Researching...

[Cygnus]

Just to let you guys know, i'm researching A/V components for the new house.

We need:

1 receiver for HT room
1 DVD player for HT room
1 projector for HT room

1 receiver for parents room
1 DVD player for parents room

1 receiver for multi room audio in the house
1 CD player for multi room audio in the house

I think they are allready putting speakers in my parents room, and in the HT. But i'm not sure, ill get back to you guys when I know...
Ill also tell you what ive thought of getting once i research a little more. But what do you guys think?

 

[Privateer]

Do you have a budget?

 

[Cygnus]

Yes, I'm thinking around $4'000 (4'500 max)

 

[Cygnus]

I just don't know that much about projectors. What do I need for a good one and what do I not want?

 

[Cygnus]

I'm looking at these Yamaha receivers:

Yamaha RVX657Ti
Yamaha RVX757Ti

 

[Cygnus]

All cash is in Canadian dollars, by the way.

 

[Cygnus]

I'm hoping for a widescreen PJ, but what do I need for it? What should I look for when buying a PJ and screen?

 

[Cygnus]

Anyone?

Also, i'm thinking of just buying the DVD players at Futureshop or wherever, but if anybody has any suggestions for a good DVD player, you're welcome to chime in. I'm just looking for ones with progressive scan, DTS/Dolby Digital. I'm thinking of going with LG.

 

[Tom Andry]

Just to break up the soliloquy.

 

[jaxvon]

I posted on this last night, but my post disappeared...

I'm at work right now, and I need to take care of some stuff. But when I get home...watch out! It's gonna be a text assault!

 

[j_garcia]

1 receiver for HT room
1 DVD player for HT room
1 projector for HT room

1 receiver for parents room
1 DVD player for parents room

1 receiver for multi room audio in the house
1 CD player for multi room audio in the house

The last two you might not need. You can just go with an amp and a distribution system (distribution hub and impedance matching switches or a multizone amp) running off zone2/3 from the receiver and sources in your main HT. One remote, no additional sources needed.

 

[brian32672]

The 2 projectors you will probably be looking at are the SP 4805 and the H31
Both are widescreen, both are minimal budget, with best picture in that budget. A PJ setup will not be cheap, will you be putting up a screen, what kind of screen, they are tons of posts here, a lot that I did, you may want to do a quick search. The 4 main people I can think of (not trying to leave out anyone) are BMXTrix, RLA, majorloser, and myself...
Also for some good info try here http://www.projectorcentral.com/mfg.cfm
Or even better try their FAQ/Buyers guide section here http://www.projectorcentral.com/buyers_guide.cfm

EDIT:: There are tons of posters that can help, but these 4 will probably get back the quickest, also try Clint & Gene. But they might be a tad slow, since they watch all threads & posts..

 

[brian32672]

Here is a recent thread to look into. As you may see, BMX and myself don't always see eye to eye, but he and I will give for the most part good info for a beginer into the projection dept.
Anyhow, here is a link with a lot of links for you to look into.
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13145

 

[Takeereasy]

Living Room:
You can get that Oppo H31 for $1500 Cad including tax & shipping, it's a good deal at that price. For a DVD player I'm going to say Panasonic S77 for about $300 Cad, pick up this months Sound & Vision to see why. Marantz 7400 at $800 or less would be my receiver suggestion. As a backup there's the Pioneer 1015 @ $700 CDN and the Yamaha 5860 @ $700 as well. You can get both on sale for at least $100 off every other week. You may want to throw some more money at the receiver and step up to the Yamaha 1500 for about $1000. Budget at least $700 for a screen.
Some things to look for in a projector include: Native resolution, Native aspect (16:9 is best for a HT), lumens (how Bright), fan noise, connection options (component, HDMI etc) contrast, mounting options, etc, etc, etc RLA, BMXtrix, and Brian are really some of the guys to give you all of the info you need here, but these are some starting points.

Parents room:

Yamaha 5830 $299 (you can get it for $200 on sale), pioneer 588 dvd player, $150 at Futureshop.

