Hi, I found this site a couple of weeks ago and have learned alot lurking around here. I'm new to the whole HT thing and am building a system this year for Christmas (that is, people are buying me pieces or giving me money). I am building a pretty budget-sensitive system and will probably stay under $800 (for speakers & AVR only)
Anyway, all I have so far for the HT is two R50s in Cherry finish ($49 at Fry's...couldn't pass it up). But here is what else I am planning on getting (I will be piecing this together over time due to WAF)
AVR: Yamaha RX-V659 (leaning toward this because of the great review here on Audioholics)
Mains: R50s (already have)
Center: CS1 or CSi3 (in cherry finish)
Surrounds: (don't know yet - depends on which center I get, I guess...Monitor 30s?)
Sub: Not sure...VX-10, STF-1, X-sub are all contenders at the moment.
(already have Sony DVD player & 35" Trinitron - a dinosaur, but good enough for my purposes)
I am considering the CS1 and CSi3 rather than the CSR because they come in cherry (to match my R50s) and the CSR doesnt.
Anyway, thoughts on the system? The room I have demands that the TV is in the corner, so that's an issue, but I can't change it unless I remodel the house.
