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Johnny_P wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:25 pm Oh that’s solid info. Will look into it thanks Fled.

Acid666 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:51 pm Whatever you do, don't buy a set of speakers from anyone in a white van at a gas station who says they just installed a whole system for a customer but they over supplied and now they have extra that they don't wanna take home.

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:39 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:25 pm Oh that’s solid info. Will look into it thanks Fled.

You sound like you want something of substance. I would go here. www.emotiva.com. Basically high end audio outsourced to the far east to cut cost but take a look at the specs on this stuff, this shit is for real.

You can get a pair of monoblock amps to drive your main speakers, a sub and a processor for what I consider a very reasonable cost. Drive your speakers with real separates brah.

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:54 pm

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:39 pm

You sound like you want something of substance. I would go here. www.emotiva.com. Basically high end audio outsourced to the far east to cut cost but take a look at the specs on this stuff, this shit is for real.

You can get a pair of monoblock amps to drive your main speakers, a sub and a processor for what I consider a very reasonable cost. Drive your speakers with real separates brah.

So you need the receiver brain and a separate amplifier? Seems rather bad ass.

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:09 pm Receiver technology comes and goes. Don't attach the part of your system that will never go out of style to the part that will always go out of style.

dubshow wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:42 pm

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:09 pm Receiver technology comes and goes. Don't attach the part of your system that will never go out of style to the part that will always go out of style.

x10

honestly browse between crutchfield and amazon. I'd pay the crutchfield premium because they know their shit.

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:09 pm Receiver technology comes and goes. Don't attach the part of your system that will never go out of style to the part that will always go out of style.

SAWCE wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:50 pm Energy 5.1 Take Classic Home Theater System (Set of Six, Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001202C44/re ... HBbPB62SZB

Yamaha RX-V377 5.1-Channel A/V Home Theater Receiver https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HZE2WW8/re ... HBb0R6FQ2F

Looks like the receiver is obsolete and has been replaced by a newer version.

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:01 pm TV speakers are on their way out. Finally got a "TV stand" so I have some more shelf space for an A/V receiver. Here's what I want:
-2 speakers and a subwoofer
-Some sort of bluetooth or wireless connection ability
-Audio sources will be cable TV box, Apple TV or maybe Roku in future, and bluetooth/network play from a computer or phone. Maybe an xbox style thing in the future.

Don't need to be wireless speakers or sub, I can wire it up.
Don't want a sound bar.

Do you use the receiver as the brain of the system? So everything plugs into it and it only shoots the picture to the TV?

Will I have to switch the input or will it figure it out on its own? I'd rather not add yet another remote control to the mix. It's a pain in the ass as is to use the apple TV since you have the cable remote for audio and apple TV remote for selecting stuff. Yet another remote for audio and then having to switch to the right source seems like an antiquated way of doing this.

Finally, any suggestions on a receiver/brain and speakers? Bonus points for vintage-looking hipster approved silver faced receivers. Lisa's brother suggested Audioengine speakers, I'd need something bookshelf size not floor standing. All in I'd like to be under $1500. I don't need the absolute best but I'd prefer better than Vizio walmart stuff and don't mind dropping some

D Griff wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:16 pm Yeah, I've only used Crutchfield for car audio, but they're 5/7 as a company. Great documentation and service for a few more bucks, worth it, IMO.

As someone who was stupid enough to get a career in audio engineering, I will say that Breh is right that the separate amps will be better... the question is, how good do you want it to be?

I just have some powered studio monitors now and use a little audio mixer, I'm all about audio, the good shit is like $10k for a set of speakers.

A lot of sound quality comes from the DAC, so be aware of that when selecting where that will happen in your signal chain. For example, I have a BT reciever and music sounds noticeably better when going through that than going analog out of my phone because iTrudes have super shit DAC and headphone amps. Even though BT isn't that great, it's better than the terrible DAC.

troyguitar wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:54 am

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:01 pm TV speakers are on their way out. Finally got a "TV stand" so I have some more shelf space for an A/V receiver. Here's what I want:
-2 speakers and a subwoofer
-Some sort of bluetooth or wireless connection ability
-Audio sources will be cable TV box, Apple TV or maybe Roku in future, and bluetooth/network play from a computer or phone. Maybe an xbox style thing in the future.

Don't need to be wireless speakers or sub, I can wire it up.
Don't want a sound bar.

Do you use the receiver as the brain of the system? So everything plugs into it and it only shoots the picture to the TV?

Will I have to switch the input or will it figure it out on its own? I'd rather not add yet another remote control to the mix. It's a pain in the ass as is to use the apple TV since you have the cable remote for audio and apple TV remote for selecting stuff. Yet another remote for audio and then having to switch to the right source seems like an antiquated way of doing this.

Finally, any suggestions on a receiver/brain and speakers? Bonus points for vintage-looking hipster approved silver faced receivers. Lisa's brother suggested Audioengine speakers, I'd need something bookshelf size not floor standing. All in I'd like to be under $1500. I don't need the absolute best but I'd prefer better than Vizio walmart stuff and don't mind dropping some

What are you using now and what's the best system you've listened to? Do you use it more often for music or TV/movies? Everything's subjective but there are IMO serious diminishing returns past $1000 or so all-in for a 2.1 system in a small-ish room at reasonable volumes. Hell I can't really find fault with my stuff and it's more like $500 total, but I got both the sub and the bookshelf speakers used years ago.

Your source and your main speakers are the most important, the sub and DAC/amp stuff make less difference in most cases. I love my B&W bookshelf speakers and would suggest a midrange used pair of those every time, but I haven't explored higher end options. I'd grab something like these that you can use forever, whether they're your main speakers or the rear channels in a surround system or you move them to another room for a small stereo setup for a PC or whatever:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/B-W-Bowers-Wil ... Sw9GhbQ5ms

For a subwoofer, get a powered/active one so your receiver doesn't have to power it. For movies you'll want a bigger higher powered one, for music it doesn't matter as much unless you're into dubstep. The placement of the sub in the room also affects its sound - usually if you can put it in a corner it'll work more efficiently and you get more bass out of a smaller unit. I've never had a bad Yamaha product so I'm inclined to buy their subs and often their receivers. A sub like this is reasonably sized and should still kick some ass:

https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-Corporati ... B00009W8XH

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-YST-SW3 ... SwyD9bZG4O

For receivers/amps, get something with enough inputs/outputs for your use and get a good universal remote so you only need one remote - or probably two since Apple shit never plays nicely with anything else, I don't know anything about Apple TV but assume it's the same. That's harder to pick out and depends more on your specific desires. Some of the newer stuff has a ton of built-in shit. I went with a simple one that only has HDMI in/out and added an actual Windows PC next to it for the "smart" aspect of things, you might want to spend more on a fancier all-in-one type solution. This guy seems to have a lot of options for not a lot of money, including support for wireless surround speakers should you choose to add that in the future:

https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-RX-V485BL ... B07CF9H3KW

Most of the good receivers will also have some kind of auto-calibration program that you run by setting everything up and then placing an included microphone where you expect your ears to be while listening, then running the program and it'll automatically figure out ideal EQ settings for your room+speakers. Do that.

Also use good cables for most of this stuff - anything that passes an analog signal can be fucked by using crap cables. HDMI/USB doesn't matter, but speaker cables and the subwoofer signal cable do matter at least a little bit.

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:13 pm just get a soundbar with a sub.