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New house, need to find a receiver, totally new at this

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#1 ·
Just moved into a new house with my wife. The living room already has a set up for 5.1 surround sound wired into the walls. I do not have a receiver, nor do I know about them. I will mainly be playing everything off of a media center computer with HDMI out and we do have an Xbox as well.

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I'm in the US, west coast. Looking for the two front speakers, a sub and a receiver to make it all work. I would think my budget would be around $500, but I am open to suggestions.
 
#2 ·
First, you'll likely want to seriously consider rotating your couch counter-clockwise 90 degrees and center the main listening area between the in-ceiling surround speakers. Next, stop by and visit the Best Buy stores in your area as they are clearing out last year's models and will likely have great deals on AVRs, speakers, and subs. Last year's Denon 1712 is going for $199 or lower in some stores.


So then, $200 for the AVR leaves $300 for the FL/FR speakers and sub. Here's one option ....


8" Subwoofer (Monoprice) - $57 http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10906&cs_id=1090602&p_id=8248&seq=1&format=2


FL/FR Speaker pair - $200 http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-TSi100-Bookshelf-Speakers/dp/B00192KF12/ref=sr_1_3?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1352212951&sr=1-3&keywords=polk+bookshelf+speaker+pair+%3C+%24200


Total cost - roughly $500


You may also want to take your speaker budget into the "Speakers" forum for more suggestions.
 
#12 ·
You could buy 2 more of the nxg speakers and install them in the wall. As it stands it looks like you are going to have an annoying situation due to one side of the TV having a countertop and the other not. So its like 2 book shelfs with 1 stand or something.


Also you can get the polk monitor series at newegg for way less than the TSI series and they are esentially the same. For instance the monitor 40s are just $120. However I do not know if they will match your center channel. It is so weird that they took the time to install the center channel in the wall but not the front left and right. Even if I was not going to use the in wall speakers I would probably install them just for the resale value of the house and before they stop making the same model.


Also you can try pauls TV inside art van, they had the 1612 for $100 when i was in there, it was the display model.


Different recievers have all different pros and cons but in your price range you are going to have to go with which ever one is on sale. Another option would be to skip the sub and put more into the fronts / receiver.
 
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