Beginner home theater setup questions...

Congratulations! Paying off your student loan is a big thing. I remember when I paid mine off.

I have had a home theater for more than twenty years and improve it periodically. So we have a 77” Sony OLED in the home theater with a high end surround system and a 65” Sony LED TV in tne bedroom with a great sound bar. I never notice the picture quality difference unless I really concentrate and then I notice a very subtle tone difference.

In my opinion(for me), if funds were limited, I would just get an LED TV and put the difference in cost into the surround. The difference in picture is so small, with a substantial difference in cost… but in a budget surround system $500 or more can produce a very big improvement in sound and the overall experience.

I would wait to trade up to an OLED until funds are no big deal. Our ratio of TV cost to surround system cost is something like 1 to 8. This is how much value to the experience the sound side gets you.

What’s your budget for speakers/sub?

@operakala 

I would seriously consider the LG OLED.

Superb picture quality.

I’m not familiar with the klipsch set but when I set out to build my theater I did a lot of trial with used speakers . . . Quickly found out you need speakers that sound the same - especially in the L-C-R. I settled on Von Schweikert.
 

also . . . If you shop used, you can get a lot of bang for the buck.

So, next month I pay off my student loans (in this world it seems crazy that it was possible, and in a profession that typically doesn't pay well...).

As a gift to myself and my family, I'm going to use that 'extra' money that I'll have to build out the home theater I've been pining for (being a part of this subreddit hasn't helped, lol). I love games and movies, so that's what it'll mostly be used for.

I don't think my room is setup well for a projector, or requires more than I'm able to put into it right now. Was planning on getting a nice OLED. It's an odd layout that has a slight drop ceiling over where the TV/screen would be. I'll post pictures later.

Anyways... My question is... Would it be better to get an all in one set of matching speakers. Like the Klipsch Reference Premiere set on Amazon for $2k? Or to piece together stuff from various sources. I'm still looking at around $2k for the speaker budget still.

I'm already planning on getting the Denon X1700h as a receiver. Christmas money and best buy rewards will cover that cost completely.

The only additional purchase I was thinking of was replacing the Klipsch sub with a SB1000 at some point too.

So basically xvideos... are the Klipsch Reference Premeire set on Amazon good starter speakers for a modest/low budget build? Or could something be put together fromultiple sources that's 'better' for roughly the same amount of money?

Thanks y'all!

I got this,..

The problem with those bundles is almost always the same: they skimp on the most important speakers in your entire setup. Invest in a strong center because it does 70%+ of all your sound. The next most important part is your subwoofers. Then your left and right speaker, and finally, your side surrounds.