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In Reply to: RE: Help with a new HT system posted by Rockethead26 on January 11, 2014 at 16:08:13
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
This is where I am right now. Prices are from Amazon.
HDTV - Still up in the air. Samsung, LG and Vizio all have 47"-55" models in the running with good reviews. Prices will shuffle a lot in the next 3 months, so I'll take a loser look later.
AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-V475 5.1 ($399)
Speakers: Two Infinity Primus P153 and one Infinity Primus PC251 ($230 for the three)
Blue Ray Player: Sony BDP S5100 ($98)
That leaves about $773 for the HDTV.
Throw in another $100 for cables, etc. and we have what looks like a decent HT system for $1600.
The receiver, speakers and blue ray player all get top reviews from consumers and experts alike. The expensive cables will wait for a while. I think the separate speakers will perform better than any soundbar that I've read about.
Anyway, I have a couple of months before purchase, so everything is subject to change.
Thanks again!
Follow Ups:
I just added the following speaker systems to my "for consideration" list:
Energy 5.1 Take Classic ($369)
Energy RC-Micro 5.1 ($349)
Martin Logan MLT-2 ($349)
Polk Audio TL1600 ($399)
All of these will exceed my budget by $120 to $170 so I need to see if any of them are worth the extra for the sub and the back speakers. The sub I will use, but the rear satellites, I may not.
Anyway, that's it for now.
With your self-imposed budget I think you're being silly to separate music from HT. You may not need a center channel. We use a setup with two mains, two surrounds, and two subs. Dialog is clear and tracks the location of the voice or voices. I assume your maggies image well.
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Yeah, I considered using my Maggies and then decided to leave my audio system separate and in another room. I have that system working exactly as I want it and don't want to screw it up. The audio on HT is not nearly as important to me or my wife. It just needs to be balanced and reasonably clear with clean dialog, that's it. No audiophile requirements.
Have you experienced opera on Blu-ray? Opus Arte has a nice sampler. Or jazz, e.g. the Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis?
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No, not yet. I've never owned a blue-ray player. I've heard a lot of these performances are very, very good on blue-ray, but this still won't make me combine my systems. Stubborn, I am.
If I was starting from scratch, I would look at combining audio & HT, but not with what I have now.
Looks like you have a decent system mapped out. I would stick with the Infinity if you aren't sure you'll do the rear surround. Samsung is one of the leading TV brands but you may want to shy away from Vizio, they are basically throw away units if you have a problem. More than one friend or acquaintance has had the same scenario of issue arising with TV but no available parts for it to be fixed. I also crossed Sharp off my personal list after seeing a local TV station try to help a viewer with a warranty issue. The TV went out not long after purchase the people had trouble getting Sharp to take care of it and when they did they would only replace it with a refurb. You may want to pay $10 or $20 more to get a Sony BDP with the Wyfi and avoid paying more to have it as a TV feature.
Thanks for the helpful comments on the Infinity speakers and the Samsung brand. The Sony BRP I have listed has the Wifi. Seems like the TVs, AVRs and BRPs all have a lot of the same features, so you end up paying for 2 or 3 of the same features on different components. Thanks again.
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