Home theatre in a box - opinions.

[zeegler]

That's why you have to check out the stores return policy.
If it sucks ass when you get it home... take it back and try another.

Yup, that's my plan!

[StukaJU87]

I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised. As I was hooking mine up 2 years ago, I was thinking it would just sound ok because I knew she didn't break the bank. (and that was fine, the thought counts most anyway)

I was real surprised to find that it is really nice. I watched Saving Private Ryan and it felt like Normandy Beach in my living room. Shots and explosions all around.

The only way I think you will be disappointed, is if you are a true adiophile, like Wulfe, who is used to listening to high end audio gear. The casual movie watcher will get the same affect as if he were in the theater.

[edit] Oh, and mine is 650 watts total and plenty loud enough to shake the windows. I am sure 1000 watts will fill your need for volume.

[rjohnstone]

Hell I'm still using my Sony reciever/amp from like 15 years ago... before digital surround.
It's rated at 500 watts. I have it running through 5 Yamaha skinny things with a sub woofer. It's OK. I miss my old speaker cabinets. Huge cabs with 15" main, 8" mid and a 3" tweeter. Ported to perfection and would shake the walls. They sound way better than these little skinny things, but my new entertainment center made it impossible to keep the big boys.

[horns666]

Holy Baby Jesus eatin' a Pudding Pop!!!
That is crazy!!

[zeegler]

My old Pioneer reciever is awesome too. It's 16 years old, but still looks brand new, and still works perfectly. 800 watts output, but no yeah, no digital surround.

[zeegler]

Well, I got the Yamaha system. It was a toss up in the end between that and the Pioneer. The Yamaha was $100 cheaper.

It sounds great, but I plan on replacing the micro speakers very soon. They sound okay, but I know a set of good speakers will make all the difference.

[horns666]

I have one the first cd player systems made..a 1983 Fisher in my small music room..this thing is 120 watts and it rocks..I love it!!

I got a surround/ dolby system in my living room..but we never use it..we're never down there..I listen to my music thru it..

we are upstairs..I got a 56" big screen up there..which works out fine..because my bed is 25 ft away and I'm blind as a bat..works for me..

[Newc]

I run my video games and movies through a 1999 Sony LBT-G5500 "looks like a stack of racks" stereo. Cost $450 new from Wal-Mart in '99.
It's got wood speakers. Pressed wood, but they sound way better than the AIWA system I bought for my brother with the plastic speakers. The same disc played on his sounds like it's coming from a plastic box. From mine, it sounds like it's coming through wood.

Movies rock through it. It's got a Surround function that actually sounds like things are behind you, even though there's only 2 3-way speakers, and they're not more than 4 feet apart.

That THX logo sound you always get at the beginning of a Lucasfilm movie sounds phenomenal.

My ultimate system (the one I'll have Pete build if I win the lottery ) will be an all-tube power amp running through P.A.-quality cabinets.

Imagine 5 (or 6) separate tube power amps, with 100W for the Highs, 500W for the Mids, and 1000W for the Bass freqs, all going through a programmable Crossover that allows you to select the exact freqs, to 6 cabinets that are frequency-specific.