Home theater advice?


I am about to purchase a new home theater. I am looking for advice on equipment selection. I am considering: Aerial 10T based surround setup, classe 180 mono's, classe ssp-30, classe cav-75 (bridged to three channels for center and surrounds), new classe dvd/cd, pioneer elite rear projection tv, and rca hdtv direct tv reciever. one of my hang-ups is stands. I want this to look as good as possible for the amount of money i am going to invest. Cables are still up in the air. Thanks for any suggestions.

Other products considered are: Theta, Revel, Meridian

My time will be split 50/50 between music and movies.
marsh

Showing 1 response by dctifosi

I would look into getting a different direct tv HD receiver. I think the RCA will need some computer video adaptors to connect to your Elite. Panasonic does 720P but your TV does not and it is super slow. A Mitsubishi or a Sony HD receiver would be best. Also, the DVD player wise, although both the Elite and the Classe are both great pieces, you should look into a great progressive out DVD player. I know the Elite displays in progressive but I pretty sure the Classe does not have p-out. What you would gain would be that the signal does not convert from digital to analog in the DVD player and back from analog back to digital in the Elite. Just my 2 cents.