Home theatre system?

Question

I am planning to build a home theatre in my basement. I bought a 150 inch Elite screen [M150UWH] and Sony BRAVIA VPL-AW10 Projector. Now I am contemplating on the home theatre system [receiver + speaker].

btw. I have the HDMI dvr from Verizon FIOS for cable and internet.

Any recommendation on what receiver + speakers I should buy? My budget is around $1000/-

I looked in to Bose vs harmon kardon . very confusing. I want the receiver to support all HDMI and also my computer presentation stuff.

Any recommendation would be greatly appreciated.

also my xbox 360 goes there in to the home theatre system

Answer 1

Hi. The most important component of a Receiver is the Pre-Amp section. This is the heart of the system. Unfortunately it is the part that gets abused.The greatest compromise in a Receiver is the use of a single power supply for all three sections (the Pre-Amp/Processor, the Tuner,and the Power Amplifiers.The needs of the Power Amplifiers section affect the Pre-Amp/Processor section.The result is Receivers are not as smooth,effortless,open and full sounding as separate components.Most Receivers in the $500 bracket are similar in their features and specifications. Receivers do "sound "different to each other.Some have a softer sound which suits music.Others have a more "dynamic" sound which is great for movie soundtracks.Yamaha is known to have a softer sound while Onkyo has more of a dynamic sound.And there are ones in between ! It can get very confusing.

Loudspeakers are even more confusing as they add their own"sound" to the sound they are reproducing.(colouration)
Loudspeakers are a subjective and personal choice.No two people have exactly the same taste.Therefore you must listen before you buy.There is no other way.Never go by a recommendation from another person or you may be disappointed,even though they mean well.This subjective preference should not be confused with the objective task of loudspeaker reproduction. That is why there are no "jazz speakers"or "rock speakers" or "classical speakers" - just poor,good ,better, and great speakers.There are two things that all good speakers have in common One is a seamless sound from the very low bass to the very highest highs (you dont hear the individual drivers). The other is the ability to reproduce voices well.All good speakers do these two things

Basically you can divide speakers into four sound categories.

[1] Speakers that emphasise the high frequencies.
[2] Speakers that have forward sounding mid-range.
[3] Speakers that have a prominent bass emphasis.
[4] Speakers that do not emphasise any part of their frequency range .These are what we call "neutral speakers"
Of course there are speakers that have a combination of the four speakers above. So it can be very confusing to find the speakers that are right for you.!

Have a think about what type of Receiver sound you would like and what type of speaker sound you would prefer.

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