I'm re-doing my home theatre basement area. I currently run an ONKYO 7.1 receiver, with a Sanyo PLV-Z2 projector, into Angstrom SUONO on-wall speakers. I USED to run my own home theatre online boutique shop, which is where I got all this stuff, but that was a long time ago. The bulb recently went on the Z2, so I'm using that as the 'trigger' to just start over, as it needs a reboot. I DO believe in paying to get great value, I also believe in the law of diminishing returns...so I'm not willing to pay $10,000 extra to get 1% better. My budget is under $10,000 CDN, so roughly $7,000 US.
Currently here's my wish list:
BenQ HT3550 projector
Denon AVR-X2600H (I have wiring for 7.1, and the walls and ceiling are done, and I'm OKAY with that)
Polk Audio Signature S35 center channel...gets great reviews, and is pretty affordable too. I understand some will say you HAVE to match your speakers, but with the center channel I respectfully disagree...I currently HAVE matched Angstrom speakers, and my center channel drives me nuts because it's too quiet sometimes. Since the CC MOSTLY handles the dialogue, and barely any big BOOMS or POWS or MUSIC, it already handles a very DIFFERENT sound than the main speakers...so different is okay. I figure it's best to just have a good center channel that can handle the dialogue.
Now the front L n R SPEAKERS is where I'm wrestling the most. I plan on keeping the Angstrom's for the surrounds...they should be plenty good enough for back-channel audio. The FRONTS are where I want to go with the best bang-for-buck. I do NOT mind paying a decent amount of money to get speakers that are VERY worth it. I'm thinking of the following setups:
Goldenear Triton 2+ with no sub since they have some pretty beefy active subs inside them - $4698 total Cdn, ($3450 US)
Goldenear Triton 5 with SVS PB2000 About $4000 Cdn total ($2950 US). The Triton 5's have the same highly touted ribbon tweeter and very good mids, but no active woofer, so the SVS jumps in, which MAY be even better, having the dedicated sub, right?
Axiom Audio M80's with SVS PB2000 about $3800 Cdn total ($2800 US).
I've flirted with high end Klipsch as an idea, and ELACs etc, since I can get a full LR/C set on Amazon for half of those prices and wondered whether I'd notice THAT much of a difference.
I now bare my soul to you and hope for your guidance. I am VERY open to having my mind changed, but I am NOT open to anyone that wants to post anything along the lines of "Oh my god, why would you do "X", that's just dumb, here's why"...I'm looking for help, NOT a spanking from someone that thinks they know better. That's why I came here after leaving AVSForum.
Thanks all. Looking forward to any suggestions.