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Yamaha HTR-5840 and hometheater help.

by Ltff Aug 30, 2008 3:14AM PDT

OK here goes nothing...I will be up front and say that I am a novice or as guys from work say "ignant". I am trying to build a home theater in my basement and use my Yamaha HTR 5840 that my wife bought for me two to three years ago. I am looking for (5)speakers and a subwoofer.I don't know anything about sound systems or if I need a certain type of speaker to handle the output? I am as I stated sort of "behind the times" and am looking to buy a flat screen and dvd player as well. No I am not ready for blu-ray yet... I think I can handle the tv and dvd but I just don't know where to even start with the sound system.

Any recommedations and or help is appreciated.

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see that little "Search forums" box above?

by jostenmeat Aug 30, 2008 4:05AM PDT

try using it for a little while. select "within this forum" and not all cnet forums. come back after some reading, and you must share a ton more info. if you don't know what you need to share, then you haven' read enough.

most speakers can handle any affordable receiver. its usually the othr way around, receivers choke with certain speakers. if anything, speakers get damaged due to clipping, etc, because the amp is choking out.

bluray is starting to get affordable. panasonic is at $300 free shipping, magnavox and funai are both below that, sony will drop to 300 next month, and if you jump thru some hoops, you can get a LG dual for bout 250.

Current tv's, and its been this way for a while, are way ahead of the source material. the only thing that really gets to use the potential of the tv is bluray. Perhaps OTA-HD is pretty good. sat and cable dont even come close, IMO. nor do dvd's.

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