Hi I want to buy home theater surround sound speakers. If there anything that I should know?

Question

Hi I was thinking buying home theater surround sound speakers at Bestbuy. I am only thinking spending $600 or less & maybe Bose it is a good choice. Ok is there anything that I should I know before I buy one? Example, like warranty,HDMI port,supports True HD Sound or DTS? Thank you.

Answer 1

First of all, Best Buy, not so good. You could likely do better, with a wider choice of good quality speaker makers, by looking for gear on amazon.com. Plus, they offer free shipping on some equipment, and usually it also means no sales tax (Unless you live in NY State).

Now, do you need a home theatre receiver *and* a set of HT speakers, or just the speakers ?

On amazon, you can get a great Polk 5.1 speaker system, #6750, 6 speakers, list price $600, for about $250. If you need to make that into a 7.1 system, just add two more Polk speakers, such as the #6751s for about $60 each.

They have available 7.1 receivers such as the Onkyo TX-SR575, list price $400, for $220.36, with free shipping.

In speakers, Polk, Infinity & JBL are really good brands, and in receivers, Yamaha, Denon, Pioneer, and Onkyo are among the best for good quality.

So, if you got the items that I listed, you'd have a name brand system, with 8 speakers and a great 7.1 receiver, for just about $600.

Bose is good, but its way overpriced. You pay for their name and their styling.

Buying new from amazon gets you full manufacturers warranties, and the rest is what you want your gear to have. So, if you want HDMI connections, them read the product descriptions so as to see how many ins and outs of each type the receivers that you look at have. The speakers only will have their standard connections. With them, get some good quality standard 16 gauge speaker wire. Theres no need for expensive premium wires.

Answer 2

There is a lot you should know. For starters don't buy Bose. You can get the same sound for 1/4 to 1/2 the price. Secondly go out and listen to everything you can. Find out what sounds good to you. Don't depend on others because sound is very individual. 3rd you have mentioned some things that apply to AV receivers not to speakers. Are you looking for speakers or a whole AV system? BTW any good receiver will support BOTH Dolby and DTS.