Home theater question

[geomatics_tech]

I listened to this one and liked it but it only comes in black...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7034666&type=product&id=1099395730499

Yamaha > 99.5%

I will only buy yamaha recievers/amps, maybe a denon.

Check out the new Yamaha ysp-1. Its like a center channel, but has 44 speakers in it. 2-5" and 42-1" tweeters. It has its own decoder for dolby digital and dts, as well as a sub output. I just bought one of these beause it fit under my new Hitachi hdtv perfectly, and it just cleans everything up. Once you set it up for your room (size of room, location of speaker in envirionment) it reflects (as each tweeter is controlled by its own servo, and each one can individualy be directed) sounds off your walls to give the feel of a surround setup. I was very impressed, though it works best with a sub attached.

Good luck.

 

[chuyler1]

The YSP-1 looks cool but it sounds like you need a specific size and shape room for it to work. It also has to be at the right height in order to get over people's heads and the furniture. I doubt it would work at my place....and if I had a room designed for this (aka, a dedicated TV room) I wouldn't care about having large speakers on the floor or mounted to the walls.

 

[NoRotorNoMotor]

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=309-150

These will sound better than any of those other sets, but you still need a receiver

 

[nate0123]

I prefer black over silver. Black goes with everything.

I wanted silver b/c my hdtv, my dvd player, and my dv-r/vhs are all silver

 

[Poseur]

A box system is a box system. Personally I'd just get whatever fits your budget the most comfortably, you're realyl not going to get any kind of high quality sound out of any of them nomatter howmany watts they claim, or whatever other numbers they can throw around. Unless listening to them reveals night and day difference, if sound quality matters to you, you'll eventually want to fully upgrade anyway, so ther'es little sense throwing away a $600 system when you could throw away a $300 one instead.

 

[nate0123]

A box system is a box system. Personally I'd just get whatever fits your budget the most comfortably, you're realyl not going to get any kind of high quality sound out of any of them nomatter howmany watts they claim, or whatever other numbers they can throw around. Unless listening to them reveals night and day difference, if sound quality matters to you, you'll eventually want to fully upgrade anyway, so ther'es little sense throwing away a $600 system when you could throw away a $300 one instead.

there was in fact a night and day difference going from the original yamaha I posted to the next model up (the one they only sell in black)

Denon and Bose systems are box systems - am I not going to get high quality sound from them? I'm not buying your argument about box systems in general

 

[1sty]

Most audio snobs as you've called them, wouldn't go near Bose or any box system. the problem with them is that they are not usualy worth the sum of their parts. In none of it is typicly worth keeping in the long run unless you are spending alot for the system.

Bose does a great job at engineering good electronics around bad speakers. Although the reason its a bad speaker is typicly becuase they are tring to get everything in an insanely small package.

I would check this one out.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7335261&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat40200050002&id=1122654578991

 

[nate0123]

I listened to that denon, and it sounded great... but with the dvd player it is outside my price range - is there a version without the DVD player?

 

[1sty]

I have no clue.

 

[chuyler1]

Bose knows how to tune a system so that it sounds great to the average consumer. That usually means there is a short-coming somewhere in the product. The Wave Radio sounds great for a radio and fabulous for the size speakers it incorporates...but don't toss out your floor standing speakers just yet. They focus more on the illusion of hi-fi sound than hi-fi sound in itself.

 

[geomatics_tech]

hey nate, look into klipsch, they make some very nice mini systems. I have a set of their thx computer speakers and they are serious.

 

[nate0123]

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-JoHsR814fgD/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?I=580HTS780S

this one got good reviews

 

[nate0123]

oh, the reviews I was referring to are on www.circuitcity.com

http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/119865/rpem/ccd/productDetailReview.do#tabs

 

[nate0123]

plus it's on sale for $400... looks like this could be winnar

 

[NoRotorNoMotor]

Onkyo is pretty decent stuff, I have a Toshiba SD-6109 dvd/receiver that uses Onkyo electronics, basically it is just a rebadged Onkyo DR-90B(its also for sale BTW )

I also have a Denon receiver running some Paradigm speakers and it sounds great

Im not a big Yamaha fan, so out of all your choices i think Onkyo or a Denon would be best

 

[Poseur]

Light brown poo tastes better than dark brown.

Even bothering to attempting to associate brands at this level is somewhat silly. Sometimes things lineup better than others, listen to a couple, trust your ears, buy whatever doesn't offend you.

 

[nate0123]

your snotty, condescending attitude is not helping anything

I ordered the onkyo 7.1 system in silver off of crutchfield

I'm sure even that will be massive overkill for what I need

 

[Poseur]

I'm not trying to insult, it's just that I've been through stages of everything. I spose with everyone it's a process, but in hindsight I could've done thing smuch more efficiently.

REALLY with ANYTHING audio, the best bet is to go out, touch, feel compare, and listen. mostly listen listen listen. ignore brands, fanbois of brands, etcetc. trust your ears and your ears alone... If you ask for an experienced opinion, that's waht your'e going to get. people who are into box system experience, generally won't have alot of experience or credibility jsut by nature of the beast. I'm not saying you're a 2nd class citezen by any means. really I'm trying to make points. perhaps I'm being a bit abrasive in it, but *shrug* Please accept my apologies for snottiness, but agian, asking for opinions, you now know mine, and those of others on the forum. I think we can all pickout the more experienced ones inhere, take note of them. Personally, Home theater is my life outside of school. I've setup some BADASS all-out systems and some budget ones that are very close to similar levels as wellas some crappy ones at a customer's request/budget/etc. I'm not the expert ont eh situation, and there's others in here with likely more experience than myself, but I'm decently versed in the topic and felt my opinion would be warrented.

 

[ForceFed]

I basically have this....
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onkyo-Home-Theater-System-HT-S580-/sem/rpsm/oid/124130/catOid/-13325/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Awesome for the $$$
Best $300 I have spent.
I got the model from two years ago and it black...Features are all the same.
I even got my buddy to buy last years model...We both could not be happier.
Onkyo makes great reliable equipment IMO. I really hammer my system too....It gets blasted all the time from games and movies to playin music round the house or providing entertainment for the parties!
All around...It ROCKS for the money! (thumb)

 

[ForceFed]

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=309-150

These will sound better than any of those other sets, but you still need a receiver

Hey!
Parts express is a 5 minute drive from me...I love that place...

And nate...I recommended the Onkyo before reading the whole thread...I see you have went with the 7.1 system....GREAT Choice if you ask me....Not even close to what these guys are calling a throw away system...You will love it I gaurantee it!