We have teh Bose 1-2-3 system, no the most technologicaly impressive system out there from what i hear, but we love it.. fills the room well and very simple eto set up. Good audio clarity and amazingly realistic sound

 

Yeah, where is he when you need him? He brought a trick little unit over my place when he visited for New Years. He's definitely in the know when it comes to A/V.

 

I'm running all Onkyo stuff in my theater room and I love it!! Sounds incredible.......although I added a Sony dual 10" sub for a little more BOOM BOOM!!


~Nick

 

for outa the box ease, and wireless ( rear only ) i bought a sony setup, i'm really impressed with mine, simple to use easy install, but in havn't listened to music with it.

 

I'd bet you didn't pay full price for them though


phox

 

Try www.projectorcentral.com

Very good resource.

There is a write up on my setup on there http://www.bigscreenforums.com/forum...cfm?which=8126 if you like.

 

You wouldn't believe all of the "relatives" I have around Christmastime!

 

Not a Lifestyle, but we just bought our 321 system a couple of weeks ago. We seriously considered the GSX system, but to be honest it wasn't enough storage to be worth the extra money. It does play my recorded DVDs, so that's pretty cool. Ideally, rather than meager storage for an extra $600, it would have a USB host port on it so you could plug in an external hard drive and play MP3, AVI, and other media from that. I've got 16GB of MP3s that I ripped once, and I'm not willing to do it again. I'm currently ripping all my DVDs to AVI format so they'll be portable, too. Plus the stuff I record for time-shifting takes up less space in that format, as well as less time to burn if it doesn't need to be transcoded onto a DVD. I have no complaints about the sound at all. Beats the crap out of the TV speakers while still being relatively small and unobtrusive in our victorian parlor.

 

i've got a denon avr 5700 reciever and a B&W speaker's [2x 604s3's, 1x lcr6s3, 2x ds6's, 2x lm1, 2x asw300] i use to work for a small electronics shop that did lots of custom install work.. i think wireless is useless.. yeah it can be a pain to fish wires, but the end results are always better. if you have base boards around the room, they can help out a lot.. pull them back, and cut off the lower 2" of drywall and run your cables there, then fish up through the wall behind the base board and out behind the speaker. put your base boards back on and if done correctly, there will be no visiable wires for the rear speakers. you could do the same for the fronts if you are wall mounting stuff, but for floor standing towers, just get some beefy looking cable [12/14 or 12/12 biwire or regular 12g wire in a heavy jacket] and you can dress up the cables with some heat shrink and techflex cable covering to make them look more expensive..

 

Thanks for the replys and suggestions.Im doing my reading/research.Looks like Onkyo gives a good bang for the buck.Any one with experience with their products? Thanks.

 

Onkyo makes decent equipment. They also have a high-end line called Integra. It was a toss up between my NAD or an Integra. Have fun with your shopping.

 

I have a Sony 6:1 system that came out of the box with 6 speakers (front center, front right, front left, rear center, rear right, rear left) and a powered 10" sub. It also came with a 5 disc CD/DVD player. It was around $400 when I bought it.

It's certainly not top of the line, but it makes our movies come to life and it was reasonably priced for what I got with it.