Sat/sub quick pick help needed

[whoaru99]

I appologize in advance for doing this, but here goes anyway...

Advice please on a decent sat/sub combo for $500 or less, preferrably less. A good friend has moved from a large house where she had been using my old, and rather large, Cerwin-Vega D9's.

She's now in an apartment and there is not room for the Cerwins. Her music of choice is "modern" Country music, but occasionally other types are played too. The source is an older Sony ES receiver @ 100 w/ch. The receiver is a multi-channel HT receiver, but she is not really too much into movies, it's 90-95% 2-ch stereo use.

She would like to get something this coming weekend if at all possible. Hence, not much time to read all the reviews, etc. Brand really does not matter because where we live pretty much anything is a drive of 75 to 150 miles one-way or by mail order.

Thanks.

[gd]

Go here:

http://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/store/category.cgi?category=speakers

CSW makes genuinely decent speakers at very good prices... lotsa choices, lotsa price points.

[David Meek]

Greg, I'll see your Cambridge and raise you an Energy Take 5.1 system. :

TR, here's a link to many reviews on the Take 5x systems. If you read down the list, you'll see the various price points you can find these systems at.

[gd]

Greg, I'll see your Cambridge and raise you an Energy Take 5.1 system.

Yup, Take 5.1 is very worthy... but right back atcha with a refurb/B-stock:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?O5752660A

http://makeashorterlink.com/?N2D52360A

AC4L is a good source for discounted NHT, Canton & Acoustic Research packages.

Also, a well-regarded entry-level sub for $100: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...=300-632&DID=7

There ya go... I'd like to think I've made a difference today.