CheapoNoob Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Howdy fellas. Cheap-o Noob here. As you can guess, money is an issue. I want a home theater system but for the absolute bottom dollar cost. Oh yeah, it's gotta be Klipsch. So I was originally thinking about the quintets - $900, but then I would have to get a home theater receiver so chalk up another $250, at least, for a total of $1,150, mimimum. But then I saw this deal here at klipsch.com for something called the 5.1 Digital Dream Multimedia System for $500. It has the 5.1 pro media system PLUS the promedia dd 5.1 multimedia digital decoder preamplifier. From what I can make of it, I can connect my cheap-o GE DVD player to it and voila!, instant home theater and it'll cost HALF of what the quintet / Kenwood home theater receiver setup would run me. That sounds great, right, spending $500 instead of $1,150? Plus, the 5.1 package says it'll play up to 115dbs which is louder then then 110dbs of the quintets. Comments, anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapoNoob Posted June 21, 2002 Author Share Posted June 21, 2002 PS> IMHO the $500 Klipsch 5.1 DDMS seems like a much betetr deal if you already own a DVD player then buying one of those home theater in a box kits from bestbuy or something. I priced those yesterday, and they run from a minimum $250 up to and through $1,000 plus but there were many in the $400 to $650 range (RCA, SONY, etc) and I think the Klipsch 5.1 DDMS would sound much better then any of these middle priced systems and probably on par with the $1,000 ones. Again, any comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpg Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipnotic_Tranz Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 You can get a decent HT system for under $1000. I got four quintets for my fronts/rears for $185. I then bought an SC-1 center off ebay for $145. After that I bought a Pioneer reciever (D509s) for $200 off ebay. Now we're up to $525. You now have plenty left off for an awsome sub I ended up getting an SVS 25-31pc for $450. You could get a mediocre sub for cheaper and then upgrade your fronts/rears because the quintets aren't the best. They're pretty good for HT but I'm now wanting better for music... This message has been edited by Hipnotic_Tranz on 06-21-2002 at 05:43 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.