New Home theater recomendations

ss1
ss1 Posts: 13
edited October 2012 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Looking for recommendations for a new home theater set up with Polk In-Ceiling & In-Wall speakers.
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  • cowtrimmer
    cowtrimmer Posts: 201
    edited October 2012
    You will need to give more info like room size,seating position, is this a dedicated media room,do you want a 5,7,9 or even as far as a 11.2 system, $$ to spend on it ?
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  • ss1
    ss1 Posts: 13
    edited October 2012
    Budget system solid sound. I'm not sure 7.1 vs 5.1 the difference in sound. Dedicated room, Room size 22x18
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  • toucanet
    toucanet Posts: 580
    edited October 2012
    Welcome to the "Club"

    Couple of questions that may help to answer your question(s):
    What is your ceiling height?
    Is the flooring wood, carpet or tile?
    How much money are you willing to spend?
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  • ss1
    ss1 Posts: 13
    edited October 2012
    What is your ceiling height? 10"
    Is the flooring wood, carpet or tile? which is better for sound?
    How much money are you willing to spend? Id' like to be around $1,000
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited October 2012
    Id' like to be around $1,000

    That'll get you a good AVR, but nothing else.
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  • ss1
    ss1 Posts: 13
    edited October 2012
    $2500
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited October 2012
    ss1 wrote: »
    $2500

    $5000
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2012
    Go with a polk rti system, CSI5 center $160 RTI 12 $800 RTI6 $160 rears FXI5 sides $200. Get a used pioneer elite sc 35 with ice amps for $850. Then buy cables from signal cable and top it off with a new oppo player for $600. Scrap the in wall speaker idea because things change as tastes mature and you dont want to ripping your walls up plus you will have more placement flexibility
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited October 2012
    ss1 wrote: »
    Looking for recommendations for a new home theater set up with Polk In-Ceiling & In-Wall speakers.

    Welcome to the club. If your set on in-walls and in ceiling speakers, browse Polks products to match what will fit your needs. We don't know if this is a start to finish build, a home that is already pre wired for built in speakers, the size of the holes or what will fit, so it's hard to throw out willy nilly recommendations.

    Thing is with built in speakers, you won't find too many on the used market as you would with regular box speakers and that can go along way in stretching how much you can get for the buck you spend. Seeing that your budget is on the low side for a 5.1 system, you may want to reconsider. 1000 bucks will buy a good avr and no speakers. You can go cheaper on an avr but you'll lose power and options. Used of course is another story.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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