And now, as Monty Python used to say, for something completely different. $150k is a good amount of money that in the right hands can get you absolutely stunning sound and video. Coincidentally that is about the budget for what you see here https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 A lot of that is in the analog front end. You would probably want to shift some or all of that over to a better projector and screen, or video monitor.
If what you want is superb sound and video this will be damn hard to beat. If you stick with the multichannel HT dogma you will never ever come even close. Just letting you know. But don’t take my word for it. Go to your box retailer (who is selling you all his high margin stuff while blowing smoke up your skirt about how he’s really your audio advisor and best friend in the whole world) and compare by listening to the different options between stereo and HT.
I can absolutely guarantee that it will not even be close. Because, whatever amount you decide to budget for speakers, it will simply buy you a whole lot better quality to spend it on 2 of them rather than 5. Same for amps, power cords, interconnects, speaker cables. Going multi-channel is the fastest way to guarantee spending a ton to achieve mediocrity. Just being honest. Wasted a whole year of my life trying to find good HT. Does not exist.
Oh, you can get pretty good. By HT standards. But even then you have to put it in another room. And all the guys who have done this will admit they spent a lot more money but the stereo still sounds way better.
So back to the box. Your biggest decision: are you wiling to think outside it? Or not?
If what you want is superb sound and video this will be damn hard to beat. If you stick with the multichannel HT dogma you will never ever come even close. Just letting you know. But don’t take my word for it. Go to your box retailer (who is selling you all his high margin stuff while blowing smoke up your skirt about how he’s really your audio advisor and best friend in the whole world) and compare by listening to the different options between stereo and HT.
I can absolutely guarantee that it will not even be close. Because, whatever amount you decide to budget for speakers, it will simply buy you a whole lot better quality to spend it on 2 of them rather than 5. Same for amps, power cords, interconnects, speaker cables. Going multi-channel is the fastest way to guarantee spending a ton to achieve mediocrity. Just being honest. Wasted a whole year of my life trying to find good HT. Does not exist.
Oh, you can get pretty good. By HT standards. But even then you have to put it in another room. And all the guys who have done this will admit they spent a lot more money but the stereo still sounds way better.
So back to the box. Your biggest decision: are you wiling to think outside it? Or not?