7.1 speaker set up recommendation

I am building out a home theater, and have about 4-5K budgeted for speakers for the 7.1 channel setup. what should i spend that money on?

jobu1902-07-2009 8:21pm

chadnliz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,736 posts 02-08-2009 at 03:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well I do VMPS to for mains and center but was trying to keep it simple lol. I doubt 5.1 VMPS CAN BE DONE FOR $5k, CLOSE but not sure you can get there. Dave......nice digs! BTW VMPS rocks for HT and ofcourse music and is rather real world priced in the big picture of audio.
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zephyr24069 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,244 posts 02-08-2009 at 02:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Give Totem speakers some serious consideration at this price point. I second the recommendation above that getting better individual speakers and staying with 5.1 at this price point is advisable. At most, consider going to 6.1 (1 surround back speaker)so that you can enjoy THX Ultra2 and DTS 6.1 Matrix-ES post-processing on traditional DVDs (and the newer formats as well of course)...
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boston_high_end Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4 posts 02-08-2009 at 04:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have a pretty satisfying $5K Usher setup (7.1) at my shop... Main: BE-718 Center: S-525 Sub: SW-103 Rears: S-520 Budget busting upgrades include: - BE-616 center channel - X-719 rears - Lottery winners can move the BE 718s to the rear and replace them with a pair of BE-10s or BE-20s (-: