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    Looking for HT Advice

    My family will be moving into a new home next month / early next year. In my old home, we had a Mirage 5.1 system with Omnisat wall mounted speakers for the tweeter / midrange duty. We are leaving those speakers and the sub behind for the new owners.

    The TV room at the new home is a large combination dining and living room area, ~30ft x 12ft with 9ft ceilings, tile floor. The kitchen faces the TV area so there is no back wall directly behind the viewer.

    I don't have a budget yet, but I have (prematurely?) told the wife about speaker bars and wanting to minimize/eliminate cable runs, so wireless systems are in play. I have an older Marantz SR7400 AV amp for driving speakers. I would say the listening will be roughly 70% music, 30% movies.

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    Re: Looking for HT Advice

    Revision: I've decided a stereo setup with subwoofer and perhaps a center channel will be a better option, giving me better sound for the buck.

    I don't plan on an amp for now as the receiver is advertised as having 105W / channel.

    I guesstimate a budget of ~$500 - $700. Aesthetics may be a factor.

    Any brands models I should be looking at or should not waste my time with? There is a local Best Buy that has a good selection of brands that I will start to hit up.

    TIA.

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    Re: Looking for HT Advice

    My son purchased a stereo pair of Harmon Kardon Onyx 3 stereo bluetooth speakers and they sound very good to him and I. Sonos Play was considered and their soundbar appears to be all that !

    The Velodyne Impact - 10 150w powered sub for $323 on ebay (new) from prosound09 in Pasadena, Cali , mebbe ?

    The downfiring port is ideal for tv !
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    https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_1...T38,B00EPDMDZ8

    Seems to be the best bang for the buck right now.

    Andrew Jones (formely Kef and Pioneer) is working for Elac now and is creating speakers with coincident drivers with a low budget in mind.

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    Re: Looking for HT Advice

    Those ELACs look like a fantastic recommendation!

    Thanks subwoofery and Euphonic!

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    Plenty of rave reviews. Easily the best bang for the buck in most shows

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    Re: Looking for HT Advice

    The 5.1 system has it covered for you and very reasonably !

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    Runner-Up, Best Overall: ELAC S10 Debut Series 200 Watt Powered Subwoofer



    Courtesy of Amazon.comThe ELAC S10 Debut Series 200 Watt Powered Subwoofer with 10” bass driver renders amazing low frequencies with a stunning sense of realism. It includes a BASH amp that operates at 200 watts of power RMS and 400 watts of power at peak. Frequency response is 28-150Hz, and it features continuously adjustable crossover at 50-150Hz. The subwoofer provides automatic equalization to the room environment. ELAC has even capitalized on the mobile app revolution, allowing traditional analog controls to be controlled through a smartphone with the ELAC SUB control app.


    Nice for around $275.00 0r less !
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    Re: Looking for HT Advice

    I'm now drooling over the UB5. That should be an easy sell to the wife. The upsell is an S10EQ sub with auto equalization using your smart phone.

    If I'm lucky, my local Best Buy will have ELACs for demo.

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    If you get the ELAC UB5 make sure you don't get the 'green cone' version. These have known issues with the cone denting and also the crossover blocks coming detached from the enclosure. I ordered a set last summer and ran in to that. Sent them back.

    AFAIK that was tied to an early run and the issues have since been corrected. But just letting you know...
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