Okay, I have a tv in my living room with a Sony theater in a box setup. Its not bad, in fact I have kinda liked it over the past 5+ years I have had it. But it was pretty cheap. I think around $400 total.
I recently converted one of my rooms into a "tv room". It is by no means a huge fancy theater room, but it is all mine (wife big into decorating and entire rest of the house is hers).
In this room I have a 46" Sony LCD tv mounted on the wall. All the wires/cables are hidden behind the wall and all my AV equipment is in the closet. I have PS3, Dish Network HD reciever, Macbook, PC, etc all hooked up to work on the TV.
Heres my problem: When watching movies, listening to itunes, playing rockband... its very blah in there with the TVs speakers. So I want to add surround sound.
I do not have a TON of money to spend like some of you, but I was hoping for a complete setup for under $2k. My first thought was some kind of surround bar under to tv to keep it clean and easy. I thought since my room is pretty small, it might not be bad. (im less than 10' from my tv when sitting down)
But have heard mixed things about the soundbars. So I thought maybe I should just do it right. I thought about Bose, but not sure I want the little square things off to side of my tv. I do not have an entertainment center, everything is in the closet.
So I was thinking tower speakers. Have a buddy with Polk A7s and they sound totally awesome! But he doesnt have centers/rears/subs...
so if you were me in my situation and needed a reciever and speakers for under $2k.... what would you reccomend?
I would say 80% movies and 20% music.
I recently converted one of my rooms into a "tv room". It is by no means a huge fancy theater room, but it is all mine (wife big into decorating and entire rest of the house is hers).
In this room I have a 46" Sony LCD tv mounted on the wall. All the wires/cables are hidden behind the wall and all my AV equipment is in the closet. I have PS3, Dish Network HD reciever, Macbook, PC, etc all hooked up to work on the TV.
Heres my problem: When watching movies, listening to itunes, playing rockband... its very blah in there with the TVs speakers. So I want to add surround sound.
I do not have a TON of money to spend like some of you, but I was hoping for a complete setup for under $2k. My first thought was some kind of surround bar under to tv to keep it clean and easy. I thought since my room is pretty small, it might not be bad. (im less than 10' from my tv when sitting down)
But have heard mixed things about the soundbars. So I thought maybe I should just do it right. I thought about Bose, but not sure I want the little square things off to side of my tv. I do not have an entertainment center, everything is in the closet.
So I was thinking tower speakers. Have a buddy with Polk A7s and they sound totally awesome! But he doesnt have centers/rears/subs...
so if you were me in my situation and needed a reciever and speakers for under $2k.... what would you reccomend?
I would say 80% movies and 20% music.