Is a home theater even worth it or doable?

My movies are limited to those that don't have much video or sound effects. Sometimes they have great music on the soundtrack, but the soundtracks I do prefer to listen separately.

 

cody012

I'll give my 2 cents.  My brother has a 65" OLED and a $2000 setup with a good-quality sound bar and 2 small subwoofers.  These are run by his TV. 

I have a 4K 7.1 system.  Same TV model but a Marantz Pre-Pro with separate amps, speakers, and subwoofer.  I would call my system the upper middle of the road.  

Can I hear the difference?  Yes, very easily.

Would I be happy with his system?  Definitely not for movies, maybe for television 

shows, but I doubt it.

After spending the money and listening to my system, have I ever wished I had done something cheaper?  No.

Can my wife tell the difference?  Yes 

Is that a good thing?  Yes, I would say mandatory.

It is just a matter of what you want in life and how much time you spend in front of your TV in a week.

Yu Da Boss!

If you have the space and budget I would highly recommend it. I have a 5.1 home theater system with matching Wharfdale towers, center channel, bookshelves for the surrounds and a Velodyne sub. A majority of streaming content on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu have a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack and a lot of Blu-Rays have Dolby Digital HD or DTS HD soundtracks which are even better. I also use my home theater system to listen to multi-channel SACDs, Blu-Ray audio, and DVD audio music. I would recommend purchasing the speakers front L&R, center, surrounds, and sub as a matched set if possible for uniform sound.

i dismantled my living room theater 1 1/2 years ago, and man i miss it. big Legacy front 3, psb surrounds and back. 2 velodyne DD12+ subs. heaven....i wanted my living room back with very nice 2 channel. also, it's not all about earthquake shake and boom. Breaking Bad in 7.2 sound is indescribably great, as one example........

I have a tannoy home theater kit, 5 satellites and a sub, run by a nice sony amp. Sounds great! I play DVD, bluray, and 4k through the oppo 103.