SHEMP it depends what you wan't to spend.
5k
10k
30k
100k
Do you wan't to add Shaking Generators to your couch along with low bass from the subs?
What type of music you listen to has a huge impact on the type of speakers you use.
Are you a pure hi fidelity freak cause these are the people who notice the difference of speaker wire that costs 10 bucks a foot and Pure Silver cables that can cost up to 5 grand for 2 cables.
When your building a system MONEY TALKS...
There is Kenwood,Onkyo,Pioneer
And there is Krell,Sunfire,Mcintosh
There is Bose,Boston Acoustics
Or Klipsh,Energy and B&W
YOU HAVE TO SET A PRICE
Just to give you an idea of what the Amperage will cost if you go with Sunfire and use a 5 channel amp and a 2 channel amp your looking at 8 grand for JUST 2 amps.. You want to run 7 channels and Your Subs will be amplified themselfs.
Pre-Amp
http://www.lexicon.com/MC1/index.html
5 Channel Amp
http://www.sunfire.com/products/cinemagrandsig.shtml
2 Channel Amp
http://www.sunfire.com/products/stereoamp.shtml
2 Subwoffers
http://www.sunfire.com/products/subsignature.shtml
These Amps will power anything you throw at them. A good Match with Sunfire is Klipsh for Loud bassy stuff and B&W for More vocal and easy listening.
A great DVD player for the money is the Pioneer elite for 2k..
Cables and Speaker wire are a Whole other issue..
The new pre-amp lexicon makes is 8 grand.
IT will cost you THOUSANDS to get the same affect in a house then you would in a car..TO push that much air in a house will set you back Big TIme.
This is the difference between mainstream and True Home theatre and Fidelity.
My father was a Violinist and Taught me music and what REAL Fidelity is. I have been a Hi FI Freak since the age 10. Oh I like Guns as well.
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