Audio Systems

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Hi.

I'm thinking about getting an audio system to go along with my rig/home theatre.

Looking to spend no more than $1000 USD.

I was looking at this Yamaha setup.

It looks reasonably good. My dad is a musician so he does a lot of sound tech stuff. He says that 2.1 emits better quality, and he prefers it, and 5.1 is only good enough with very good quality. I haven't had him take a look at these yet. But I don't know if he's being typically afraid of tech like some older people, or he knows his stuff and they really aren't as good.

I'll get him to take a look at this later, but what do you think?

I took a look at the BOSE systems but they're very expensive, and most people have told me that they aren't as good as you'd expect, for the price ($2000.00+).

With an investment this big I'd like to check out all my options.


Also if you know anything about power/rewiring/electrics please send me a pm, right now I'm running out of outlets and most high-end stuff needs to be on it's own circuit.

My computer setup is going to need at least another 10 outlets in the next few weeks.

I just got a sole air conditioner to keep everything that bit cooler, but what do you think optimum temperature would be with all this equipment.

Thanks for reading this bloated thread,


Charlie

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Sony's 5.1 systems are beasts. I would recommend them, My brother spend around £400 (around $800) on his surround sound (5.1) and its one of the best you can get.

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A beast of a 2.1 system is awesome, but these days you can probably get a decent 5.1 system that's as good as what you're after for the price.

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Buying piece by piece is the way to go.. PSB or Kenwood would be my suggestion.

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http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProdu...inema+Receiver

One of the two silver ones for the receiver.

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Mmm.

My dad still thinks 2.1 is better than 5.1, VOTE! :p


Tawm, would you suggest a sub to go with those?

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I don't know what make my brother uses, but he uses one of those two silver receivers with some kick-*** speakers and gaming/music sounds amazing.

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With decent speakers a small sub is fine or even none at all.

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Get a nice big sub Movies, such as Hitman need a good sub XD

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I need models!


I'm thinking about some sony equipment as my mom gets a corporate discount of like 20%.