You want black I take it Matt? Philip?

 

Let me know about the 875. I can move my plans up early. (black)

 

Here's another AV question for ya.

I have a 15'x18' room with the big screen at one end and the couch is at the end where it's opened to another room.

After months of reading AVS Forums, this is what I've come up with. I want a Home Theater System for DVD movies and want something I won't outgrow. I have 3 kids in diapers so it's hard to turn up the volume very much or even very often.

Wadda ya think?

TIA

RECEIVER: Onkyo TX-SR304 ($99) or TX-SR505 ($219)

SPEAKERS: Athena Point 5 MkII ($150)

SUBWOOFERS: ?

Dayton Sub100 ($100)
Dayton Sub120 ($150)
Athena AS-P4000
Athena AS-P400

 

electronics make it hard to NOT outgrow them. but maybe you can get 10 years out of the right system.

speakers are forever (until they rot)

I'll let Ben the expert give you the advice on what electronics to get


BEN: yah, black.

 

How about in which order one buys AV equipment? Should I buy the receiver first or speakers?

 

if you have neither, i can't imagine it matters...

but if you have both already (some speakers you dont like or a receiver you dont like) then get the one you'll get the most benefit from immediately. I suspect that'll be the receiver.

OR get the receiver and a pair of speakers for now.

were you not planning to buy all at once?

 

i knwo i wasnt, just the reciever and two speakers (ive been looking at the 875 for a while)

 

The last AV equipment I bought was an Aiwa bookshelf system. That was before any of my three kids. So, no I don't have anything at the moment.

It sounds like I would benefit greatly from the receiver, speakers, than the woofer in that order.

 

yeah but I won'have the $$ for a month or so.

 

but i can't listen to tv speakers for that long @#$%!

 

I'll send you my $99 sherwood from the bedroom then.

I just bought a ******* $1500 sleep number mattress and I'm working on a 10 hour checkout in a beech bonanza at about 200 bucks an hour sooooo...

 

got an RD 6108 in the gayraj. but it doesn't do the HD switcheroo.

 

none of mine do... to be honest, I really don't know why I'm replacing the elite.

 

y8s-Sell me the broken one. =)

 

yeah i'd pondered something like that. if i can't fix it someone else can.

pm me a reasonable offer that will make me say "hmm def not worth trying to fix for that price"

 

at $1500+, i'd also look at Outlaw / Emotiva / Oppo / other Internet Direct amps.

re: 3805
i almost bought this unit, but found a new H/K avr7300 (switchable hdmi back in '05) for 1/3 of the MSRP ($2300).

 

Oppo? makes receivers??

outlaw and emotiva seem to be a little niche. and didn't seem to have the HDMI in the photos even though they said it did (the latter)

 

Ben what about the ONKYO TX-SR705B

 

he'll tell you that it doesn't have the REON HQV or burr brown dacs. or somecraps.

 

yeah but its half the price and still HDMI 1.3