Well, phase one is done so I am patiently awaiting the next step. I have changed my mind on a few components.
Here is what I am going with:
SVS SBS-01 with an upgrade to the PC-Ultra (I have spoken to Ron at SVS a few times; these guys are great)
Yamaha rx-659 (seems to be all I need)
Still undetermined on what 50” LCD but I will figure that out.
I should be able to order my Speakers next week, the AV receiver the following week and the LCD in 3 months.
Greg
I have never posted on here before but wanted to say thanks. I read almost everything on here over the past 3 weeks to increase my knowledge of the HT world. This past weekend I embarked on my journey of installing my HT system. The set-up looks great and sounds ok; I will take some pictures and show them off in the near future. Below is what we did; all work was performed by me and a friend who had very little knowledge of HT systems. The local custom installers wanted ~ $1000 to do this…it cost me 3 beers and some good scotch…
Mounted 42” LCD above fireplace
Ran 5.1 system; wired for a 7.1
Ran 2 speakers outside for the patio
Ran almost 400 ft of speaker through the walls and attic
Ran 50ft RGB from video source to LCD
Ran satellite box from back of room to LCD
I saved a ton of money after reading hints on this site. I took back all my monster cable stuff and replaced it with 14 awg CL-3 speaker wire from Home Depot, all video/audio cables and connectors from Blue Jean’s or Mono-price. The job took some time but helpful hints on “fishing” wires through walls helped a lot.
Above you will notice that I said that the system sounds “ok”; this is because I had to use a Sony dream-system HTIB that I already had. The system is located in a room that is 25ft x 30 ft with 14ft ceilings. After my “significant other” saw how clean the install was and heard the sound, she was very impressed. I have now talked her in to letting me upgrade for Christmas. It will be a simple process of just swapping out the devices now that I am wired for everything.
Here is what I get for Christmas:
AXIOM Epic Master / 350
YAMAHA RX-N600 or one of the nice Onkyo’s. She is limiting me to all silver components.
50” LCD. I haven’t picked out which one yet.
Once again…thanks for the help
