Seeking Help Setting Up a College House HT

[BadgerAVS]

Audophiles/Stereophiles and Audioholics members-alike:

I am a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and want to set up a nice -by college budget standards- home theater set-up for our living room next year. We plan on having two couches with raised/stadium seating. I have already ruled out 7.1 systems after doing research because we will most definitely not have the space necessary for the rear speakers to be behind our seating. Below I will try my best at giving the required details one would need to discern what would be the best set-up for us. In regards to how much money we are willing to spend, let's say around $500 for the speakers and $400 for the AVR. I have done some preliminary research during my study breaks from finals for potential set-ups and will mention them below. We are mainly looking for quality movie audio but will also be using the set-up to play PS3 (eventually PS4)/Xbox 360 on, as well as play music for pregaming on the weekends.

Living Room Dimensions: 17x14; Wood flooring and dry-wall.

Display: Panasonic Viera TC-P50GT30 Plasma HDTV

Speakers:

- Polk RM 510 System $275 OBO
- Polk TL2600 System $425 OBO


AVRs:

- Denon AVR 4308CI $400 OBO
- Denon AVR 2308CI $200 OBO
- Denon AVR 1312 $100 OBO
- Denon AVR 985S No price listed.

Prices are all on craigslist and I would demand to test before purchasing.

Wiring: I have not had time to do research on this, but figured this was the place to go to get guided to the right wiring.

Bass Traps? Given our intended set up, would these be worth the hassle (if done DIY) or purchase?


Thanks in advanced for any help that you guys may offer.

Sincerely,

BadgerAVS

 

[fuzz092888]

Double posting, heavily frowned upon for future reference.

 

[BadgerAVS]

Double posting, heavily frowned upon for future reference.

I was worried about that, which forum would be the proper one to have posted in? My logic tells me this one, but the other one said it catered to novices and new-comers.

 

[fuzz092888]

I responded on your other one with advice. In the future, it's best to just pick one and if you think it's misplaced you can PM a moderator to move it. Most of the time it really doesn't matter where it is because most guys on here (or at least I) just click on "new posts" rather than navigate to the forum view.