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I'm trying to pick out a DIY setup for my parents setup. It's a HT setup and I've got everything but the audio figured out. I've always been a DIY guy and the speaker designs I've seen here have just grabbed me the right way. I've been poking around trying to figure out how best to go at this, so I figured I'd post the question to you guys.
First of all, money is a factor. With that being said this isn't my wallet, so I'm willing to play kiss up to try and upgrade where possible. I'm sort of helping my parents compete with a friend of theirs up the road who has a HT setup that, to be honest, he spent way too much money for. (Seriously, his surround sound speakers were professionally installed in the ceiling facing straight down. He also paid $5000 for a 1080p projector that runs at 400ANSI Lum. 8O ) Anyway, I've got a current budget of about $1500-$2000.
Second, the receiver needs to have s/pdif in. This is actually a Linux MCE setup, so the source will only support Dolby Digital (no DTS for me). I would like to do a 7.1 setup. I'd also like to at least have dipole on the side surrounds, if not the back.
I was looking at the mission accomplished setups and got a little frightened I might try to start building a 4ohm speaker. I'm thinking this would be a problem considering most of the 4ohm friendly receivers are out of my price range. I kinda liked the Onkyo 605 due to the price point and tons of nifty features, but I'm not experienced with the home audio brand names so I'm flexible.
The room is a little odd, it's in the shape of an L. Just imagine you're at the top of the L looking at the bottom and you got the layout. I'd say it's about 20' x 12' and then another 12' x 12'. The listening area is the 20x12 and the 12x12 is off to the right. (Hope that was clear).
Am I on a hopeless quest or can it be done?
First of all, money is a factor. With that being said this isn't my wallet, so I'm willing to play kiss up to try and upgrade where possible. I'm sort of helping my parents compete with a friend of theirs up the road who has a HT setup that, to be honest, he spent way too much money for. (Seriously, his surround sound speakers were professionally installed in the ceiling facing straight down. He also paid $5000 for a 1080p projector that runs at 400ANSI Lum. 8O ) Anyway, I've got a current budget of about $1500-$2000.
Second, the receiver needs to have s/pdif in. This is actually a Linux MCE setup, so the source will only support Dolby Digital (no DTS for me). I would like to do a 7.1 setup. I'd also like to at least have dipole on the side surrounds, if not the back.
I was looking at the mission accomplished setups and got a little frightened I might try to start building a 4ohm speaker. I'm thinking this would be a problem considering most of the 4ohm friendly receivers are out of my price range. I kinda liked the Onkyo 605 due to the price point and tons of nifty features, but I'm not experienced with the home audio brand names so I'm flexible.
The room is a little odd, it's in the shape of an L. Just imagine you're at the top of the L looking at the bottom and you got the layout. I'd say it's about 20' x 12' and then another 12' x 12'. The listening area is the 20x12 and the 12x12 is off to the right. (Hope that was clear).
Am I on a hopeless quest or can it be done?
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