Im looking to buy a home theatre system as a present.
I am looking to spend 349- 500$

looking to shoot 135fg-235fg if anyone knows their shit about Surround sound speakers.

Looking for the best quality 5.1 Speakers in the price range.
Its mainly for TV, football games, and movies.

Dont need booming bass speakers for parties, just ones that produce good base sound with precise range of sound
from low to high.
Also is 600 watts enough for this room? Is it possible to get better quality with 1000 or more watts? Or will lower watts mean better quality for the money?

The main open basement area is about 20 feet by 30. But the Sitting area for the TV is about 20 by 20.




My buddy can get me 30% off at Best Buy so i was looking at these

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/denon-denon-650-watts-5-1-channel-3d-home-theatre-system-dht-1312xp-dht-1312xp/10199156.aspx?path=ff81bdbae47cb7f7a9a6f09f15c3bec2en02
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/yamaha-yamaha-600-watt-home-theatre-system-yht196-yht196-b/10182308.aspx?path=61722fce840a9d2c5efaa25ac39b14aeen02
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/onkyo-onkyo-660-watts-5-1-channel-home-theatre-system-ht-s3500-ht-s3500/10200608.aspx?path=c7a393496f725aeafe593d9340a07456en02

This post was edited by LAP4JSP on Dec 20 2012 07:34pm

personally i would build my own for the fraction of the price, but in your case if you would like a whole system........Most of these recievers have the same standard korean 600w board so power output would be generally the same so you should look at the frequency response / size of the speakers in the kit.

Those bestbuy ones are pretty overpriced to shit honestly, the only reason the onkyo is $100 more expensive is an 8" sub which with you wont notice much of a difference. I would recommend the denon, 8" sub and a great frequency response below, anywhere below 30hz you will feel it in the walls and seat.

and please be sure whichever you choose the sub is placed in the corner of the room.

My non bestbuy recomendation

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=304-060

or

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=250-883

This post was edited by kookymunsta309 on Dec 20 2012 09:42pm

Thanks for the advice man


il shoot u some fg tomorrow if nobody has more or better info

total wattage =/= quality

Also, avoid home theater in a box systems. They're cheap, they're convenient, but don't sound nearly as good as a real system.

Small speakers sound like garbage. The end. You can't do an end run on physics.

I would look for a good receiver first, one that suits all your connectivity needs. I prefer Pioneer Elite, I have one an it's amazing. Onkyo and Denon also make good receivers. There are also lots of small, fringe companies like Cambridge Audio that make excellent recovers for the money. I would suggest this website for more information: http://www.avsforum.com/f/

For speakers I cannot stress enough that you need to go an demo as many speakers as you can. One thing to remember is that most speaker displays are set up in engineered rooms to make all speakers sound great. This won't necessarily be true of your room. But you have to listen to different speakers to see which ones you like. I cannot recommend the best speakers, because that's very subjective. My preference is Klipsch. I find their Reference series extremely good value for the money. Some people don't like their sound so I would listen to them before you buy.

Finally, for a sub I would look at a trio of direct from factory subs:

http://www.hsustore.com/
http://www.outlawaudio.com/products/lfm1plus.html
http://www.svsound.com/subwoofers

These companies have become well known for producing excellent sounding subs at a much lower price than mainstream companies. They're extremely good value, and often preform at the same levels as subs that are 2-3x their price. They've also started to expand their lines to speakers which may well be worth considering.

If you cannot afford to buy a complete 5.1 system all at once I would highly recommend buying a receiver first then buying two good speakers (towers or bookshelfs), then add a sub later on, then the surround components. I realize that people want surround sound, but I know that when I started my system, with just two bookshelf speakers, it sounded better than most peoples' HTIB systems.

Thanks alot

Learned a good bit
I dont need theatre quality, but i want something where u can appreciate movie scenes and Sunday Football sounds great.

Well try them out, if they suck il return em and build a real set.