Hope I am in the right place...new to forums!

[drifter106]

Have been lurking over at AVS and after time found out about this site. Looking to create a HT...room size 17 x 12 x 8 with one door enter/exit. Have my eyes set on the Pio 5080 or maybe the 6010. After looking at what a reciever/sub/speakers will probably cost will probably end up with the 5080. Had planned on getting a Klipsch sub (have a Klipsch 5.1 on one of my puters and it seems ok) then....did a little searching and think I would be better of with a svs pb 12 or the HSU vtf3 MKII. Will probably go with an Onkyo 605 reciever. Speakers...oh my...like there arent' any to chose from

Anyway, this place seems like it has a weatlh of info (just gotta take the time and dig for it).

Oh...budget...around $2500 for sub/speakers/reciever....not set in stone.


regards,

John

 

[avaserfi]

Welcome to the forums.

I would start out reading this which is the what to buy on the main area of this site.

With your price range I would probably spend around 500 on a sub, 1500 on speakers and the rest on a receiver and cables.

As to speakers I would check out av123 x-series. In the price range they are the best I have heard.

For the sub I would look at svs or hsu.

Once you decide on speakers you can pick out a pretty good receiver. There are plenty that would do a good job and push the speakers well. Yamaha, denon and Onkyo will make well priced receivers that will do a great job.

For cables you won't need anything special check out monoprice and bluejeanscables they have good prices for good quality and no snake oil.

 

[drifter106]

advice...

thanks for the advice...will definitely look into that thread as well as others.

 

[avaserfi]

No problem at all. If you have anyother questions feel free to ask.

 

[AVRat]

Sounds like you have a good handle on things thus far. For the price of the 5080 you could probably put in a decent FP system if that interests you. Or in a room that size you could put in a larger RP set for the money. Also, assuming a single tier of seating you should consider a full 7.1 system with multi-polar speaks on the sides and monos for the ears for an enveloping system. A Polk RTi8/CSi5/Fxi3/RTi4 combo or Ascend Acoustics 340/170s combined with either Def Tech BP2Xs/Polk Fxi3s for surrounds would work nicely. As always it’s your ears that must decide what sounds good.