Desperately seeking Advice on $10-12K System

[stankho]

<font color='#000000'>I am about to drop $10-12K on a system for my house. That's a lot of money to me. Need to know if you think system A or Systme B is better. Pls vote for A or B.

System A:
INTEGRA CDC-3.1 PREMIUM 6 CD DISC CHANGER $200

INTEGRA DTR 7.3 DOLBY DIGITAL AND DTS RECEIVER WITH 70 WPC AND S VIDEO SWITCHING $1300

5 JM LAB CACHE 406 LOUDSPEAKERS IN CIELING W/ 2 6 1/2 INCH DRIVER INVERTED TIOXID DOME TWEETER W/ 3/4 INC COIL $3750

1 PANAMAX MAX 4310 NOISE FILTRATION AND POWER PROTECTION DEVICE $300

1 VELODYNE HGS-10 SUBWOOFER $1899

INTEGRA DPS 5.3 DVD PLAYER $400


System B
1 ADA PTM6150 $2849
1 ADA SUITE 7.1 $2499
3 CAT 1.3 CORONADO 2003 $4950
2 JAMO 883K3 $699
1 ONKYO CP-701 $299
JAMO 1W1060SW $319

Should I buy A or B? Which is better buy for home theater and audio system?</font>

 

[steve]

<font color='#000000'>Stan,

Nice list of potential components. &nbsp;With your budget, there are many other options as well. &nbsp;Not to confuse you, but have you considered the following?

1) &nbsp;Denon AVR-3803 Receiver - $1,000
2) &nbsp;Denon DVP-2900 DVD Player - $1,000
3) &nbsp;Panamax - $300
4) &nbsp;Axiom Audio Epic 50 Speaker Bundle - $1,500
5) &nbsp;Remaining items on your list.

If you're not into going this route, than out of your list, I'd tend toward option A as the Integra products tend to be a bit more refined over the Onkyo. &nbsp;While I have not heard the Jamo speakers directly, I have heard many good things about them.

Good luck with getting a system. &nbsp;Send us some pictures when you're done.</font>

 

[Khellandros66]

<font color='#000000'>If I were you I would consider

the following items;

Denon DVD2200 or even the 5900

and

Triad Speaker;

InWall Silver Monitor 4 x 3 &nbsp;for LCR http://www.triadspeakers.com/products/iws4mon.html

InWall Gold Surround x 4 for side and surround back speakers http://www.triadspeakers.com/products/iwgsur.html

Personally for LFE I've heard both the HGS-10 and the Bag End InfraSub 12, I think the InFraSub 12 was more musical. But thats me, however the HGS-10 is very nice.

~

Bob</font>