My buddy asked me to take a look and find him some speakers and a receiver for around $1K. Any suggestions? I know he wants at least 3 HDMI inputs and prefers that he be able to output all the inputs through HDMI. I told him that I didn't know if he could accomplish something like that for the price point. My suggestion was the Onkyo 606.
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Sony kds-60a2000\Panasonic BD-55k\XBOX 360 Premium(20gig)Slingbox\Xbox(flashed) running XBMC
Emotiva UMC-1\Emotiva XPA-5\Klipsch (2)RF-7s with DeanG xover upgrade, RC-7 with DeanG xover upgrade, (2)RS-7s\SVS 20-39PC+
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check out axiom, svs, elemental designs, av123 for starters.
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I believe Denon still offers a few bundles including one of their AVRs and a 5.1 set of Boston Acoustics Speakers. I recommended a set to my friend for his apartment, and he's fallen in love with them outright; he also got his setup for under a grand as well, so you may want to research those and see if they're good for your friend.Comment
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You can also try Orb speakers, I recommend them for anyone on a budget.
Peace and blessings,
AzekeComment
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After looking at the size of his room, I figured that he needed something a little 'bigger' than satallites. I pointed him to the Polk Monitor 60s(fronts), CS2(center), Monitor 40s(rears). Newegg has them on sale for $537/ea shipped. Dayton SUB-120 for $155 from partexpress. I personally never owned anything from polk(other than car audio), but they seem to get 'okay' reviews.
I also suggested the Denon AV1610. It's only 5.1, but I told him 7.1 wouldn't be in his budget(as he would still need to buy 2 more speakers) and he doesn't really need it anyway(isn't going bluray for awhile he said).
The whole thing came out to be about $1100 w/cables.
Any substitutions that yinz(you guys...sorry, i'm from the burgh) would make. rating 1-10 for a starter system given budget.
Sony kds-60a2000\Panasonic BD-55k\XBOX 360 Premium(20gig)Slingbox\Xbox(flashed) running XBMC
Emotiva UMC-1\Emotiva XPA-5\Klipsch (2)RF-7s with DeanG xover upgrade, RC-7 with DeanG xover upgrade, (2)RS-7s\SVS 20-39PC+
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