Klipsch is good, that's what my mom has at her house w/ a denon receiver. Don't know about getting it all for less than $1,000 though.
Surround Sound Help
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Worst you could do is get it for $150, hook it up, and if you don't like it return it to Best Buy before 72 hours is up for a refund.
haha no, a head unit is a receiver...the thing with all them fancy knobs and doo dads whats makes the music come from the 8Track or the Television.
DB junkie;2207743; said:
I use Acoustimass 5 with an Audiolab amplifier. Possibly for the past 10 years.
I highly recommend AGAINST Bose. Given it's price, it's highly overrated. If space is a problem, Bose may be for you, but for all other audio issues, there are tons better products out there for you. Bose devotes alot of their time and money in marketing their products rather than creating a good product and sells them for 5x of what they are really worth. Yes, they are definitely better than your standard multimedia systems that you see sold at most stores, but in regards to harmonic distortion, audible sound range reproduction, sound staging, power capacity.... they are not worth the money they go for.
I recommend that you check out these forums:
www.audiogon.com
www.audioasylum.com
In the 1000k range, I would recommend a lower level Rotel receiver, perhaps used... something like in this link:
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?miscrcvr&1226710750&/Rotel-RSX-1057-7.1-Channel-Rec
This would be an immense improvement over a Bose system. NAD is also a good brand that may fit in your price range.
If you want brand new components found in your standard Bestbuy, Circuit City, etc... stick with Denon or Harman Kardon. Onkyo and Yamaha are decent. Steer clear of Sony (unless its their "ES" line), Panasonic as these companies don't really concentrate their business on audio, they are more of a TV/monitor/DVD/etc. company, and in regards to audio, they emphasize car not home audio systems.
For affordable, yet reliable speakers I would recommend certain Polk lines ("RTi" line), NHT (older models such as 1.5, 1.3, 2.5 and others or more recent "Super" line) , and if you can stretch your budget a bit go for entry level B&W (Bowers and Wilkins) or Polk "Lsi" line.
Check those forums that I listed above. Just like MFK.com contains a wealth of knowledge in regards to everything fish, you can tap into a wealth of audio knowledge from those forums.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
and...
Good luck... to perhaps a new hobby!
I recommend that you check out these forums:
www.audiogon.com
www.audioasylum.com
In the 1000k range, I would recommend a lower level Rotel receiver, perhaps used... something like in this link:
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?miscrcvr&1226710750&/Rotel-RSX-1057-7.1-Channel-Rec
This would be an immense improvement over a Bose system. NAD is also a good brand that may fit in your price range.
If you want brand new components found in your standard Bestbuy, Circuit City, etc... stick with Denon or Harman Kardon. Onkyo and Yamaha are decent. Steer clear of Sony (unless its their "ES" line), Panasonic as these companies don't really concentrate their business on audio, they are more of a TV/monitor/DVD/etc. company, and in regards to audio, they emphasize car not home audio systems.
For affordable, yet reliable speakers I would recommend certain Polk lines ("RTi" line), NHT (older models such as 1.5, 1.3, 2.5 and others or more recent "Super" line) , and if you can stretch your budget a bit go for entry level B&W (Bowers and Wilkins) or Polk "Lsi" line.
Check those forums that I listed above. Just like MFK.com contains a wealth of knowledge in regards to everything fish, you can tap into a wealth of audio knowledge from those forums.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
and...
Good luck... to perhaps a new hobby!
DB junkie;2207743; said:
I have a pair of Bose 701s (discontinued, replaced with the 601s, which are self powered with built in amplifiers). they have two 8" woofers (inside the box, one facing up, one facing down, with a bass port in front and one in back), one 5" midrange, and two 2" tweeters in each box. I also have an acoustimass 5 and acoustimass 7 systems, which totals 5 satellite speakers and two acoustimass subwoofer modules.
I power these with an onkyo 757 5.1 surround receiver, which supplies 110 watts per channel at 8 ohms.
I use the tower speakers for music and the surround speakers for movies. that was probably obvious, but whatever.
when I'm listening to music, my neighbors complain about the bass, unless its all the way down. they say they don't even hear the highs. they just feel the bass throughout the apartment building. its enough bass for me.
nothing like a pair of 12" cerwin vegas, though. not even gonna mention 15' vegas.
