Home Theater

[spence]

I think I need to set myself a budget limit. Also want to put a decent treadmill in after the job and that will eat up a lot of $$$.

MC, PM me your cell and I'll give you a ring in a few weeks. Definitely could use some advice on how to make the install clean considering the walls and ceiling will be down as well as some price to performance recommendations.

I'm not a Bose hater at all but would agree there are better options. Bose does fill a niche for people who want simplicity and decent performance. There's a price premium for sure but there always is with well marketed brands. I love my Bose ear buds...

-spence

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

Originally Posted by spence

I think I need to set myself a budget limit. Also want to put a decent treadmill in after the job and that will eat up a lot of $$$.

MC, PM me your cell and I'll give you a ring in a few weeks. Definitely could use some advice on how to make the install clean considering the walls and ceiling will be down as well as some price to performance recommendations.

I'm not a Bose hater at all but would agree there are better options. Bose does fill a niche for people who want simplicity and decent performance. There's a price premium for sure but there always is with well marketed brands. I love my Bose ear buds...

-spence

You can trade a couple double cheese burgers for a decent treadmill. Treadmills have a pretty low resale value. Clist a year old one for 1/8-1/4 of the price.

[MarshCappa]

Originally Posted by spence

I think I need to set myself a budget limit. Also want to put a decent treadmill in after the job and that will eat up a lot of $$$.

MC, PM me your cell and I'll give you a ring in a few weeks. Definitely could use some advice on how to make the install clean considering the walls and ceiling will be down as well as some price to performance recommendations.

I'm not a Bose hater at all but would agree there are better options. Bose does fill a niche for people who want simplicity and decent performance. There's a price premium for sure but there always is with well marketed brands. I love my Bose ear buds...

-spence

Well said about Bose. PM sent with my cell. I'm coming from an integration standpoint about BOSE and they have good stand alone solutions that do sound good. It's when you want to add more integration with other systems like lighting control, video sources, etc that it falls down with it propieitary wiring and controls.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by MarshCappa

Well said about Bose. PM sent with my cell. I'm coming from an integration standpoint about BOSE and they have good stand alone solutions that do sound good. It's when you want to add more integration with other systems like lighting control, video sources, etc that it falls down with it propieitary wiring and controls.

thats the problem I had with Bose. I bought a stand alone unit and was really impressed with the sound. However I need to power external speakers throughout my home and the system couldnt do it.
I built my own system with a pioneer receiver and a speaker control box. works/sounds great

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by MarshCappa

Well said about Bose. PM sent with my cell. I'm coming from an integration standpoint about BOSE and they have good stand alone solutions that do sound good. It's when you want to add more integration with other systems like lighting control, video sources, etc that it falls down with it propieitary wiring and controls.

thats the problem I had with Bose. I bought a stand alone unit and was really impressed with the sound. However I need to power external speakers throughout my home and the system couldnt do it. I returned it.
I built my own system with a pioneer receiver and a speaker control box. works/sounds great

[basswipe]

Spence if you're not looking for the latest greatest thing but want something that sounds decent I have the Sony Blu-ray dvd/theater system BDV-E370.Great for smaller areas(my living room is tiny!) and really does sound good for what you get.And its easy to setup...except it does not come with either an HDMI or Optical cable,I figured that out when I finally opened up the manual.