Hey, I'm new to the forums and was looking through some of the posts and saw some budget posts about apartments but I noticed that to get the best sound, the room is one of the most important things. I am looking to buy a 5.1 speaker set up with receiver for around $1000, it can be a tad over but nothing $1500+. I have to order it all through Amazon which is another thing.
My advice is to focus on 2.0 in that budget. Center/surrounds/decent sub add up VERY quickly. You can always add surrounds and subwoofers in the future if you make a smart choice on the receiver, and I don't recommend overpaying nor do I recommend getting a trash budget receiver.
My new apartment is 750sq total, and the living room is connected to the kitchen so it's one big open space.
IMO Space is better than no space for acoustics, although pressurizing it with deep bass can get difficult. Playing around with speaker placement and couch placement can make a difference in midbass.
The living room is 12'0'' x 15'10'' which connects to the kitchen which is 10'4'' x 8'0''. There are no walls between the two, it is just open space. Is it possible for anyone to help me out with a speaker set up? I am looking to play about 80% music, 10% games (and by games I mean SNES and NES) and 10% movies. I'm more so looking to get the best music quality out of everything.
for 80% music; I would want high fidelity, not lots of speakers that i don't use for stereo recordings ;P
I think two main speakers for now, and eventually two surrounds and three subwoofers should be your final goal.
I have looked at the Onkyo HT-S9400THX HTIB, but thought I could do better with building it myself. Any help would be great, thanks!
Definitely. For speakers amazon should have
EMP Tek e55ti mains and e5Bi surrounds!! For receivers search for Yamaha RX-A800 or RX-A1000, though if you want my honest opinion on dollar for dollar value, I would forego amazon for
one of these or something. I would absolutely definitely NOT get a subwoofer from amazon though
Another speaker I would have high on my priority list would be
two JBL LSR 2328 and for surrounds, their little brothers the LSR 2325s
Maybe two epik legends would be what I would get. Two subs regardless of what you choose, I realize apartments aren't bass friendly so I would probably want decoupling plain and simple. Custom latex foam from a website such as
www.foamonline.com is what I would recommend. Use this to decouple your main speakers and subwoofer from the floor and greatley reduce transmission of bass to neighbors.
