surround sound speakers help

[californiacation]

Im tryin to decide on what to get...i've heard its best to just go with a company like boston acoustics that only focuses on sound and audio as opposed to companies like sony who make tv's as well. Also I've heard that getting a surround sound speaker system that comes with a dvd player is not worth it..its better to just get a surround sound speaker system. Other than that I have no idea how to gauge whats worth my money and what isn't

Any suggestions?

 

[Underground Gabroo]

What is your budget, and your overall goal?

My opinion is to use seperate components, ie. a surround sound amplifier, seperate dvd/bd player, seperate cd player etc etc... ALl in one units pack great value, for 300-500 USD you can get an 5.1/6.1 system with dvd/bd etc etc... But here's the problem, everything must run through one unit which is prone to failure... These units are very small and pack a lot of ambient temperature...

Last year for thanksgiving I gave my mother in law a full HD overhaul... New HDTV along with an all in one surround unit... Here DVD player stopped reading discs and we had to send it in for repair... However, to do this we had to rewire the entire system to re-route sound to the tv as opposed to the surround receiver...

Other things to note is brand name... I used to be a firm believer in SONY, for their value and features... All 3 of my SONY amplifiers have transformers that went bad after the warranty was out... What's that mean? It means certain speakers would cut in and out, which was annoying as hell... I have since then upgraded to Denon Surround Receivers and I can't believe what I've been missing... Not only is more picture cleaner, the sound is day/night, using the same speakers I already had...

So, always take your time and purchase the right component instead of rushing and buying something cheaper that you may have to replace... Most audiophiles will give high remarks on Denon equipment...


Another thing to note is HDMI upconversion... This is a feature that will make your life very easy if being used with a HDTV... In the past, you had to run multiple wires from your surround receiver to your tv... Composite, Svideo, HDMI... Nowadays, these surround amplifiers have 1080 upconverter chips built in, making all inputs feed out through HDMI... This means you only have 1 wire running from your amplifier to your tv...

If you can tell me your overall goal, I can try and help pick good quality cost effective components...

 

[pritpal94]

Have a look into Bose.
Thats all I gotta say man.
Bose is no. 1.

 

[Underground Gabroo]

Have a look into Bose.
Thats all I gotta say man.
Bose is no. 1.

you're kidding, right? bose is the biggest joke out there... their name is all in marketing, their product doesn't stand up against real high end competitors like martin logan and such...

 

[pritpal94]

B&O

 

[Underground Gabroo]

yes, bang & olufson as well as bowers and wilkins are high end names too... bose can't stand anywhere near these names

 

[pritpal94]

Geez have you seen the Samsung B&O phone?
It's crazy...

 

[Saleem]

Have a look into Bose.
Thats all I gotta say man.
Bose is no. 1.

you're kidding, right? bose is the biggest joke out there... their name is all in marketing, their product doesn't stand up against real high end competitors like martin logan and such...

Agreed with Underground Gabroo. Pritpal, please stick to topics where you're an expert (Photoshop lol). Ok, jokes aside I'd recommend Klipsch, they make excellent (though expensive) systems. As UG said, Bose is a joke in the audiophile community.

 

[Meistro]

Bose is a joke in the audiophile community.

Audiophiles are to Surround Systems as Pedophiles are to children?

 

[Saleem]

Bose is a joke in the audiophile community.

Audiophiles are to Surround Systems as Pedophiles are to children?

Audiophiles like audio, hydrophilic molecules like water, pedophiles like children ("pais", greek for child). I believe 'philia' is greek too

 

[faysal]

Bose is a joke in the audiophile community.

Audiophiles are to Surround Systems as Pedophiles are to children?

LOL

 

[RaviBrar]

Geez have you seen the Samsung B&O phone?
It's crazy...

LOL Pritpall, nice signature

and GET ALTEC LANSING SPEAKERS ! amazing bass, amazing sound quality and its $100 for Two speakers and a pretty big bass system, and trust me, it sounds like theres 5 speakers and two subs

 

[Underground Gabroo]

I'd recommend Klipsch, they make excellent (though expensive) systems.

AH, apologies I didn't think of them when writing my post, but thank you and yes Klipsch is a high end name that makes a quality loudspeaker! Though they are expensive, I still consider them in the "affordable" bracket in comparison to what BO/BW charge for their speakers...

 

[kinnell]

Bose is a joke in the audiophile community.

Audiophiles are to Surround Systems as Pedophiles are to children?

Audiophiles like audio, hydrophilic molecules like water, pedophiles like children ("pais", greek for child). I believe 'philia' is greek too

Yeah, philia is one of the four Greek words for "love" (philia, agape, eros and storge). Philia is mostly associated with friendship love. Philadephia for example means brotherly love (philia for "friendship love" and adelpho for "brother").

"Audiophile" seems like a messed up term. "Audio" is latin the last time I checked (which was 8 years ago in 8th grade latin class). The combination of latin and greek terms is awkward (though not uncommon these days) The correct term SHOULD be phonophile, but I believe that term currently describes something completely random.