Noob piecing loud Home Theatre together

[Bones3DFC]

Hi all
I am new here and completely noobish to audio equipment. Any patience and advice will be greatly appreciated.
Budget is $3,000 give or take. I have pieced something together in my mind via very noobish approach.

I figured about $500 for a receiver. So I found the Denon AVRx2400H. I may never need the second HDMI output - but I’m thinking this will be a 1-decade or future-upgradable build. Again - total noob here.

After that I saw that “pretty” looking set of Klipsch Atmos speakers at Amazon for $1,000 and I thought “oh, Atmos speakers, Atmos reciever, maybe I’m on the path.
These being Klipsch towers R26FA.

So I basically “matched” the remaining speakers:
Klipsch center R25C $200-ish
Klipsch subs (2) R12SW $600-ish
Klipsch rears (2) R14S $220-ish

My intent:
As soon as I hear a car roar/crash behind me I will be impressed. I guess I’m 50% or more, interested in “totally rocking out.” I want to play music and hear the cymbals and the bass and I want my neighbors to hear it, too. I want the windows to rattle before the neighbors hear it. Okay maybe that’s a bit extreme and kind of an LOL as I sit here typing. As much as loud - I’d like to be like “holy crap, that sounds amazing, more cowbell.”

My listening/viewing room is 19 feet by 11 feet - but considering the dining area - another 1/3 is added to create the classic 1954-built “L-Shaped” living space.

Things that may or may not matter:
This will be my first “good/nice” system - I realize, from here, I will learn, replace, add, grow, etc.
I can futz through the Linux command-Line, set up and maintain my home network, may be adding a Plex-capable NAS. I figure that Denon’s capabilities might be a benefit.
I’m also intrigued (after seeing this forum) by future possibilities of building a speaker/s as I (mainly hobbiest-level) have built benches, shelves, in-builts, even a rolling-ladder for shelves, for my own home.

That’s about the nutshell of it I guess. Other than I’m so out of my depth here - I can only assume 14 gauge speaker wire is “good” and if/when/how/why I would ever need/want amplifiers for my front, “rocking out” speakers.

 

[lovinthehd]

10 years is a long time for an avr to remain current with sound/video formats. Doesn't mean you can't be happy with it for 10 years, but future-proof, no. Are you sure that avr processes and amplifies sufficient channels (or allows sufficient external amplification options for all available processing channels/zone use?). The 3300/3400/3500 and above level of Denon gets you a better version of Audyssey (XT32) as well as pre-outs, worth consideration. The Klipsch tend to be relatively sensitive speakers and can usually be powered easily enough by an avr, tho.

From what I've read the bouncy type Atmos speakers aren't as good as actual Atmos speakers in your ceiling. Your room may not be friendly to the bouncy concept either. I'd just put the money into better fronts like perhaps the RP260F/RP280F (or looking at their website they haven even newer RP series available).

I wouldn't bother with those Klipsch subs (maybe the R-112SW or R-115SW if you like to match them aesthetically), but there's no reason to match subs other than aesthetics particularly. Good go-to companies for subs would be Hsu Research, SVS, Rythmik...

FWIW surrounds are more to the sides than rear, altho can still produce rear effects but they are different from having rear surrounds (which come into play a 7.1 format rather than 5.1).

Read this page for things speaker wire, use the wire table for gauge/length of run http://roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm

 

[everettT]

+1^ the 3400 denon is only a 100 more, but they going fast at that price as preorders are being accepted for 500series already

 

[Bones3DFC]

This is exactly the kind of input I needed. I thank you very much! Now I feel better about moving forward with different pieces to my personal puzzle. Example - I hadn’t put much thought or even time into the Atmos thing - I think for the time being I can live without bouncing off ceiling or even coming directly out from ceiling effects. This goes a long way towards re-examining the front speaker set up and now - you’ve given me more confidence to look at how and what the other speakers might be.

Also - as far as the 3400 - I was considering it. I wasn’t sure if it would be overkill in my situation at this point in time. But it seems I will appreciate it sooner rather than later - later being (however many years) a possible and complete replacement might be.

I guess I’m kind of rambling. The point is I now have more confidence to look at this deeper - whereas I was fearful and a bit overwhelmed to move forward.
This is great! Thank You!

*note - I’m 50 years old so I have the years of experience to know - if this were my first Yo-Yo or skateboard or fishing rod or wood-working router or anything in life - I have to jump in and then undoubtedly will learn and upgrade. We get more cautious with age too - so I really appreciate the helping/hands/advice.

 

[KenM10759]

I think Klipsch may have a better center speaker to match those R26FA. My cousin had the R24F with the R25c and that center speaker was definitely weak. Perhaps the newer RP-400C or (better) RP-500C would be a better choice if you can do that.

Oh yeah, he had those R14S as well. All I can say is..."ooh, my ears!"