What is the best surround sound system availible and how much does it cost?

Question

Im looking for a good surround sound system I mean a system that makes you seem like you are in the theater. I recently had a very good system and it was my baby and Unfortuantely someone who visited my house cut my wires to all four speakers and the subwoofer. I looked in the stores for the same system and its not available any more. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Why not just replace the wires?  A spool of speaker cable, and maybe some new clips, is a whole lot cheaper than buying a whole new system - which would still require you buy wire anyways.

If the wires can't be replaced then I guarantee that it wasn't a very good system to begin with and you'll be better off buying a proper system with separate speakers and a receiver.

As for what the "best" system is, that's a rather tough question to answer...  You easily spend twenty, fifty, even one hundred thousand dollars on a set of speakers, but you might also be happy with a set of speakers that's only a few hundred dollars.

To go shopping for speakers, head to the store with a favorite music CD and DVD movie.  This will allow you to sample the speakers with material that you're very familiar with.  What you're listening for is a speaker that sounds good at both high and low volumes.  The high and low pitched sounds should be clear - not tinny or muddled.