Re: speakers and receiver for around $3000

[Shaun]

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 05:11:24 GMT, Todd Walker >
wrote:

>Hello all, I am new to this group but a usenet veteran. Anyway, I am
>getting ready to add a family room onto my house and I want to install a
>home theater system in it. I am planning on a 42 inch plasma HDTV and
>need a 6.1 receiver and surround speakers to go with it. I have a Bose
>AM5 system in my living room which I am not particularly fond of.

This isnt suprising, thats one of the nasiest things Ive heard for the
price range. If you want to keep it very small & wall mountable
asolutley nothing can touch M&K LCR25's/V76 sub combo.I set
these up for a friend's new 42 plasma and must say for HT it has
amazing detail, super wide soundstage and has an amazingly great
dynamic sound. Plays extremely loud as well. I myself use fullsize
dynaudio speakers & seperates in my HT but its a lot of money and
takes alot of floorspace. But I also play as much stereo music as HT
so its a must for me. My mains get very low so I dont use a sub in
that case. You have to figure out what your system will be doing
mostly and go that direction.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2258648&fullpage=1

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2259207&fullpage=1

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2259773&fullpage=1

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2259207#post2259207


>
>I went to my local home theater specialty shop today and spoke with the
>owner for about 30 minutes. He was very nice and helpful. He recommended
>an Integra DTR-6.3 receiver (actually he said that the 6.4 will be out
>any day,) with Paradigm speakers. He was talking about the Mini Monitors
>for the front and rear, PS1000 sub, and CC370 center channel, for which
>he quoted me $2500. But I found a setup on Paradigm's site that consists
>of the Mini Monitors for the front, CC370 center, ADP-370 surrounds, and
>PS1000 sub for $1936. He quoted me $900 for the Integra receiver.
>
>I would love some opinions about the Integra and Paradigm equipment.
>Also, other recommendations for receiver/speaker combinations in the
>$3000 range would be great.

Both are good, you owe to yourself to visit a few shops and check out
a Denon (3801 etc) as well. There are other speaker as well for small
monitors. Dynaudio(audience series), Energy, Psb, NHT etc Don't rush
it.
>
>Finally, will I get as high quality sound from small "bookshelf" sized
>speakers with subwoofer as I would with large floor standing models?

Sure, with the correct sub picking up the lows it will sound great
>
>Thanks!
>Todd

[Todd Walker]

In article >,
says...
> Both are good, you owe to yourself to visit a few shops and check out
> a Denon (3801 etc) as well. There are other speaker as well for small
> monitors. Dynaudio(audience series), Energy, Psb, NHT etc Don't rush
> it.
>

Shaun,

Thanks for the great info. I was looking for a site with good, active
forums on home theater and AVS.com is the one!

I went to another dealer yesterday as well and he sells the Denon
receivers. I got some literature on them and will be researching that
route as well. My room probably won't be done until around Sept or
October anyway so I am definitely taking my time :-)

Thanks again
Todd

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[Dave L]

Last October I furnished a new room with the following Denon and Paradigm
equipment:

Denon 3803
Monitor 7 fronts
CC-370 center
ADP-170 surrounds
PS-1200 sub

Total was within pennies of $3000. I've been very happy with the entire
set-up. I can't compare them to the Mini-Monitors, but the Monitor 7's have
pretty good bass. I've since traded up to the ADP-370s and added a pair of
Atoms (soon to be upgraded to Mini-Monitors) for the rears. There are
certainly other great speakers out there, but I don't think you can go wrong
with Paradigms for the price.

Dave

"Todd Walker" > wrote in message
...
> Hello all, I am new to this group but a usenet veteran. Anyway, I am
> getting ready to add a family room onto my house and I want to install a
> home theater system in it. I am planning on a 42 inch plasma HDTV and
> need a 6.1 receiver and surround speakers to go with it. I have a Bose
> AM5 system in my living room which I am not particularly fond of.
>
> I went to my local home theater specialty shop today and spoke with the
> owner for about 30 minutes. He was very nice and helpful. He recommended
> an Integra DTR-6.3 receiver (actually he said that the 6.4 will be out
> any day,) with Paradigm speakers. He was talking about the Mini Monitors
> for the front and rear, PS1000 sub, and CC370 center channel, for which
> he quoted me $2500. But I found a setup on Paradigm's site that consists
> of the Mini Monitors for the front, CC370 center, ADP-370 surrounds, and
> PS1000 sub for $1936. He quoted me $900 for the Integra receiver.
>
> I would love some opinions about the Integra and Paradigm equipment.
> Also, other recommendations for receiver/speaker combinations in the
> $3000 range would be great.
>
> Finally, will I get as high quality sound from small "bookshelf" sized
> speakers with subwoofer as I would with large floor standing models?
>
> Thanks!
> Todd
>
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> http://twalker.d2g.com
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