Marita Stadick: Agree with the above statement about your friend. For $200 there is no way his system can be anything but rubbish. Good speakers aren't cheap. Also the manufacturers lie through their teeth about the wattage of their systems. What they do is take the peak power of 1 channel (the max power the receiver can produce for an instant) on their receiver, and then multiply that by 5 for the 5 channels. Than they add on the peak power for the sub. At no point in time will the system ever put out that much power. Maybe 200-300 watts max. Look on the back of the receiver and you'll see a wattage rating, which is the maximum number of watts it will ever use. On ALL of the "1000+" watt HTIB setups I've seen that rating is much lower, like 300-600 watts. So how, after the electricity used to power the lights, circuits, and the energy converted into heat, is it sending several hundred more watts to the speakers than what went into the receiver?As far as HTIB's go, Onkyo ! makes some of the best systems. Although saying you have the best HTIB is like saying you have the best of the sexually transmitted diseases. Here is what I would do instead. Start off with a good receiver, such as either of these:http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AVR-591-Channel-Theate...http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-VSX-520-K-Home-Theat...Then get a set of speakers. This has the biggest impact on sound so should take up the largest portion of your budget. I would recommend buying from a brand that specializes in speakers and staying away from the big box names like sony, samsung etc. because they make some of the worst speakers. They are all about the bottom line, selling in volume, and put nothing into the quality of materials and engineering ( always paper and plastic drivers in poorly designed plastic enclosures with cheap crossovers and internal components and little or often no internal dampening to avoid resonance and distortion). If you just want a basic, affordable sys! tem, this is the one I would buy:http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Au! dio-RM705-Theater-Sys...It will destroy your friends system, as well as every other HTIB (including the $1000+ Bose systems).If you can spend more, this is one of CNet's best reviewed systems and probably the best value in home theater systems:http://www.amazon.com/Energy-Classic-Theater-Syste...If you can still spend more, this is another step up:http://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-HD-500-Compact-Theat...Then if you can still afford more this is one of my favorite systems. It has an awesome sub, and some of the smallest, most attractive looking speakers, but the sound is anything but small:http://www.amazon.com/Mirage-MX-5-1-Channel-Miniat...This is the last system I'm going to recommend. The sky is the limit as far as price. I could keep recommending all the way up to systems that cost several hundred thousand. Paradigm is know for making great speakers at an affordable price, and this is no exception:http://www.amazon.com/Paradigm-Cinema-90-System-Si......Show more
Berni! e Cerra: choose for the onkyo .in case you pull up entire harmonic distortion of the Panasonic and Sony it`s 10% and the onkyo is barely .9%. that could desire to allow you understand alot. The sony`s appear like the provide you extra bang for the buc however the shortcoming high quality.
Marty Tichnell: Obviously this one is the best home theater system.Onkyo SKS-HT870 Home Theater Speaker SystemTechnical Details * Front/Center/Surround/Surround Back 130 W max. input power * Subwoofer 290 W Max. output power * Dual-drive, floor-standing tallboy front speakershttp://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-SKS-HT870-Theater-Spea...@@@...Show more
Janeen Perona: No home theater system in a box is a good home theater system. You get what you pay for. If you want your speakers to sound like tin cans on strings, then by all means, buy a $300 system out of a box. These systems are complete rip-offs.For double the money you can easily get 10 times the sound quality and far mo! re versatility. Seriously consider saving your money and getting a com! ponent system.If your friend says he has a 2000W speaker system, then he is either a liar or a moron. Sorry if that was blunt, but that's the simple truth....Show more
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