I have been visiting this forum for a couple of years now, but this is my first post. I bought my first house last year, and I am finally to a point where I am ready to build a system.
I am hoping to get some good advice on building my first quality 5.1 setup on a budget. I did some research and put together a “baseline” system below. I would appreciate any feedback on this system and its components, as well as any thoughts on possible substitutes or other suggestions.
Budget: $2000 - $2500 for the speakers, receiver, and the TV. $500-$1000 for other misc, (Component stand, cables, speaker stands, etc). Total cannot exceed $3000.
Room: A smallish den, 14x11, with the TV being centered on one of the 14 foot walls.
Primary uses: Gaming, sports, music, and movies (in that order).
TV: Vizio XVT553SV (refurbished, includes wall mounting bracket) $1256.00
Receiver: Denon AVR-1911 $399.99
Speakers: 4 x Infinity P162 $84.99
1 x Infinity PC350 (center) $149.99
1 x Infinity PS38BK (sub) $199.99
Electronics Total: $2,344.94
Speaker stands x 4: $100
Cables and wire: $100
Component cabinet: $199
Blu-Ray player: $99
Misc total: $498
GRAND TOTAL: $2842.94
Notes:
Audio quality is more important to me than video quality, since my primary uses are sports, gaming, and music. Video quality still matters, but not as much.
The room is small, and is near other living spaces. I also live in a neighborhood where the houses are close together. So I don’t really need towers, or a massive sub, leaning towards bookshelves.
I am always leery of HTiB, for the obvious reasons. I would consider it though if I could demo it first.
I prefer bookshelves to sat/sub combos, because of how high you have to set the sub crossover. Also not as good for true 2.0 stereo listening. Again, would consider if I could demo first.
TV needs to be flat panel and wall mounted (not DLP) because of the size of the room. Will sacrifice some video quality to get a larger screen, prefer 50 or larger.
Prefer new to used (warranty, etc), but would consider buying used if I could find it from a reliable source (ie not craigslist / ebay).
