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RE: Help with a new HT system

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In Reply to: RE: Help with a new HT system posted by Rockethead26 on January 16, 2014 at 17:26:08

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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RE: Help with a new HT system - Rockethead26 07:05:25 01/17/14 (4)
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.
- RE: Help with a new HT system - dbphd 10:37:12 01/17/14 (3)
  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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  - RE: Help with a new HT system - Rockethead26 10:45:09 01/17/14 (2)
    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.
    - RE: Help with a new HT system - Mr Peabody 20:12:42 01/19/14 (1)
      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.
      - RE: Help with a new HT system - Rockethead26 03:55:50 01/20/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Help with a new HT system posted by Mr Peabody on January 19, 2014 at 20:12:42
        
        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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