First home theater setup! Help me decide based on my room...

[MusiciMake80]

Ok guys, I have been reading and reading for a couple months, but there are such mixed opinions and pros and cons on everything that I thought I would post what my room is and everything and get some help.

We have a 20 ft x 20 ft room (living room) that has a kitchen connected to it via two always-open entrances/doorways, a hallway connected to it, and another big entrance/hallway leading to the front door that is always open (doesn't have a door or anything) and leads to the front door, and another sliding doorway that connects to another hall. So there are like five entrances or hallways connected to this room. Also, it has 9 ft. ceilings that turn into a tray ceiling or whatever it's called where it starts to pyramid upwards in the middle, and that goes to 10 ft. Our TV is in one corner of the room.

I have been looking at the ProCinema 800 system and the ProCinema 1000 system from Def Tech. I have read where lots of people like these systems, would the 1000 be enough for this room. We like it loud, it needs to really feel like a home theater.

That seems to be the best 1500$ system to me (the ProCinema 1000), what you guys think?

 

[AVRat]

Ascend Acoustics CBM-170/CMT-340C/HTM-200 combo and an SVS PB12-NSD will provide better boom for your $$.

 

[agarwalro]

Open doorways are like storm drains for bass (they also mess with other frequencies, but the effect is less dramatic). You will need more than one subwoofer to fill this space...

 

[m_vanmeter]

similar to Ascend, the SV Sound SCS-01(M) system would work well
http://www.svsound.com/products-spks-scs01.cfm if you have the room, use 5 SCS speakers, if not use the SBS surrounds.

while the SVS subwoofers are very well received, two eD A2-250's http://www.edesignaudio.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_41&products_id=406 or two STF-2's http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/stf-2.html may work better in your large room.

 

[MusiciMake80]

Pretty much decided on the Ascend with SVS combo.

Any advice on a receiver? Something that can handle these with ease, but can do good video processing as well. Possibly one that will just allow my Blu-Ray player to run through it uninterfered, but will upconvert lesser signals.

Thanks!!!!

P.S. Where can I get the best prices on the SVS sub? I guess Ascend's website is best for their stuff

 

[Robof83]

That seems like a good combo. For a receiver I would try to get a cheap refurbished, possibly several generations old receiver with pre-outs. Then go for an external amp like the Emotiva XPA-5. That would get you an extra 3db or so of headroom for louder scenes.

 

[AVRat]

You can only get the sub from SVS: http://www.svsound.com/products-sub-box-pb12nsd.cfm

For the receiver I'd look at the Onkyo 806: http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-SR806-Channel-Theater-Receiver/dp/B001AMUF7K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1249092273&sr=1-1

 

[fredk]

That seems like a good combo. For a receiver I would try to get a cheap refurbished, possibly several generations old receiver with pre-outs. Then go for an external amp like the Emotiva XPA-5. That would get you an extra 3db or so of headroom for louder scenes.

How far will you be sitting from the mains? Are you looking to fill the whole space to loud volumes or just at the seating position?

The amount of power you need depends entirely on your objectives. The power you need if you only want reference volume or louder at 8' is a lot different than the same volume filling the entire room.

A previous generation refurb is a good way to go if you don't need the newer connectors or audio formats.

 

[Robof83]

He said he wanted to play loud, and that's a big room. That's why I made that recomendation. Of course that depends on what "loud" means to the OP

 

[MusiciMake80]

Thanks guys! This forum rocks, btw. And I do want it pretty loud, decent theater quality throughout the room. So what should I go with? Under 1000$ and good video processing would be great...

 

[AVRat]

The Onkyo 806 I recommended will do the job nicely. I may have also suggested the 876, but for some reason it has skyrocketed in price!

 

[Robof83]

What about an Onkyo 805?

 

[Robof83]

If I were you, I would get a Yamaha RX-V565 for about $295 with an Emotiva XPA-5. That would get you 200 watts x 5 into 8ohms or 350 watts x 5 into 4 ohms. This would cost about $1000 and would get you louder cleaner than just about any receiver by itself would.

 

[Adam]

If I were you, I would get a Yamaha RX-V565 for about $295 with an Emotiva XPA-5. That would get you 200 watts x 5 into 8ohms or 350 watts x 5 into 4 ohms. This would cost about $1000 and would get you louder cleaner than just about any receiver by itself would.

The 565 doesn't have pre-amp outputs, unfortunately. Stepping up to the RX-V665 would get those, though.