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Alright, the time has come to upgrade my home theater system from the $100 all-in-one DVD player/5.1 speaker combo, that sounds like shit and randomly turns off. I'm not looking for anything ground breaking or amazing, just an affordable surround sound for a small (12' x 12') room. I already have an excellent DVD player, HDTV compatible, plays ALL media types (avi, mpeg, etc). Now what I need is a decent receiver. Here is what I'm looking for...

I want a receiver in the $200 range. I'm fully aware that it won't be the best available, but it's what I'm willing to spend on one. I need it to be 5.1, I don't want 6.1 or 7.1, it's a small room. I would like for it to have the DTS, Dolby Digital, HDTV compatible, and all that good stuff. I also would prefer it to be silver, but doesn't have to be.

The one I am looking at right now is the Yamaha HTR 5830SL. Found here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 7?v=glance
My dad has been using a Yamaha for the past few years and it has worked wonderfully. His is a more expensive unit, but I think I like Yamaha.

Any suggestions or recomendations on units around the $200 range with those features, please suggest! I'm open to all comments and suggestions, since I'm new in the home theater stuff. Again, I'm not looking for a unit to play music, I'll be using it strictly for surround sound on movies.

Also, I don't really want this thread to be about speakers, but I've been looking into both Klipsch and Cerwin-Vega as affordable speakers, these ok? I have Klipsch 2.1 on my computer which are THX certified, and I love them. Remember, it's a 12' x 12' room, so I don't need huge tower speakers. I was thinking about 5 satellite speakers and an 8" or 10" powered woofer.

I Like Yamaha For Home Audio Probably One Of The Best I Also Like Pioneer Home Audio Stuff As For Speakers I Like Cerwin Vega And Klipsh, My Personal Favrites Are Bose And Infinity. My Home Theater Is Pioneer And Fisher. The Sub Is A Sony 10 Sounds Good Gets Loud And I Only Payed About 300 For The Entire Thing (ebay)

Not a big fan of Bose, personally. It seems their freq range is missing in the midrange. Plus they are way overhyped, thus a higher price. I'm not sure if I want to buy a full speaker package, or buy them seperate, but I was looking at the Cerwin-Vega V500 system, which comes with 5 1/2" 2-way satellites, and a powered 10" subwoofer for around $400 online.

I Agree With The Hype They Are Very Over Hyped But They Are Decent Speakers. I Like The Vegas And That Doesnt Sound Like A Half Bad Deal. Looked Into Infinity/pioneer?

Not yet. Infinity and Pioneer for speakers or receivers?

both if you have some extra money laying around i would look into carver there expensive but one of the best. but again expesive as hell

i have a rca reciever it was cheap and it works. the yamaha looks like it would be pretty decent. here is the best sub/amp combo you can probaly buy for the money http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl ... er=300-760 i wanna get the 15" one in the future. right now i got a oz audio sub on my home stereo. i would also look at speaker kits from parts express. if you wanted high end home stereo i can hook you up with dls home audio.

That subwoofer is a little out of my price range lol.

Make your own speakers. Hell we know you can design/build boxes...

Many people are using them $0.50 4" for mids in line arrays. Hell 6-12 of them, 2 3/4-1" decent $20-40 tweets, an 8" sub and a single 10" for bass in a tower will work awesome.

Same with the actual powered sub. Buy a sub and use on of their sub amps...

if you want good sat/sub systems, look at Energy.