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Beginner home theater setup questions...

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... 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!

gorakwedi

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ghdprentice
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Congradulations! A big deal. My partner and I met in graduate school 36 years ago. We put together an increasingly good Home Theater for us, while I put together an increasingly good audio system for me. You can see the systems u der my UserID.

 

You want all the same HT speakers… the quality is not nearly as important as they are in audio. But the same voicing is critical. Definitely a good OLED TV. We researched the daylights out of the subject and concluded a High end Sony was very worth it. For us the TV is a minor expense…. Audio portion… maybe $35K and monitor $5K. The Sony OLED very worth it… we bought a regular 65” for the bedroom and 78” for the home theater… Both were replaced under warentee. The OLED has a 18 month warentee… good thing… it pooped out after 16 months. The 65“ died in 10 months so got replaced under the 12 month warrantee. Sony has the highest quality rating… I would spend the extra.

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