- Joined
- Jul 27, 2003
- Location
- New York, New York
I am working on building a home theater but I am doing it incrementally. I bought a 48" Samsung 1080p TV a few months ago to begin this project.
Now I want to add some good sound so i don't have to use the stock TV speakers. In the future I plan on having 5.1 or a 7.1 system but at this point that just is not in the budget.
What I want to do now is to just start with a 2.1 or maybe just a 2.0 system to begin with. I don't have a receiver or anything so that is going to be the big expense. I want to use this system not only for my TV, but for my record player and music system as well.
As for what I watch, i watch a lot of sci-fi and westerns (odd combination, haha) and for music I listen to post-rock and punk mostly but I do use vinyl a lot.
I don't really know where to start. I know I will need a receiver and the two speakers (maybe a subwoofer too). I don't need something that packs a loud punch as I live in an apartment in NYC so I can't really shake the house. I am looking for quality sound over loudness. I saw some Denon receivers as Best Buy and they looked nice but I didn't really know what I was looking at. What I do want is upgradablity in the future to go up to 5.1 or 7.1 later as I get money and add speakers. I also want to be able to connect it to an HTPC and my music system.
Where do i start and what should i be looking for? My budget is about $300 but that doesn't seem like that much. The receiver might be just that much so I don't know if this is feasible.
Now I want to add some good sound so i don't have to use the stock TV speakers. In the future I plan on having 5.1 or a 7.1 system but at this point that just is not in the budget.
What I want to do now is to just start with a 2.1 or maybe just a 2.0 system to begin with. I don't have a receiver or anything so that is going to be the big expense. I want to use this system not only for my TV, but for my record player and music system as well.
As for what I watch, i watch a lot of sci-fi and westerns (odd combination, haha) and for music I listen to post-rock and punk mostly but I do use vinyl a lot.
I don't really know where to start. I know I will need a receiver and the two speakers (maybe a subwoofer too). I don't need something that packs a loud punch as I live in an apartment in NYC so I can't really shake the house. I am looking for quality sound over loudness. I saw some Denon receivers as Best Buy and they looked nice but I didn't really know what I was looking at. What I do want is upgradablity in the future to go up to 5.1 or 7.1 later as I get money and add speakers. I also want to be able to connect it to an HTPC and my music system.
Where do i start and what should i be looking for? My budget is about $300 but that doesn't seem like that much. The receiver might be just that much so I don't know if this is feasible.