Home Theater when done properly will exceed the cost of a 2 channel setup easily. Just think 7.1 has 5 additional speakers plus a sub or 2 and all of the cabling that goes into it. A lot of the same benefits that are acheived with upgrades in 2 channel are seen in HT as well when you upgrade speakers, cabling and equipment. Lower noise level taking you deeper into the sound track, explosive transients going from dead silence to "Holy S@#t" peaks. Movies become more intense and more interesting to watch. Detail is ever so evident. Lets not forget however that many people integrate HT with 2 channel and multichannel music, especially with DVDA and SACD becoming more common. In this situation the components of the HT setup have to be top notch for a critical listener and the money goes out the window for the best one can afford. A few words of caution to those who do not want to spend too much, do not go to listen to a friends much more expensive setup because you will sit at home trying to figure out what you can sell or how you can get the money to have what he has or even better it.
High End HT
I saw another threat that got me thinking about this.
My whole HT setup, is under 10k, TV and that includes everything. There are some upgrades i want to do, mainly go with an amp/pre-amp setup and kick the ol reciever out the window.
Suppose you had this system....
Sunfire Grand Cinema, Used, 1200
Sunfire 200Wpc 5ch AMP used, 1200
Deftech BP3000TL FL/FR used 3000
Deftech BP2006TL SL/SR Used 600
Deftech Center, CLR ? used 500?
Projector or 61in HDTV used 2000
Good solid DVD player, about 1000
Cableing. Lets go cheap, 500
This system could be bought for 10,000
This is actually better than what im currently running, and what i have sounds incredible. It shakes my whole house, it gets incredibly loud, and just blows my mind. The system above would probably sound even better than what i have.
NOW THE QUESTION IS,
what exactly would you get for 40,000 or 60,000 that you dont with the system listed above? The system above is better than what i own, and what i own sounds far better than any theater in denver i have been to.
I really dont believe you need to spend much to get an incredible HT. I can understand blowing 60,000 for a 2 channel setup, but thats a completly different game.
Im not bashing people who do spend alot of cash on a HT, what you do with your money is your concern, what im wondering is how the heck do you keep upgrading your HT? i can understand branching off to a 7.1 setup, but thats about it.
Im just curious how you can watch Star Wars Attack of the Clones, or Ghost and the Darkness, and say "this sounds like crap!"
Do alot of people who have 60,000 HT setups buy it all at once? Or do they go with cheapo and slowly upgrade?
My whole HT setup, is under 10k, TV and that includes everything. There are some upgrades i want to do, mainly go with an amp/pre-amp setup and kick the ol reciever out the window.
Suppose you had this system....
Sunfire Grand Cinema, Used, 1200
Sunfire 200Wpc 5ch AMP used, 1200
Deftech BP3000TL FL/FR used 3000
Deftech BP2006TL SL/SR Used 600
Deftech Center, CLR ? used 500?
Projector or 61in HDTV used 2000
Good solid DVD player, about 1000
Cableing. Lets go cheap, 500
This system could be bought for 10,000
This is actually better than what im currently running, and what i have sounds incredible. It shakes my whole house, it gets incredibly loud, and just blows my mind. The system above would probably sound even better than what i have.
NOW THE QUESTION IS,
what exactly would you get for 40,000 or 60,000 that you dont with the system listed above? The system above is better than what i own, and what i own sounds far better than any theater in denver i have been to.
I really dont believe you need to spend much to get an incredible HT. I can understand blowing 60,000 for a 2 channel setup, but thats a completly different game.
Im not bashing people who do spend alot of cash on a HT, what you do with your money is your concern, what im wondering is how the heck do you keep upgrading your HT? i can understand branching off to a 7.1 setup, but thats about it.
Im just curious how you can watch Star Wars Attack of the Clones, or Ghost and the Darkness, and say "this sounds like crap!"
Do alot of people who have 60,000 HT setups buy it all at once? Or do they go with cheapo and slowly upgrade?
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