Hello all,
I am new to this forum and I am looking for advice on equipment for my situation. I am planning a new HT in my new house as well as two additional music listening areas (dining room and outside patio). My budget for this project is around $2000 - $2500. The HT will be in the family room which is 19' wide (TV wall) and the sitting area will be about 12' away from that. The room itself is an open room that continues into the kitchen. I have six speaker drops in the family room, two speaker drops in both the dining room and outside), so I don't have to worry about running speaker wire. I also have a conduit between my TV and my media closet (about 40' away). I would like to only run one HDMI cable between my TV and my gear, but if it makes sense to run other wires I can. I would like to get all in-wall and in-ceiling speakers (except for the outside) too.
As far as our music/movie/tv ratio I would say it is 50/35/15. I do not play console games, but if buying a PS3 to use as my Blu-Ray DVD player I would do that.
I would like to be able to listen to the same music source in all three areas or be able to watch a movie in the HT and listen to a second source in the dining room and outside. I will not need to listen to two different music sources between the dining room and outside.
Here is my current gear:
TV: Panasonic TH-42PX25 (3 years old)
Subwoofer: Polk Audio PSW 450
That's it (I sold my old stuff)
So, I am looking for recommendations for:
- In-wall/In-ceiling speakers
- Blu-Ray DVD player
- Receiver (I would like to get HDMI 1.3 and also be able to use the recevier to control the 2nd zone)
- and anything else I am missing.
Thanks in advance for you help and please let me know if you need more information.
Keith
I am new to this forum and I am looking for advice on equipment for my situation. I am planning a new HT in my new house as well as two additional music listening areas (dining room and outside patio). My budget for this project is around $2000 - $2500. The HT will be in the family room which is 19' wide (TV wall) and the sitting area will be about 12' away from that. The room itself is an open room that continues into the kitchen. I have six speaker drops in the family room, two speaker drops in both the dining room and outside), so I don't have to worry about running speaker wire. I also have a conduit between my TV and my media closet (about 40' away). I would like to only run one HDMI cable between my TV and my gear, but if it makes sense to run other wires I can. I would like to get all in-wall and in-ceiling speakers (except for the outside) too.
As far as our music/movie/tv ratio I would say it is 50/35/15. I do not play console games, but if buying a PS3 to use as my Blu-Ray DVD player I would do that.
I would like to be able to listen to the same music source in all three areas or be able to watch a movie in the HT and listen to a second source in the dining room and outside. I will not need to listen to two different music sources between the dining room and outside.
Here is my current gear:
TV: Panasonic TH-42PX25 (3 years old)
Subwoofer: Polk Audio PSW 450
That's it (I sold my old stuff)
So, I am looking for recommendations for:
- In-wall/In-ceiling speakers
- Blu-Ray DVD player
- Receiver (I would like to get HDMI 1.3 and also be able to use the recevier to control the 2nd zone)
- and anything else I am missing.
Thanks in advance for you help and please let me know if you need more information.
Keith