5.1 system for a friend

raidersrule76

I am looking for a system for a friend of mine. He came to me today and asked me if I would help him put something together for him, he is tired of all the htib stuff and has heard my system. He does not want to spend a lot of money on this but his budget is in the neighborhood of 1500 so I thought with some help from all of you I could find him something that he could really enjoy. He will be using the system mainly for watching movies and gaming with a little music for partys and what not. So any suggestions of stuff that you all might have for sale or any ideas on what might work for him would be great. I have looked at polk direct and thought to have found some things that would work but I need everything including and avr sub and speakers 5.1 to start and maybe 7.1 if the deal is right.


Thanks all
best regards
Mark

KASR

For a good starter 5.1 system, I always recommend the RM6750. You can find it on polkdirect on ebay for a steal! Then you can build of it with bigger/better separates.
The receiver and/or amp is purely subjective...sooooo may options with that budget. Get the speakers first and see what monies is left.

bassaholic

Ill sell my:
Denon AVR 3805
RT2000i's
CS400i
RT25i
PSW650 for $1500
Just a thought

packetjones

I think that $1500 would get him a great setup. Here is a quick suggestion.

newegg.com - free shipping
2 monitor 60's - $260
2 monitor 40's - $130
CS2 center - $120
PSW505 - $250

total - $760

Then add the AVR of your choice. If you dont mind refurb you could get a harmon kardon from their ebay store for cheap. Or just look around and get one that has the features/connections that he needs. Looks liek he may be able to get out for under $1000 if he tries. The challenge here is tonot get hooked and always want more. LOL

Good luck.

adam2434

Edit: Looks like packetjones beat me to the Monitor reco...


If you want to go new, the deals that newegg.com is running on the Polk Monitor series are hard to beat, for example:

Front: Monitor 60 for $260/pr
Center: CS2 for $120
Surround: Monitor 30 for $95/pr

That's around $500, which would leave you $1000 to split between the receiver and sub.

$400-500 will get you a respectable sub from Hsu, SVS, Outlaw, and Polk.

That would leave $500-600 for a receiver, perhaps from Onkyo, Denon, HK, or Marantz. The Onkyo SR607 is well-equiped and goes for around $500.

sandworms

i just had a set on avs, wish you saw it
mon 50 pair
mon 30 pair
csi3
psw111
$475