dream system

[saurabhbatra]

i am newbie and have been reading a lot since last month or so... now i have a suggestion especially for the sake of newbies... i would like to propose a series of sticky threads... where each one of us could post dream system for X dollars e.g. we could have following threads:
dream system in less than $2500
dream system between $2500 - $5000
dream system between $5000-$7500
dream system above $7500

i also think these system configration should not include the tv...
please comment and if u think this is good then i can start these threads...
and if u think it is no good.. then just ignore this...

saurabh

[David Meek]

Not a bad idea at all Saurabh. :T

I am going to move this into our Starting Block forum as that is a better fit for this type of thread.

One thought: You might want to change your cost ranges to
< $2,500
$2,500-$5,000
$5,000-$10,000
> $10,000

I'll be back with my list later....

[Sim reality]

I'm just thinking... You mean there is someone out there that doesn't get upgradeitus when putting together an HT system?

I just sit around thinking "what is the weakest link in the system NOW?" so I would never be able to call any of the iterations a "dream system".

[saurabhbatra]

i understand building a hometheater is an iterative process... but the idea is that if u had 5000 dollars to build a system from scratch what wud u buy...
and i think there should be a seperate thread for each budget range... so as to avoid confusion.. and it would give a nnewbie good starting pointt to start working on his system andd that is why i feel these threads should be stickies on the starting block forum...

[Clive]

Saraubh thanks for this wonderful idea. We will give it some thought. Because there are so many manufacturers with some many systems I can see the lists and combinations becoming endless (having over 5,000 members and all). Most people have posted with their own preferences and ask us our opinions then there comes a flurry of suggestions for all to see.

The Starting Block also helps in this regard and avoid any confrontation in regards to preferrences in terms of best matched components or preferred brands.

I'll look into this further with help of the admin and mods :T

[aud19]

Not only would the lists become endless with the large variety of people AND equipment but at the pace technology advances, the lists would be out of date very quickly also.

While it's a great idea Saraubh :T, I think the best route is for people to make posts based on their individual criteria and budgets and let the mods and members help them with all our experience and knowledge

If I may make a suggestion or "edit" your idea. Perhaps we could put something together to help point people in the right direction for "genres" of gear based on budget. For example: Starting at the low end we could list HTIB's ( ) moving up to entry-level bookshelves/receivers with say a direct view display, show price points on when your budget might dictate bigger/better speakers, perhaps entry-level seperates etc with projectors/plasmas etc. Might help to "sort out" folks that don't know where to spend the money. I mean how many times do we see someone who wants to buy a $4500 plasma and a $400 receiver, $100 DVD player and $500 speaker package with a 6" "subwoofer" :roll: :lol: (I'm exaggerating there... a little :lol: )

[audioqueso]

aud19 is right. I remember a post not too long ago that started out "I have $4500 to spend, what should I buy". Now, if he was asking specifically what amp, what screen, what something, then ok. But this guy was talking about just ANYTHING HT.

[saurabhbatra]

well...

i guess there is a lot of truth in what u guys are saying... but u see when a newbie starts researching for a hometheater config he/she is lost for first 15 days.. so the idea is to provide him a starting point based on what his budget would allow... when i was doing that i wished that there was tutorial by someone experienced to guide my thoughts in the right direction.. but a tutorial is just... so it would be great if one of u guys could start a series of tutorials or one u pros can take up a catagory each and write a tutorial...

but on the flip side that would be just one man's opinion... and strength of a community like this lies in diversity of opinion...

but as u guys pointed out left open to everyone it would lead to plethora of info... leaving a newbie in no better position...
so it is difficult to find a solution.. so i guess the solutions lies somewhere in between maybe administrators can appoint 5-6 people in each catogary to write such tutorials..
hey i am just a newbie.. so i dont have all the answers.. but i wanted to point out a genuine need of info... :sn

[KeithM]

This is a good starting point