Upgrade Necessary?

Jimbo18

You don't want used, but how about refurbished. A lot of people on this site have gotten equipment from accessories4less. Here's an example of a heck of a receiver from Marantz for much less than retail at $420.

http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/marsr5008/marantz-sr5008-7.2-network-home-theater-receiver-with-airplay/1.html#!specifications

It has pre-outs, Airplay, MultiEQ XT and a ton of HDMI inputs.

http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/yamrxa810bl/yamaha-rx-a810-home-theater-receiver-networking-3d-ready-hdmi/1.html

Here's a nice Yamaha also with preouts for a bit less at $350.

I wish I had known about that site before I bought my little Yammy.

Faroh3k

Ok guys, I'm adjusting my current system to see how it sounds.

The Denon AVR-590
Klipsch quintet
PSW10 Sub

Now how do I set this up via crossover and everything else.

I lost my Audessey Mic a while ago so I have to do this manual.

And thanks for the replies all.

mrloren

Ok time for my two cents. you said a budget of $1500 so let me see. I do live on the cheap so I might be able to help a bit. I have two nice systems that actually sound very nice and have set up some others for friends and coworkers that will rock your world.

receiver: you cant go wrong with Onkyo, I have the 626 in the bedroom system. for your main system I would go with the 636 if the price drops to $399 or get the 646 with the DTS-X.

Speakers, monitor 70 are a bit of over kill. To get proper power to the 70's you will need a separate amp which would increase your total cost. I would go with monitor 50's or these TSi300 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-TSi300-CHERRY-Tower-Speakers-PAIR-/390882089862 you could always spend $100 more and go with the TSx towers http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-TSX330t-CHERRY-Floorstanding-Speaker-PAIR-/361288595709

Center: They don't have the CS2 on eBay but the TSx line is matched to the TSi line http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-TSx250C-CHERRY-Center-Channel-Speaker-/361301960925

surrounds: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-TSX110B-CHERRY-2-Way-Bookshelf-Speakers-PAIR-/361303401496

A good HSU will do no wrong, I have two of them and they thud my house. The STF-2 is an ok sub but stepping up to the VTF line is what will make the night and day difference.

I did set up a friend with something close to what I have above and it does very nice. So in all with a VTF-2 and Onkyo 626 you will come in @ under your $1500.

mrloren

And one other thing.

All this makes no difference unless you have good speaker wire and HDMI cables. http://douglasconnection.com/Raw-Speaker-Cable_c33.htm call Doug and get some good Furez 12AWG or 14AWG cable. A good blue jeans sub cable http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Jeans-Cable-Double-Shielded-Capacitance/dp/B005979HBM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1434499297&sr=8-4&keywords=blue+jeans+cable and Costco sells decent HDMI cables

Faroh3k

Wow, thanks for the post.

That all seems well within my budget.

I'm not looking for anything high end unless I hit the lotto.

Technically anything will sound better than what I currently have.

Your post is much appreciated, thank you.