Home Theater Help

[JONNYROTTEN]

Not going to give you any advise on what to buy.But I bought my Focal 814's from here.Just a place to look with good pricing.No issues. That with the matching center channel, ugly black Yamaha receiver and outlaw sub is a mighty nice system http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Hiz6Io&usg=AFQjCNH9Onq8ubwxuV9-2R1X0jfdPsxxbg

 

[TimmyWit]

Thanks for all of the replies. To clarify what I meant by big ass black box, it's literally any AVR that is a big ass black box whether 7" tall or 13" tall.

I'm going to go stereo because I don't want surround sound. I don't like it. I don't want speakers mounted everywhere in my room.

I'm looking at the Sonos Connect:Amp or maybe the Monitor Audio A100 amp. Both are integrated amps that are just simple. Plus they aren't giant black boxes. Anyone know of similar integrated amps with interesting industrial design? The Peachtree Audio units look great but are a little expensive.

My total budget to get started is probably $1000-1200.

I don't see how you are going to do this without and AVR or at least a pre/pro. You won't be able to plug your source directly into that Sonos amp. The video source has to be decoded and the audio source needs to hit a pre-amp. At the end of the day, you need another component. If you are set on avoiding an AVR because of the size, consider something like Outlaw's model 975. It's still a black box but it's smaller.

If that house is being built right now, have you considered running some speaker cable? You will probably get more bang for your buck with wired components. I realize that there are some nice wireless setups out there. But, if you are looking to rival the quality and reliability of wired, you will pay for it.

 

[Jwin]

See these HK models on sale
http://electronics.woot.com/plus/home-theater-solutions-2?ref=cnt_wp_2

 

[Jwin]

The HK 570bq is a Blu Ray player and reciever combined
That'll do the trick. Hdmi1.4, 3d and audio return.