I am 100% the wrong guy to ask about multi room/source, so I'll leave that for the experts.

So my advice is this:

Oppo H31 :$1500
Marantz 7400: $800
Panasonic S77: $300
Screen $700
Total Cost for HT:$3300

Yamaha 5830: $300
Pioneer 588: $150
Total Cost for parents room: $450

That's $3750. If you use your max budget of $4500 that leaves $750 for the rest of your needs. Plus by shopping around you can knock off $200-$400 off of my suggestions easy. For a screen you really should contact some local shops. Brokerage fees, taxes, etc make getting a screen from Carada much more expensive here, otherwise I'd suggest them. You may be better off if you can get a kit and put the screen together yourself.

 

[BMXTRIX]

I AGREE WITH TAKEREASY!

The Optoma H31 or InFocus SP4805 are both excellent units, but the H31 seems to have a slightly better overall rating than the 4805 for a near identical price. Not sure how much the Sanyo Z3 is selling for in your neck of the woods, but it is an outstanding value right now as well.

All these recommendations are being made under the belief that you already have speakers in these rooms and speaker wire has been run. That you really have no need for other add ons.

Personally, I'm not a fan of Marantz as I believe most of their stuff is well under powered and of lower quality than they have produced in years past. I would go with the Pioneer 1015TX which (IMO) is a fantastic valued receiver.

The 'whole house audio' needs some consideration depending on what exactly you are looking to do. You do NOT need a surround receiver, but just stereo, at the most. Better is the recommendation for a good amplifier along with a source (CD/DVD). You didn't specify if you already have impedence matching volume controls or an impedence matching speaker selector, or almost anything about the whole house audio setup. Plus, how does whole house audio tie into the rooms where you are looking for A/V setups already?

A single stereo amp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NAD-Stereo-powered-amplifier-216THX-THX-certified_W0QQitemZ5802958901QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or a multi channel amp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Niles-Audio-SI1230-12-Channels-Multi-Channel-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ5804183461QQcategoryZ14973QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[brian32672]

Living Room:
You can get that Oppo H31 for $1500 Cad including tax & shipping, it's a good deal at that price. For a DVD player I'm going to say Panasonic S77 for about $300 Cad,

Try not to confuse him to much...
Oppo is a dvd player. Optoma H31 is a projector. Sorry, Takeereasy, just needed to clarify that.

EDIT:: For Cygnus
link straight to specs for Optoma H31 http://www.projectorcentral.com/Optoma-H31.htm
Link for Oppo dvd player http://www.oppodigital.com/

 

[Takeereasy]

Yeah, what Brian said, Optoma. Sorry for any confusion.

 

[Cygnus]

I have got some more specs on things:
Home theatre room:
These are from a company called AudioTrak (i havent heard of them) our electrcian gave us a pamphlet with speakers and other things in it.
Speakers:
The top row is center, mains and rears.
The bottom row is subwoofers.

Do these specs look good enough for a Theatre room setup?
Whole house audio:
Imendance Matching Speaker selectors:

What I asm confused about is where it says Source (Input) it says you need two/one amplifiers. I'm assuming that the receiver alone will not be able to handle those selectors.

We will probably end up getting two of one of them (depending on the price, I would like to get two of the 10V600's)

Here are specs on some amplifiers:

 

[Cygnus]

Anyone? Does the speaker selector, if I get one, it looks like it has a A/B selector on it. Does this mean I can use 12 sets? or not?

 

[Cygnus]

Today I am going to this Audio 5.1 lpace we have here. I'm going to demo some speakers, and based on the Audioholics review of RBH sound and their comany, I am going to mainly focus on them. We will be getting a Denon AVR-1705 ($588 at Audio Ark) for my parents bedroom since it's a great unit, and I have it so I know exactly how it works. We will be getting a Yamaha RVX-657 for the HT room, for $699 at Audio 5.1 I will get back to you guys on whatever else I find today at that store.