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Ioman
08-21-2002, 07:31 AM
Lets continue on the conversation in here Flashfire about your home theater needs. So just to recap, you do not need a television, just a reciever and surround sound speaker setup.

I know Yamaha has some good setups. I will try and get you one to review. Onkyo has some good setups as well.
flashfire
08-21-2002, 09:46 AM
That would be awesome. What I'm really interested in is how someone who already has a decent tv/dvd player can make the jump to entry level Home Theater Status. Does it mean surround sound? Full blown stereo system? I'm mostly interested in sound as that is what I'm really feeling the lack of. Digital/Analog receiver (pros/cons), etc.
Ioman
08-21-2002, 09:54 AM
My recommendation would be to go with a high current amp as well. It is hard to find out which brands use high current amps too. Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo do, but mid to low end Sony, Kenwood, Pioneer do not for example. So if you see a low end sony that says it has 100 watts per channel, that means it would perform the equivalent to a Yamaha that says 75 watts per channel due to the different amps.

Go with a Dolby Digital or DTS setup and you will not be sorry, I gaurantee that! ;)
flashfire
08-21-2002, 04:53 PM
If I don't wish to blast my neighbors out of their house, why should it matter how much current the amp pulls?
Ioman
08-21-2002, 05:56 PM
Originally posted by flashfire
If I don't wish to blast my neighbors out of their house, why should it matter how much current the amp pulls?

Well if you are not doing it for volume, do it for sound. I know others will argue, but a good high current amp will sound cleaner and crisper even at lower volumes.
mikeywalnutz
08-22-2002, 07:46 PM
What do you guys think of the dvd home theater combos? I'm thinking of getting the Yamaha YHT-700 (http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11101881&m=1&cat=1552&scat=242).
mikeywalnutz
08-22-2002, 08:01 PM
That was me.
Ioman
08-22-2002, 09:36 PM
http://images.bestbuy.com/images/esku/detail/11101881frC.jpg

That looks like a pretty sweet deal. I noticed the $1200/price is crossed out. What is the new price?
SponGeBoB
08-23-2002, 12:34 AM
999
Steamroller
08-23-2002, 10:23 PM
Guys,

Compusa has a Pioneer Complete Home Theater in a box system which includes a reciever with built in DVD player, 6 speakers including a sub.

The reciever has DTS and dolby Digital support. The DVD player is a 5 disc DVD/CD changer which supports DVD,CD, CD-R, CD-RW and VCD

Price is $349.99
Model: HTD320DV

This is a hella of a deal!
Hatboy
08-24-2002, 08:14 PM
Not to stear you away from this new forum, but these two sites can be very useful.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/
http://www.audioreview.com/
Unregistered
08-24-2002, 09:47 PM
Originally posted by Hatboy
Not to stear you away from this new forum, but these two sites can be very useful.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/
http://www.audioreview.com/

Audioreview is a great site because you can see what other people think about it. The item is not reviewed by the site but by the people that visit it. Just be careful of those that rate a product good or bad without really knowing the product.
hertzsae
08-25-2002, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by Ioman
My recommendation would be to go with a high current amp as well. It is hard to find out which brands use high current amps too. Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo do, but mid to low end Sony, Kenwood, Pioneer do not for example. So if you see a low end sony that says it has 100 watts per channel, that means it would perform the equivalent to a Yamaha that says 75 watts per channel due to the different amps.

Go with a Dolby Digital or DTS setup and you will not be sorry, I gaurantee that! ;)
I'm familiar with the concept because my friend has a 50 watt Harmon Karden reciever that can compete with other more powerful amps. My question is that I recently noticed on crutchfields sight that some recievers are "full-bandwidth rated". I assumed that this is their way of not saying something technical like high current. Do you know if its the same thing?
Ioman
08-25-2002, 06:15 PM
Originally posted by hertzsae

I'm familiar with the concept because my friend has a 50 watt Harmon Karden reciever that can compete with other more powerful amps. My question is that I recently noticed on crutchfields sight that some recievers are "full-bandwidth rated". I assumed that this is their way of not saying something technical like high current. Do you know if its the same thing?

That sounds correct. I am assuming they probably cannot come right out and say this has a high current amp and this one does not. Either that or they think people will not understand the concept unless it is in lamens (spelling?) terms. But if you ask me, saying they are "full bandwidth rated" is even more confusing.