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pro cinema 600 is great but whats next?

post #1 of 5
2/22/13 at 11:39am
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This is my first thread on this forum so ill start with a brief intro of my HT experience. I started getting into home theatre big about a year ago when I made the purchase of a definitive technology pro 600 in box HT. this is a great system for the price and I love it so much that I actually grew bored of it realitivly fast. The reason for growing bored with it is be because its such a nice sounding small system it pushed me or sparked an intrest to review (mostly by internet) bigger and better systems. IV been piecing together my next system and it has come down to this...
Im thinking a pair of deftech pb10b towers for the front, and a pair of studio monitor 55s for the surround. I for sure am dead set on a svs sub after all the reviews IV done, prolly will be the pb 12 nsd. I'm not sure on the center channel yet and not sure on the reciever... I love my Yamaha but am open to maybe a onkyo or wherever else anyone wants to recommended.
Being I'm new to HT I lack knowing about sertain things like what are overall advanteges to getting towers (I don't think illl be getting towers with built in subs as that's the only thing I'm not absolutely thrilled about when it comes to the deftech brand hence the svs sub) over just bookshelf speakers. And technical things relating to recievers. ( I let yapo do almost all my work when it comes to setting my HT up.

As my my room I'm not sure!smile.gif hahaha I'm going to slowly put this system together now and its going to my living room in mynew house I want to buy in the next year and the pro cinema 600 will be moved to the bedroom. So no specs yet on the size of this room ill be putting the new system in, I it will def be rectangle and suitible for HT.


Any thoughts and advice is aprecciated. Do you guys like what I have going so far? What centerchannel would you recommend ( preferably a deftech one) and what kind of reciever?


THANKS!
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post #2 of 5
2/22/13 at 1:36pm
This stuff is fun to think about, isn't it?

IMO, it would be a mistake to actually purchase anything for a room whose size and acoustical properties are completely unknown. Some would argue that the room itself is the most important component in a sound system -- and the bigger the room, the truer that is. Not every room will be suitable for bipolar towers, for example. Some rooms will work better with bipolar surrounds, other with direct radiators. Buy the house first!

As for the AVR, my advice is to look into the differences between the room correction systems offered by Yamaha, Pioneer, and Audyssey (which has several levels available on a variety of brands like Denon, Onkyo, and Marantz). One could take the position that, aside from raw ability to deliver current, it's the correction system that can make the biggest difference in the sound of a system, and choosing the desired room correction system first, and then choosing an AVR that includes it, is a viable strategy.

Nice thing is that you have time to think about and research these issues, and lots of time to wait for optimal purchasing opportunities.
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post #3 of 5
2/22/13 at 2:07pm
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Oh interesting, I never realized the roomwas that much of a factor. Is that more for the bipolars or just any speak er? I'm not gona get as crazy as bringing as trying a bunch of speakers out in the room Ill one day have but prolly demo some speakers see what I like best and just go with it. I got a sweet spot for deftech though. Obviously if I'm really unhappy with my purchase or I think the specific speakers sucks in my house ill take em back in exchange for different ones. I was hopping to start building this thing now( even though I don't need it lol just excited to start shopping) I have a small living room now and pro cinema 600 is suficent
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post #4 of 5
2/23/13 at 7:31am
The room is a huge factor. its volume is the main factor in how much subwoofer you need for LFE effects. Its size and reflectivity -- how much of the boundary surfaces are brick, glass, wood, drywall, stone? -- can double or halve the amount of acoustical power you need to deliver. Seating distances, adjacencies (the size and number of openings to other rooms), floor treatments... hugely important.

If you know none of this, then good luck choosing a system that will be optimal for an unknown room.
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post #5 of 5
2/23/13 at 9:00am
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Well as a noob to quality home theatre i don't know this stuff. But I will definatly take your advise and wait till.I know the size of the and every other details you mentioned. Looks like ill back in touch when I do Have my house for for more advice. Thanks!
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