Home theatre system?

Question

I need to buy a home theatre system for myself. I have a DVD player and connect it to my Sony Wega TV for sound output. I need the home theatre to enhance the sound. I checked the Bose 3-2-1 Series II and its pretty expensive. My budget is around 500-600 USD. Can u please help?

Answer 1

Man, listen to me. Home theater in a box isn't that great of a deal. The main units are usually not good DVD players OR recievers and amplifiers. They typically don't have the proper connections that a person with state-of-the-art HD components needs. Bose sound nice, but a lot of what you pay for is the looks and mostly the brand name.

If you have the room, I would look at component systems. You already have a DVD player, so you don't need a HTiB that has one built in. Go to Best Buy, look at spending about $200 on a reciever. This should have surround sound capabilities and the digital audio attachments on the back. Then, go over to their speaker section. I bought a sony set for $300 that included five speakers and a powered subwoofer. The speakers themselves are not much bigger than a bose speaker. You can buy the speakers individually, or just buy two pairs of speakers and a center speaker. I would not skip out on a subwoofer unless you live in an apartment and have pissy neighbors.

The benefit of a component system is that if one component goes down, all you have to do is replace that component, not the whole system, as you sometimes have to do with a HTiB system.

Answer 2

I too have a Sony Wega TV. They are a great buy and quality.

If you want a nice Home theatre sound on that budget look no further than a Hometheatre is a box system (HTiB).

The system usualy includes 5 disk DVD/ CD player/ which is used as a receiver as well. So all your components can be going to a singe spot.

Almost always 5 satelite speakers are included plus a subwoofer. Do not be fooled by their small size. These units can but out some impressive sound quality and power! Speakers included are front right, front left, center, rear left, and rear right + subwoofer. This make a great setup if you have limited space and/or are on a budget.

I live in a dorm room and have a Sony model of the HomeTheatre in a Box system. My system is the envy of the hall! It is so awesome. I would recommend going to Best Buy or Circuit City and checking out these units. The best place to buy will probably be the net. Just figure out which model you would like then do some online comparrison shopping online.

Best of luck with your system!

Answer 3

I came across a Philips unit similar to the Bose 3-2-1 unit for far less $$ and is comparable in performance

Answer 4

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Answer 5

My advice is to go to a site like crutchfield.com and compare some systems within your budget.

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Answer 6

decide for the onkyo .in case you pull up entire harmonic distortion of the Panasonic and Sony it`s 10% and the onkyo is in simple terms .9%. that would desire to tell you alot. The sony`s look like the provide you greater bang for the buc however the lack of ability high quality.

Answer 7

buy an onkyo reciever i have one and they sound amazing i think and some may agree that onkyo and yamaha are the best recievers and you can get a nice package of polk speakers for $300