Need Advice on buying new speakers and sub

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I am thinking about buying a Denon 3311CI to replace my home theatre system in the living room. The room is 21' by 14'. I currently have a 55" Sony flat screen T.V. with Sony DAV-HDX500 home theatre system and a Sony Blu-Ray BDP-S500, and a PS3. I am looking for advice on new speakers and sub for the Denon 3311CI for $800.00 -$1500.00 price range.

 

[GranteedEV]

Start with this 5.1 set and call and ask them if they'd be willing to replace the sub with an extra pair of surround speakers for 7.0 instead.

http://www.emptek.com/special_f300t_e10s.php

I'm sure the included sub is actually very nice, very tight and can get rather loud by being senstive but there seems to be a stigma against 10" subs and 100 watt subs so that'd leave us with ~800 budget for a big high wattage sub that can dig low for movies!:

http://www.epiksubwoofers.com/empire.html
http://www.edesignaudio.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_41&products_id=618
http://www.rythmikaudio.com/FV15.html
http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/vtf-3-mk3.html
http://www.salksound.com/songsub overview - pricing.htm

are some excellent choices.

 

[m_vanmeter]

you budget seems to be a little out of whack...the 3311ci is a pricey a/v receiver and spending that much on your electronics is limiting your speaker budget (1/3rd electronics, 2/3rds speakers). What feature does the 3311ci have that you truly need (internet audio maybe) that a 1611 or 1911 will not provide?

 

[PACKAGE1]

I want to have the 3d ready and internet radio for future upgrades when i buy a 3d ready T.V.

 

[sholling]

I want to have the 3d ready and internet radio for future upgrades when i buy a 3d ready T.V.

If you're in the US you can buy a refurbished Onkyo TX-NR708, get those features, and still have $500 left over to put with your $1500 for a total of $2000 for really good speakers and a solid sub.

OneCall has long discontinued Boston Acoustics VR3 towers (MSRP $1250) bundled with a matched VRC center (MSRP $400) for $810 shipped. I've owned these and they sound great and are super easy to drive. But they do need 18-24" behind them and at least 2 feet to the nearest side wall. Add a $700 SVSound PC12-NSD subwoofer and you should be in great shape. Note the matching surrounds are no longer available but there are many things that will work.

Or you could buy re-certified Ascend Sierra-1 bookshelves and a matched center for roughly $1100, add the timbre matched surrounds ($300), and add the $700 SVSounds PC12-NSD. Note you can always wait on the surrounds.