New Bedroom Set-up

[arrt vandelay]

Ok, so the old CRT TV that I had in my bedroom bit the bullet yesterday, and the wife gave the ok to replace w/ an LCD, which we promptly did. Also, it didn't hurt that a panasonic bdp-60 for $169 put us at the 18-month no interest threshold w/ the purchase of a new LCD. She also gave me the go ahead to start planning a bedroom set-up, with the condition that I only have 2 speakers up front and possibly a sub(of course there will be a sub, eventually).

Anyway, so I'm looking at a 2.0 to eventually 2.1 setup for a master bedroom. I've been looking at bookshelves and have narrowed that down to the new psb b6's or the older b25's or axiom m3v2's. I've seen some pretty good deals on def tech bp6's lately. All these options run approx. $350 a pair, with the def tech towers having the advantage of not needing stands.

The question comes to, which of these three options do you guys think I should go with? Looks like I'll be getting either a cheapish receiver or the speakers for Christmas. It will be a while before I have everything together, just putting the options out there...

[DonRSD]

Originally Posted by arrt vandelay

Ok, so the old CRT TV that I had in my bedroom bit the bullet yesterday, and the wife gave the ok to replace w/ an LCD, which we promptly did. Also, it didn't hurt that a panasonic bdp-60 for $169 put us at the 18-month no interest threshold w/ the purchase of a new LCD. She also gave me the go ahead to start planning a bedroom set-up, with the condition that I only have 2 speakers up front and possibly a sub(of course there will be a sub, eventually).

Anyway, so I'm looking at a 2.0 to eventually 2.1 setup for a master bedroom. I've been looking at bookshelves and have narrowed that down to the new psb b6's or the older b25's or axiom m3v2's. I've seen some pretty good deals on def tech bp6's lately. All these options run approx. $350 a pair, with the def tech towers having the advantage of not needing stands.

The question comes to, which of these three options do you guys think I should go with? Looks like I'll be getting either a cheapish receiver or the speakers for Christmas. It will be a while before I have everything together, just putting the options out there...

HD in the bedroom = the way to go

have you thought about moving your current HT tv upstairs and getting a bigger hdtv for the HT room?
you can get a sweet 54" panny 1080p plasma for like $1300-$1400 these days

[arrt vandelay]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

HD in the bedroom = the way to go

have you thought about moving your current HT tv upstairs and getting a bigger hdtv for the HT room?
you can get a sweet 54" panny 1080p plasma for like $1300-$1400 these days

i did move the ps3 from the living room to the bedroom, but i don't think the wife would approve another tv. i'd love a bigger one though.

as of right now, i'm leaning towards the def techs, as it seems they would give me the most room filling sound based on their design, and also i wouldn;t need stands.

but those psb image b6's look freaking sweet...

[Sixx]

Originally Posted by arrt vandelay

i did move the ps3 from the living room to the bedroom, but i don't think the wife would approve another tv. i'd love a bigger one though.

as of right now, i'm leaning towards the def techs, as it seems they would give me the most room filling sound based on their design, and also i wouldn;t need stands.

but those psb image b6's look freaking sweet...

Of the speakers you listed, Def Tech would be my choice. Good luck

[callas01]

Arrt, you can get a 50" Panny plasma and a free blu-ray player from amazon.com right now, it is the S1 series, but its only $999 and a free DMP-BD60.

Then Personally I would add the PSB B6s, I like def tech, but I like PSB and Energy and Dali as my favorites.

[PSB_Paradigm_HSU]

Originally Posted by callas01

Arrt, you can get a 50" Panny plasma and a free blu-ray player from amazon.com right now, it is the S1 series, but its only $999 and a free DMP-BD60.

Then Personally I would add the PSB B6s, I like def tech, but I like PSB and Energy and Dali as my favorites.

+1 Id get one of these in order

1) PSB Image T45 (floorstander) $529
2) PSB Image B6 ~$399
3) PSB Image B25 ~$319

[arrt vandelay]

Originally Posted by callas01

Arrt, you can get a 50" Panny plasma and a free blu-ray player from amazon.com right now, it is the S1 series, but its only $999 and a free DMP-BD60.

Then Personally I would add the PSB B6s, I like def tech, but I like PSB and Energy and Dali as my favorites.

actually, we bought a new lcd yesterday...an LG 32LH20. granted it's only
32" and 720p, but it will work perfectly for our bedroom.

i just need to add a receiver and speakers in the next few months. i'm quite excited about something new to shop for. of course, it sucks not having the cash to get everything now, but hunting and narrowing down the choices is half of the fun anyway...

[callas01]

well congratulations on the TV.

Look for a receiver around black friday. Personally I would avoid the NON-Elite Pioneers, their bench testing is frightening this year.... 28 wpc on the Pio 1019. The Yamaha's are doing great either. You have an amp on the one you have so your golden, but the others are about 42 wpc. Think about getting a used Marantz from Accessories4less.com, they have the 4003 which can handle LPCM audio and has a true 80 wpc, for about $350 with a factory warranty. Or the Onkyo 607.

[arrt vandelay]

Originally Posted by callas01

well congratulations on the TV.

Look for a receiver around black friday. Personally I would avoid the NON-Elite Pioneers, their bench testing is frightening this year.... 28 wpc on the Pio 1019. The Yamaha's are doing great either. You have an amp on the one you have so your golden, but the others are about 42 wpc. Think about getting a used Marantz from Accessories4less.com, they have the 4003 which can handle LPCM audio and has a true 80 wpc, for about $350 with a factory warranty. Or the Onkyo 607.

i'll probably be going w/ a refurb hk avr 254 off the harmon store on ebay or refurb onkyo 606 from accessories4less. although any receiver that can handle lcpm would work well i think, as it will only have 2 channels to drive.

i do have the amp w/ my yammy, but even w/o the amp, i though the yammy was enough on it's own. my energy set up certainly got loud enough for me never to go over -15db using just the receiver. the amp does however make 2 channel sound great.

i'll have to find a place to listen to the def techs. the closest psb dealer to me is 2hrs away so maybe i can swing that next month when i'm travelling for the holidays. the axioms also have a 30 day in home trial period. decisions, decisions...

[lokir1]

definitive all the way baby