home theatre questions

I know a couple people who have Definitive Technology Theater in a box setups, it comes with all 5 speaks plus a subwoofer. Im sure you could get it for under 1000. Ive heard them before, and as far as satelite theater in a box type setups, i personally think it is one of the best for the price. Sounds pretty good with music too.
(of course, not by the standards of the 2chan audiophiles on this site)

You dont need anything powerful to run them, so you could get a good yamaha or denon to run them.
It would definatly impress any casual listeners and it would put give your local cinema a run for the money

Charles,

Yeah, a Yamaha works great with them. (Sometimes i feel like im a DefTech dealer, because anytime somone wants to get into HT and does not want to spend alot, i usually urge them to go to the nearest dealer and give them a try. I have been pleased with all of thier products.) THe good thing about pairing them up with a yamaha is that they yamaha does not have alot of power. It has more than enough to drive these, but less power is less heat, and less power means less of the price you paid was used to building a "Slamming" amplifier. The yamaha's are great for HT, nice low power amplifiers, real clean sound.
I dont like them for music much, but as far as entry HT i think they are a great bargain.