Thank you everything one im in no rush so i can do some research im just looking for the most realistic sounding System i can get on my budget. I really dont know any of the brands and the Big thing between them before i started looking into it all i knew about was bose, Harmon Karden, bang and oulfsen. so this is all very new to me.
You have a good budget, and looking for cinema sound in your room can be had, but I would be very wary of trying to acheive it with sealed 12" subs and them aperion speakers...
You want the best bang for your buck? you go with a high end tower and matching center that is on clearence- the 2 I listed will give you awesome sound honestly I like the Bostons better because even people that payed $4400 for them absolutly rave about how realistic their soud reproduciton is, so you spending $1700 for the front 3 should be in love...
as far as receivers, I am not sold on any that cost more than $600 {thats my max AVR budget and much rather see the around $450-} because they change to often, dolby is coming out with some new format or whatever, audysey is comeing out with a new eq program, hdmi is coming out with 1.wtf, and the next one ready your mind and is only $30 more than you paid for your 12 days ago... They are the iphones of home theater... So buy a refurb, used, open box, and cross your fingers that you get 2 years out of it... Before it is broken or outdated.. Now I know 7 people will chime in saying, "I've had me Pioneer SX-1980 forever, JC was the sales man, and this thing still souds great and the only maintenence I do is blow it once and a while {the dust that is}" But the truth is, AVRs have weak amp sections and way to much circuitry to not break down at some point {and this will definetly be before you get your moneys worh if you pay $800 for one}..... This is one of the main reasons I like separates...
But anyway, do yourself a favor and look really hard at them Bostons, and the lower priced Denons... As for surrounds, I use ascend bookshelfs {200se's} and they do the job fine, some people like bi di pole, some like bookshelfs, to me they do so little I am not going to bicker about it, what ever wasnt to heavy for my ceiling mounts got slapped up there, and I havent heard to many theaters that sound as good as mine...
Now subs are where you really dont want to make a mistake, I would think the minimum would be dual hsu vtf2's and dual vtf3's would be even better... If you go sealed {which are great for music} go with the uls15's I know they are much more money but they will move the room much better than the svs12's....
Also be leary of advice you get on any forum and try to demo what ever you can. 90% of the stuff I recomend I heard or own/owned and listened to 50 others before buying that one... But still my ears may like something different than yours...
One more thing, if you like realistic soud, stay away from the klipsch and energy...
