clue what to buy for a mini home theater. I here people talking about HDMI, HDTV, and Recievers. But I dont know what that stuff is. I also need help with buying the correct cables and setting it up.
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Yes stay away from HTIB. a good forum to go to is www.avsforum.com they have a section dedicated to home theaters. First I want you to know that this can be a big project and read forums before you get in over your head. You can also email me if you have any questions, there is way to much to get to build a home theater. If you are having trouble understanding HDMI, HDTV then you should talk to a professional and not the guy at best buy. If you do some research you will learn it and believe me you will fall in love with designing and building a home theater.
Yes stay away from HTIB. a good forum to go to is www.avsforum.com they have a section dedicated to home theaters. First I want you to know that this can be a big project and read forums before you get in over your head. You can also email me if you have any questions, there is way to much to get to build a home theater. If you are having trouble understanding HDMI, HDTV then you should talk to a professional and not the guy at best buy. If you do some research you will learn it and believe me you will fall in love with designing and building a home theater.
What is a good home theater sound system for a low price?
bmskeet
I just recently purchased a home theater projector and screen and am looking for a good home theater sound system to go with it. I don't know much about them so i'm looking for some help.
I would like something that supports HD 1080. I will be using it to watch DVD's as well as DirecTV and XBOX.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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A budget would be helpful, when you say low price that could mean anything. Thousands for a system is low price as its endless what you can spend. We see allot people in these forums want a whole surround system for few hundred which is just not at all realistic, cant even buy a receiver for that much that's going to be any good.
First thing is there are many really cheaply made and poor sounding low priced systems on the market today so you have to be very careful if "low price' and tight budget is a concern. Not only do "all" of these cheap systems sound bad, when they break (and they will) it will cost more to repair them than what they cost new. So you'll end up either trying to bastardize the system to try and get it to work or end up having to buy a whole new system.
Do not buy any of these "Pre-packaged' systems they all use really poorly made speakers, and equipment that wont last and will break.
Your best to get a decent system one that will be somewhat reliable and even sound good, is to custom design it by buying separate speakers from manufactures that only specialize in making speakers and a receiver from a good name brand and preferably one that used better parts internally.
Paradigm, Energy, make some nice sounding and built budget speakers, and Marantz, Denon, and my favorite (but more expensive) NAD which all use high quality parts.
You have to be a bit selective with some of which model Marantz and Denon models as not all use discreet output stages and better internal parts. Look for low Impedance drive capability as this will indicate they are using better parts. What this means is when it gets loud and requires more current from the amplifier to handle these high demands it will be able to do so better with out running out of power quickly, and sending a distorted signal to the speakers and either damaging the speakers or amplifier. Its always a good idea to more power than you will ever use so the amplifier is never running close to its maximum output capabilities.
Your always better off saving up as much money as you can to get something better, and if your really wanting something good you will want to visit your local independent high end audio video store as they carry the better brands of speakers and equipment and the salesmen at these stores have many years experience designing and installing high quality systems.
The chain stores don't have a clue what they are doing, and 98% of the equipment they carry is low end anyway. The chances of putting together a good system from one of these stores is slim to none.
Kevin
40 years high end audio video specialist
A budget would be helpful, when you say low price that could mean anything. Thousands for a system is low price as its endless what you can spend. We see allot people in these forums want a whole surround system for few hundred which is just not at all realistic, cant even buy a receiver for that much that's going to be any good.
First thing is there are many really cheaply made and poor sounding low priced systems on the market today so you have to be very careful if "low price' and tight budget is a concern. Not only do "all" of these cheap systems sound bad, when they break (and they will) it will cost more to repair them than what they cost new. So you'll end up either trying to bastardize the system to try and get it to work or end up having to buy a whole new system.
Do not buy any of these "Pre-packaged' systems they all use really poorly made speakers, and equipment that wont last and will break.
Your best to get a decent system one that will be somewhat reliable and even sound good, is to custom design it by buying separate speakers from manufactures that only specialize in making speakers and a receiver from a good name brand and preferably one that used better parts internally.
Paradigm, Energy, make some nice sounding and built budget speakers, and Marantz, Denon, and my favorite (but more expensive) NAD which all use high quality parts.
You have to be a bit selective with some of which model Marantz and Denon models as not all use discreet output stages and better internal parts. Look for low Impedance drive capability as this will indicate they are using better parts. What this means is when it gets loud and requires more current from the amplifier to handle these high demands it will be able to do so better with out running out of power quickly, and sending a distorted signal to the speakers and either damaging the speakers or amplifier. Its always a good idea to more power than you will ever use so the amplifier is never running close to its maximum output capabilities.
Your always better off saving up as much money as you can to get something better, and if your really wanting something good you will want to visit your local independent high end audio video store as they carry the better brands of speakers and equipment and the salesmen at these stores have many years experience designing and installing high quality systems.
The chain stores don't have a clue what they are doing, and 98% of the equipment they carry is low end anyway. The chances of putting together a good system from one of these stores is slim to none.
Kevin
40 years high end audio video specialist
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