Input on first Home Theater System - Boxing Day Sale

seabeerob213

watch newegg for psw 505 for a less expensive sub, can be had for betwenn 190 and 200 fairly frequently, i just bought 2

seabeerob213

its a decent price, and even if you find for 40-50 dollars less, this price is still good as you dont have to pay shipping and can possibly get away from a border tax, and have them the second you buy them instead of waiting

seabeerob213

all the speakers i listed are timbre matched, same series, and designed to blend seamlessly with eachother, csi3, csi5, csi a centers match as well

dirtydenim86

If I were to pickup a unit piece by piece would it be wise to jump on the RTI10 on sale at the moment for $299/each and build from there?

Wouldn't you normally want to purchase a receiver and build off of that.

I do know I want a 7.1 receiver with at least 4 HDMI ports I have heard good reviews on the Pioneer 1022k.

I just ask this because the RTI are local.

begbie

Bestbuy and Futureshop get this wrong every year when pricing it as a single speaker or whether it's a pair.

Based on the pic and the pricing it looks to be a pair.

dirtydenim86

Just picked up those RTi4 Bookself for $150/Pair at Futureshop.

And am just about to pickup the RTI10s for $600/pair to start off my build.

I'll probably need to buy the other pieces online since home theater around here seems to be pretty overpriced.

I have been looking at the Pioneer 1022k it's on sale at newegg for $250 any feedback on that receiver to go along with my polk system?

deronb1

If this is strictly for HT. Def Tech is hard to beat. Just add a 200.00 receiver on sale!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Definitive-Technology-ProCinema-800-Speaker-System-/200869960638?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item2ec4c85bbe

bansheesho

Looks like you have a good system planned. Congrats!

dirtydenim86

Just picked up CSi5 Center Speaker from the polk ebay store...

came across this on newegg but having some problems shipping to the UPS store since my payment must be from a US address damn newegg.

seabeerob213

try ordering over the phone?

dirtydenim86

seabeerob213 wrote: »

try ordering over the phone?

Apparently the newegg agents cannot process orders over the phone.

seabeerob213

wow, theyre just batting a thousand arent they? maybe someone could help you out, haha, will paypal work to order it?

dirtydenim86

seabeerob213 wrote: »

wow, theyre just batting a thousand arent they? maybe someone could help you out, haha, will paypal work to order it?

Need to add the US address to my paypal but since I am not able to select a US address there is no way of me being able to add it it seems.

I might have a friend order for me.

Anyone have any recommendations on a good receiver to go a long with the setup I am building?

It appears for the money the Pioneer 1022k is my best bet anyone have any knocks on it?

seabeerob213

i have heard noting but good new about the onkyo 809

seabeerob213

i have heard noting but good new about the onkyo 809, this is its little brother, has some pre outs for external amping in the future, lots of connections on it http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/ONKTXNR709/Onkyo-TX-NR709-7.2-Channel-3-D-Ready-Network-A/V-Receiver/1.html

dirtydenim86

seabeerob213 wrote: »

i have heard noting but good new about the onkyo 809, this is its little brother, has some pre outs for external amping in the future, lots of connections on it

Trying to keep it under $300 if possible.

the onkyo 809 looks sweet but not in my price range.

seabeerob213

i'd look for something good used, same problem im havig, trying to buy one on the cheap isnt really happening

dirtydenim86

seabeerob213 wrote: »

i'd look for something good used, same problem im havig, trying to buy one on the cheap isnt really happening

Ended up looking around for a decent receiver to power those rti10s but with no lucky so I decided to go with the recommendation of the Onkyo 809 hope it's a good choice.

seabeerob213

i ended up finding a yamaha rx-v765 for 390 tax free, so i jumped on it, its 95w/c 7.2 and has pre-outs for all, not quite the beefcake that the onkyo is but i love the yamaha sound, grown quite attached to my 371, i will only use 5 not 7 channels so i hope i will get a little more juice to them, and when i get out of this place the 2 505's i have will go to HT and i will look along the lines of dsw pro or pro micro, or another company for a musical sub,

seabeerob213

dirtydenim86 wrote: »

Ended up looking around for a decent receiver to power those rti10s but with no lucky so I decided to go with the recommendation of the Onkyo 809 hope it's a good choice.

good luck with your system, im jealous of all your new stuf you get to use

Bosstone95

@dirtydenim86

Newegg is terrible for Canadians.

I tried to order almost $500 worth of Polks from them and I couldn't get it to work. Wouldn't take my Canadian CC, wouldn't take my Paypal, etc. Finally spoke on the chat with an agent and was told that they only take U.S credit card/Paypal with confirmed U.S address.

I've ordered tons of stuff off Walmart.com, Amazon.com, eBay, etc. with the card or Paypal and have had no issues. It's unfortunate that Newegg has these policies, as they lose out on a lot of sales from Canadians. But, then again, it's their company and they can run it however they want. I've just never encountered that before.

Luckily the Polk eBay store doesn't discriminate against us Canucks!

dirtydenim86

Bosstone95 wrote: »

@dirtydenim86

Newegg is terrible for Canadians.

I tried to order almost $500 worth of Polks from them and I couldn't get it to work. Wouldn't take my Canadian CC, wouldn't take my Paypal, etc. Finally spoke on the chat with an agent and was told that they only take U.S credit card/Paypal with confirmed U.S address.

I've ordered tons of stuff off Walmart.com, Amazon.com, eBay, etc. with the card or Paypal and have had no issues. It's unfortunate that Newegg has these policies, as they lose out on a lot of sales from Canadians. But, then again, it's their company and they can run it however they want. I've just never encountered that before.

Luckily the Polk eBay store doesn't discriminate against us Canucks!

Experience the same issues they need a CC with an america address.

Luckily I was able to get most of my items from the Polk Ebay store and amazon for the same price.

My Budget went from $1350 for the boxing day deal that wasn't really a deal to this:

2 X RTI10s
2 X RTI4
CSi5 Center Speaker
PSW505
and Onkyo 809

I guess this happens a lot to most people lol

dirtydenim86

After trying to get that bestbuy package for my first home theater I am kind of glad it only came with one tower lol

Got all of the items for my first setup looking forward to putting it all together this weekend here are some pics...


one of the RTIs, PWS505 and CSi5 Center Speaker...

Onkyo 809 Receiver

One of my rears RTIA3

I did go over my budget of $1350 which I initially had budgetted for but I'm definitely going to be a lot happier with this setup I now just need a bigger basement lol

B Run

Congrats on a nice setup, i'd consider putting the outriggers and spikes on the tower for sound/stability reasons. Everything looks great.

dirtydenim86

Will do just took them out to place them should have it setup this weekend looking forward to it.

B Run

Nice, you're going to be glad you did it right the first time that's a great setup.

dirtydenim86

B Run wrote: »

Nice, you're going to be glad you did it right the first time that's a great setup.

Looks like I might have to change my entertainment unit have no room for that receiver and I have a feeling it's going to need some room to breathe.

seabeerob213

lookin good, im jealous,

dirtydenim86

Those towers make my TV look like a 22"

goofyGAguy

renjamolin wrote: »

Some home theater system reviews also recommend this type of home theater.

:rolleyes:

I prefer separates myself.

Reported.