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All right, we moved in August. Been focusing on some other aspects. But I want to hit the ground running in 2015.
Starting over. There's a HUGE room available that is the perfect location for a home theater (20' by 30'). I enjoy choosing components, but I want to choose a self-consistent set of elements that works well together -- i.e, nothing is really "too much" quality held back by a bottleneck elsewhere in the system. These are the paramenters: Budget: Lower end of high quality, the value zone. Think Polk floor speakers that cost $500 a piece. Projection TV that costs $700 for the projector. So all in, the budget is probably less than $5,000. I'd like to go separates on the amplification, with perhaps a value-priced professional post amp like a Crown. Any specific model recommendations for: 1. Pre-processor 2. Amp 3. Projector 4. Screen 5. All speakers. |
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No. If I had to say what I'm leaning towards, it would be Denon Pre-pro, Crown Post, Polk speakers (except for subwoofer), and SVS subwoofers, and that BenQ projector.
So that's the general plan. I just get paralyzed with where to start. |
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Start with the room, not the equipment would be my suggestion. Otherwise the equipment may just end up sitting around in boxes while you work on the room. If it is an unfinished room you could have months of work ahead of you and with the changing of technology being so rapid in this hobby I'd hold out as long as you can to make equipment purchases.
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Absolutely start with the room. It is very easy to upgrade equipment later, but difficult to upgrade the room.
Sometimes you can get a hell of a deal with used gear. I would not ignore that segment of the market - especially for items that can maintain their life through several upgrade cycles, like speakers, subs and amps. You may not see something that is what you are looking for, but you can still browse the classifieds. |
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All right, I got tired of price shopping, comparing, looking for things that would be compatible with this or that.
I just pulled the trigger on a new Polk speaker set -- RTiA7's for fronts, RTiA3's for rear, CSi6 for center channel. Will get these in and go from there. |
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Still waiting on some components, but the Crown came today.
My noob is coming out. Can someone point me to a most basic wiring diagram for a 5.1 to this Crown? I thought it would seem plain to me, but now I'm not understanding how the Center will still be the center, the left will be the left, etc. It's got the Channel 1 and Channel two, but that's about some low pass, high pass thing. How will the 5.1 signals stay separate from one another? (I'm starting to think I have to buy another amp or two -- one for center, one for front, one for rear?). |
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1st Amp - Front - L & R 2nd Amp - Surround - L & R 3rd Amp - Center |
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I think I've decided to get two more Crowns instead of the 3 channel Emotiva. Not only will it match, but I've got other rooms where I may install a "lesser" system using older equipment. The crowns are more flexible, could be used to fire the mains in any system.
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I hooked everything up today for a function check and it sounded great. The wires are just running across the floor, and there's cardboard boxes everywhere. But the sound is really crisp and clear -- lots of body without really sounding loud.
I do think there's a bit of hum at low volume. Those Crowns probably. I'll play around with gains and hookups later. |
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