Posted October 19, 201311 yr I've got plans to build something dirt cheap for my apartment. I don't know if the difference in 5.1 and 7.1 is necessary or not. I am 100% honest with this subject, I know jack dick about Home Audio. Our company does ultra high dollar installations and sells equipment so getting a receiver shouldn't be too much. I'm interested in how to go about building inexpensive driver setups. I think Arrays are pretty damn cool, is this an option?
October 19, 201311 yr Something scalable always wins IMO. Start with the best two speakers you can afford and run them.
October 19, 201311 yr agreed with M5, is exactly what I did..bought the nicest amp and 2 speakers and worked up
October 19, 201311 yr if your new to this then i would look on CL find a decent receiver, the find some monitors, then find a decent powered sub.. and call it a day
October 19, 201311 yr Author I have a Bob Carver Sunfire True Subwoofer Architectual for sub setup, amp is being repaired at the moment. I have a pair of little Paradigm bookshelves, and a 3 driver Paradigm center channel at the moment. I can get receivers for cheaper than craigslist. I just need to know how much of a difference 7.1 vs 5.1 makes and what I can build. I'm not interested in buying some already setup speakers. I'd really like to build an array, just because I think the project would be a blast.
October 19, 201311 yr Your room determines everything. Compromising a 7chn setup will sound worse than a 5 and potentially even worse than 2.
October 19, 201311 yr Author Your room determines everything. Compromising a 7chn setup will sound worse than a 5 and potentially even worse than 2.I'm thinking I'd be happy with 5.1. This is the best I can do at work Sean. MSPaint for the win.
October 19, 201311 yr Author Thinking about grabbing a Pioneer VSX-522-K. Low price and seems to have most functions.
October 20, 201311 yr Definitely no point in 7.1 there.<br /><br />Something wrong with the 3.1 you have? Replacing it all and if so to improve...
October 21, 201311 yr Author Just buy hsu 5.0 package and call it a day.Absolutely not lol, I can get a better deal than that.
October 26, 201311 yr Author Look around at previous diy buildsI wouldn't have posted this if I hadn't looked at what other people have done. I'm a tinkerer and looking to build something from scratch for fun.
October 29, 201311 yr Depends completely on speaker layout...and of course if home theater is truly a priority. Most diy builds do not have very optimized center channels which is a bummer for HT when 70% of the information if not more comes from it. Super critical to have the center and mains match.
October 30, 201311 yr Depends completely on speaker layout...and of course if home theater is truly a priority.Most diy builds do not have very optimized center channels which is a bummer for HT when 70% of the information if not more comes from it. Super critical to have the center and mains match. Plus one !!
November 5, 201311 yr Honestly, I went everything Cerwin Vega and absolutely love it! when I want to throw in music and just jam I have the ability. The quality imo is absolutely great coming from an in the box Onkyo 5.1 to the picked out 7.1. My ears may not be as good as others, but Im happy with the decision.
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