Help to another newbie with a couple of ideas

[rt-jer]

I have spent the last week reading a lot of the posts on this board. I currently have a small home theater (read nice tv with a reciever and crappy speakers). I am looking to upgrade some of the pieces but I have no idea in which order to do it. I currently have a Pioneer VSX-D811S reciever and a set of Phillips speakers that came in an old HTIB. I am looking to upgrade to a set of front floor standing speakers, center, surrounds, sub, and of course reciever if deemed neccesary (I really don't like the Pioneer so I will be replacing it at sometime). I would like to go with the H/K 435 as the reciever. I also figure that I would get the BIC DV84 floor speakers with the BIC center speaker. The sub I was figuring on the Cadence. Here are my issues:

Do I upgrade the Reciever first or get center, floors, and sub?

I can't get the BIC DV62si for the surround due to the size, unless they are hidden behind the couch - wife factor - so I'll need some pretty small surrounds.

I only have around $500 - $600 to start with, so I'll have to make the best of it. My thoughts are to get the Floors, center, and sub now - then get the reciever and surrounds later.

Thanks for your help.

Jer

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

Get loudspeakers first, as they will have a much larger impact on what you hear.

For a $500-600 budget I'd recommend Fluance off the top of my head. You can get a 5-speaker set for $300, and a 12" sub for $250 more.

 

[MacManNM]

I have spent the last week reading a lot of the posts on this board. I currently have a small home theater (read nice tv with a reciever and crappy speakers). I am looking to upgrade some of the pieces but I have no idea in which order to do it. I currently have a Pioneer VSX-D811S reciever and a set of Phillips speakers that came in an old HTIB. I am looking to upgrade to a set of front floor standing speakers, center, surrounds, sub, and of course reciever if deemed neccesary (I really don't like the Pioneer so I will be replacing it at sometime). I would like to go with the H/K 435 as the reciever. I also figure that I would get the BIC DV84 floor speakers with the BIC center speaker. The sub I was figuring on the Cadence. Here are my issues:

Do I upgrade the Reciever first or get center, floors, and sub?

I can't get the BIC DV62si for the surround due to the size, unless they are hidden behind the couch - wife factor - so I'll need some pretty small surrounds.

I only have around $500 - $600 to start with, so I'll have to make the best of it. My thoughts are to get the Floors, center, and sub now - then get the reciever and surrounds later.

Thanks for your help.

Jer

Good plan. You could also go with 3 DV62clr's for the front speakers, and save ~$100. They are pretty darn good sounding, and a bit smaller.