I'm totally new to this site. Have been completely out of anything to do with stereos since my college days (Long time ago). I am just finishing up construction on a basement family room and looking for suggestions on equipment for a surround sound system.
My room is 26' x 40'. The space allotted for the TV is along the 40' wall. I actually have an inset in the wall that is 10' wide and 7-1/2' feet tall to "tuck" everything into (this will also give me rear access to everything as I have a door into this inset from the backside). Main ceilings in the area are 8-1/2' (drop ceiling) and floor is all ceramic (I know, not the greatest for sound, but durable with kids!)
I've probably already started out wrong without having a complete plan, but I already bought Polk Audio RTi10's for the front and a CSiA6 for the center channel. I'm thinking about going with two (?), maybe four (?) TC80i in-ceiling speakers for the rear/surrounds.
Any suggestions for AVR? 7.1?, 5.1? Like I said, being out of this stuff for so long, I have no real idea where to start/continue. I'm thinking a Plasma in the 50" range (might also still consider DLP only because depth of the screen is really not an issue and being in the basement, light is not an issue). As of right now, I don't have access to cable TV (when you live in the country this is what you get) although, I think I can "convince" the local company to bring it since only 1/4 mile from the closest existing run.
Local "Big-Box" store guys all try to push me into whatever it is they might be selling..
Help an old guy out here!
Thanks
