Your first experience in audio home theater?

[Homura]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Fronts and Center IF you're willing to wait, and get the surrounds/sub later.... if you want surround RIGHT NOW, and can't wait, then get the 5.1, but ME, I'd try to wait. you can get surrounds fairly cheap.... the sub can get expensive, but some decent budget ones are out there too.

I think I can wait for surrounds, I just want something that I come home to and go "damn that's sick!!" As for a sub, how long do they stay solid? Do they last like speakers do. The reason I ask, like 10 years ago my dad bought the best jbl sub that he could for his living room. Since then, we have moved and he is waiting to remodel the house until we rebuild the home theater room. Since the sub was just sitting there, I hooked it up with a receiver and some stereo speakers for my younger brother. Now when he plays Guitar Hero the whole house shakes . But I spoke with my bro and he said I could take the sub if I wanted. Would I be better off throwing that in the mix, or just keep what I get and buy a sub when the pockets yield?