need some help on cutting costs down

[zeeto]

Well I was looking to spend around $1000 for all my equipment not including the cables. The set up I liked, which ended up around $1300 with S&H, was:

1 Pioneer VSX-816 receiver $286
4 Athena - AS-R1.2 Bi-Pole Surround Sound Speaker $125*4
1 Athena - C.5 Center Channel $75
1 Athena - Audition AS-P6000 Subwoofer $299

Im looking for some possible suggestions for speakers/sub to swap with what I have to get a lower price but still have good quality. I have been reading around on here and Got these suggestions from another thread. I also read I could use the Athena - C.5 Center Channel for all the satellite speakers and not just the center speaker which would save a lot of money, but Im not sure how well it would work and sound. Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[mike c]

looks like you're planning to spend some good money on branded cables ... am I right? use that money to UP your speaker budget.

if you feel that you like how this system sounds, if you scrimp now, you'll forever regret it.

 

[no. 5]

You could use three C.5's for the front channels and just use two AS-R1.2's (which are available on Amazon.com for around $90 BTW) for surrounds.

Mind if I ask why you want four AS-R1.2's?

 

[zeeto]

You could use three C.5's for the front channels and just use two AS-R1.2's (which are available on Amazon.com for around $90 BTW) for surrounds.

Mind if I ask why you want four AS-R1.2's?

haha, i wasn't thinking when I put that together and having those for that back. When I looked on amazon.com I saw the speakers for $124.99. As far as cables go, Im not planning on buying brand name cables, I buy all my audio cables and such from monoprice.com, my fiber optics, digital coax and HDMI cables I have all got there and they seem to be great quality for a low price, especially the HDMI cord I got.

I've been thinking about using just the c.5's for the front channels like you said to cut down on price a bit. I just got to look up if they are wall mountable. Would there be other speakers you would recommend for the two sides instead of using 3 center channel speakers for the front 3?

 

[zeeto]

nevermind, I see what you were saying about $90 on amazon, through a seller.

 

[zeeto]

well what I have decided on is:

Pioneer vsx-816 receiver
2 athena f1.2 speakers
1 athena c1.2 center speaker
2 athena r1.2 rear speakers

all that with wire comes to $1255. how does this setup seem?

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Sounds like a fine system if you like the sound of the Athenas. Are you skipping the sub for now?

 

[Nick250]

well what I have decided on is:

Pioneer vsx-816 receiver
2 athena f1.2 speakers
1 athena c1.2 center speaker
2 athena r1.2 rear speakers

all that with wire comes to $1255. how does this setup seem?

How much of that $1255 is for the wire and are we talking just speaker wire or all connections?

Nick

 

[billnchristy]

Amazon has the Panasonic XR55 for $199 right now, it is a pretty good unit.