What should I upgrade first

[kryolla]

My sig has all my equipment I currently have. I would like to upgrade to a 46" Samsung DLP, Denon 2807 receiver, axiom m22 fronts and vp100 center, oppo OPDV971H so I can upconvert to 720p. I cant afford to get everything at once I have about $2k to spend. What is everybody opinion on what order to get. Thanks Drew

 

[JonBaker99]

I would do either the TV or the Speakers first. Those will give the biggest performance gains in my mind.

 

[j_garcia]

I'd upgrade the receiver and speakers first, then TV. If you are more into sound, then speakers/receiver. If video, then TV.

 

[JustEd]

if TV then

If you upgrade the TV first, and btw that would be my choice, then consider the Toshiba rear projection dila design. My neighbor has a 52 incher and it is quite good. Samsung is also very good but I don't like the idea of the color wheel and a single chip. A 52 inch Toshiba, or Samsung should be available for easily under 2k. I have seen the Toshibas for about 13 or 14 out the door.

Ed

 

[AVRat]

Ed, I think you're mistaken, Toshiba only offers DLP, LCD, and plasma. JVC does DILA, Sony does SXRD, and a few do LCoS.

 

[kryolla]

I bought the m22 today. I will be setting them up as a phantom center and if all goes well I will be adding a center.

Thanks everyone. I decided not to get the DLP but get a projector, that will be another thread

 

[proyc]

Could not start a Thread so asking this question here..

Need to buy a Amp/Receiver. Narrowed down 2 which fit my budget.

1. Pioneer VSX-816-K
2. Yamaha RX-V659

I already bought 4 Athena ws-100 speakers for main and surround, and ws-60 for center channel. Using an old 100W 8-inch Sony subwoofer.

Any suggestion for which amp. i should use, or any other which would fit my budget ?

-proyc

 

[Kai]

I recommend the Yamaha 659. Sounds great, plenty of power and decent features.
While Pioneer is a well known and trusted company Yamaha is ahead of them in this range. Tests and reviews of the 659 are very positive and I love mine.

 

[proyc]

Thanks Kai. So it should be able to drive my athena ws-100 speakers to its capacity. Currently my older SONY HTDDW840 HTiB is not driving the volumes high enough. Do you think the Yamaha would do justice ?

 

[Sheep]

Those Athena's are not a heavly load, but they're not very efficient. You should be fine, but if you want more volume, you may need a power amp.

SheepStar

 

[Rob Babcock]

You didn't mention what you have for acoustic treatment...If the answer is "none," then that's what you have to buy first. You'll get a bigger bang for the buck and much better sound spending $2k on room treatments than spending the same amount on any gear I can think of.

 

[proyc]

i am a newbie to this, so pardon my asking, what is a power amplifier how can i hook it up ?

 

[proyc]

Also Rob, by accoustic treatment what do you mean ? Can you point me to some readings which I could follow up ?

 

[Rob Babcock]

There is a section here at AH dedicated to Room Acoustics. By this I mean products created to ameliorate problems with sound stemming from room modes, reflections, etc. To this end there are bass traps, diffusors & absorbers.

It's no exageration to say I'd rather have a $5,000 system with $1000 of room treatments than a $25,000 system with none.

Here is a good place to start.