Hello all,
I am looking for a bit of advice. The wife and I recently were gifted a Yamaha YHT-397 HTiB system.
This is our first venture into 5.1 home theater, so I set up the system and gave it a go. Without a large home theater background initially we were happy with it. I do think the sub is not too bad, and the reciever is easy to use. However, there are a couple things I would like to improve upon:
1- we have a hard time hearing dialogue and music lyrics
2- overall the sound from the 4 satellites is lacking in quality (it doesn't seem a lot better than the old component system I have in my garage)
I am by no means an audiophile, and I am on military pay so I do need to keep the budget reasonable. Our system is set in a 15x15 foot room and is used for movies and music mainly.
After doing some browsing around here I think my goal is to put together an Infinity Primus setup. I want to do it in stages as money allows. My immediate thinking is to get these items:
PC251 center channel speaker (would prefer the PC351 but it won't fit in our TV stand)
2 P163 bookshelf speakers
Later on I would like to add the P363 towers, but that is probably about a year out. If you guys have different recommendations for speakers I am all ears.
My main question for you guys is the Yamaha receiver I have now. Is it worth keeping? Will it be adequate for powering the speakers I have in mind? If not do you guys have any recommendations on a receiver? If it matters I have no need for sat radio, wifi, or 7.1 sound. I am happy with 5.1 (or 5.2) sound. I would not mind an ipod port, but it is not absolutely necessary.
Thanks for the help.
