| Home audio Gurus? |
Subject: Home audio Gurus? by CSS996 on 2008/1/29 15:34:01 OK, so as prefaced in my chat post, I could use some advice. Here's what I have: 42" 1080 LCD TV. (Don't remember if interlaced or progressive. Whichever is cheaper) Sony Playstation 3 iPod connectivity is desired I have a Bose Acoustimass speaker system that consists of a sub woofer and two small satellite speakers that will be used for FR and FL channels. I will either have to buy separate speakers or an entirely new surround package later. Can't afford speakers right now. I only need to pump sound into my living room that is maybe 17' square, with an open floor plan into a kitchen and dining area. I envision the back of my receiver having only the power cord, two HDMI in (cable box and PS3), One HDMI out (to TV), speakers and an iPod connection. I don't want to have to run optical or RCA lines for audio. Right now I run my cable box and my PS3 directly into my TV with just HDMI cables. Anyone have suggestions for a unit that can pull this off for under $500? I'm not asking you to do my research for me. I can do that, and enjoy it. But if you have knowledge to share and get me pointed in the right direction, I would appreciate it. I could move up the the Harman/Kardon AVR-247, but the reviews on that were not so good. And it sounds like the unit is not capable of handling 1080 video. It takes 720 and up-converts it, or something like that. This stuff is all new to me. Last time I bought a stereo, everything was RCA jacks. Thanks for reading. |
