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Subject: I need your advice on a sound system. Please help a gamer out, huh?
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im sure the one u showed me will work if you hav a smaller limit

  • 07.02.2004 10:22 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

go to invisible speakers. thers a nice one for $499.thats expensive but youll get your money's worht

[Edited on 7/2/2004 10:23:07 PM]

  • 07.02.2004 10:23 PM PDT
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get the dolby 5.1

  • 07.02.2004 10:23 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

whoa sorry bout that. stupid link

  • 07.02.2004 10:23 PM PDT
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Ok, well thank you, everyone on your input. I will check back on this forum once or twice more tonight incase you post a little late. However I think I will simply go with the system I originally pointed out. :)

[Edited on 7/2/2004 10:25:42 PM]

  • 07.02.2004 10:25 PM PDT
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Although it does suck to think about it, you might wanna consider going for a little bit more than what you wanted, or had your eye on, in the first page

It all depends on a few factors: room size, and quality

I say quality because, no matter what you end up getting, you're gonna have to dish out more money for cables to go with it to be blessed with optimal performance

Just remember, you have until November 9th; you might wanna just save small amounts of money from now until October or so, and by then, you'll be able to afford the kind of system that is on the next level of sound

Once again, this is mine :) This is the next level :)

  • 07.02.2004 10:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Nedus
this is a good one


sorry, but that link just takes me to a blank screen.


Bose is dope; no doubt

But there have been a lot of people saying that a system like mine is on par, or even better, than a Bose system; and I'm not so sure if you're gonna have 800-2500$ to spend on audio

  • 07.02.2004 10:43 PM PDT
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Here's what ya do.Go buy a $50 recevier, then spend gobs of money on Bose speakers, and -blam- you got an awesome system!

  • 07.02.2004 10:54 PM PDT
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Thank you, MakaVeli4Life1, I will definantly look into it! I think i can get that much but, its a hard goal to meet, but I enjoy a challenge.

  • 07.02.2004 10:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mr Oreo
Here's what ya do.Go buy a $50 recevier, then spend gobs of money on Bose speakers, and -blam- you got an awesome system!


Nice idea; however, I try to steer clear of cheap stuff ($50 reciever), I enjoy high quality stuff (I got a 50" Samsung DLP projection TV! That kind of killed my budget though...) I just don't have that kind of money all the time.

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  • 07.02.2004 10:59 PM PDT
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I have found a VERY nice surrond sound with 5.1 Dolbey for only $150 or so. Stop laughing, I'm serious.It was a Christmas special, and we got the last Onkyo system they had. Believe me, you would never know it was $150; it sounds amazing. Try their models, I'm sure you'll find something you like.

  • 07.02.2004 11:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Monk007
I have found a VERY nice surrond sound with 5.1 Dolbey for only $150 or so. Stop laughing, I'm serious.It was a Christmas special, and we got the last Onkyo system they had. Believe me, you would never know it was $150; it sounds amazing. Try their models, I'm sure you'll find something you like.


I agree

Onkyo hooks you up; and they're top of the line -blam!-

  • 07.02.2004 11:56 PM PDT
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Dude hit up Target. They have a Surround Sound system for only $99.99. It sounds good to me and Im bout to get it myself. I know it sounds cheap but it honestly sounds better than some really expensive ones Ive heard.

  • 07.02.2004 11:57 PM PDT
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MakaVeli4Life1, when did you become a mod(and how did you become one)? I remember you from a while ago when we only had black and white TV's and a AM radio.

  • 07.03.2004 12:00 AM PDT

It's probably way over priced, but there is a bad mother trucking 5.1 sound system made just for the Xbox. Look in the "past news stories" section at teamxbox.com. They did a review of it a while back... I think:)

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  • 07.03.2004 12:08 AM PDT
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Giving my man derekw some hits on his site :)

There's a link (top right) here for what you might be talking about; I forgot all about it

You might wanna take a look at this, because it's designed for video games; and even more specifically, the Xbox

  • 07.03.2004 12:10 AM PDT

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It's probably way over priced, but there is a bad mother trucking 5.1 sound system made just for the Xbox. Look in the "past news stories" section at teamxbox.com. They did a review of it a while back... I think:)


Also, there is an add on chair ( looks good ) that has vibrators installed in it. The vibrators repsond to the sub.

If rocket hits your warthog, you'll feel every bit of the destruction... not to mention that it would be a cool add on for watching action and scifi movies.

It's probably out of your, if not all of ours, price range though:)

[Edited on 7/3/2004 12:40:33 AM]

  • 07.03.2004 12:39 AM PDT
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Im running a DENON system with Monster Cables through my X and it works great. It is the cheapest DENON system perfect for small lounge/large bedroom etc. Maybe cost about $400, cant remember exactly.

  • 07.03.2004 4:44 AM PDT
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I'm not sure, but i'm lookin to buy one too... i want the one made for xbox, is this a good one?

  • 07.03.2004 6:16 AM PDT
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You should try to get a system with good speakers. A lot of surround systems have small satelite speakers and rely on the subwoofer for the bulk of the sound. Steer clear of that if you can. Try to get something where the individual speakers are all actual speakers instead of small satellite speakers.

I'm assuming you need the speakers and the receiver? If so, I got this Onkyo system at Circuit City for about $500. It's a bit more than the $280 you quoted, but it's a very good system with 7 speakers (6.1 surround, including subwoofer). Onkyo is a very good consumer grade brand (not in the same class as brands like Mark Levinson, Carver, Sunfire, etc., but then again you probably don't want to spend $10,000 on a receiver alone). Anyway, it's worth looking at. If you only want the speakers, you can buy them separately for less money.

How do you like the DLP? Those are nice TVs. :)

  • 07.03.2004 6:29 AM PDT
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Just don't go to best buy, go somewhere where they specialize in surround sound speakers.

  • 07.03.2004 6:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: TalkingElmo
You should try to get a system with good speakers. A lot of surround systems have small satelite speakers and rely on the subwoofer for the bulk of the sound. Steer clear of that if you can. Try to get something where the individual speakers are all actual speakers instead of small satellite speakers.

I'm assuming you need the speakers and the receiver? If so, I got this Onkyo system at Circuit City for about $500. It's a bit more than the $280 you quoted, but it's a very good system with 7 speakers (6.1 surround, including subwoofer). Onkyo is a very good consumer grade brand (not in the same class as brands like Mark Levinson, Carver, Sunfire, etc., but then again you probably don't want to spend $10,000 on a receiver alone). Anyway, it's worth looking at. If you only want the speakers, you can buy them separately for less money.

How do you like the DLP? Those are nice TVs. :)



LOVE the DLP! Your are the second person to recomend that system so i guess I should take a real good look at it. Thank you for the insight on that. :)

[Edited on 7/3/2004 10:13:20 AM]

  • 07.03.2004 9:52 AM PDT
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Best Buy has a Kenwood Fineline Series 710 for $625; that's what I'm getting. It's 700 Watts 6.1 and sounds crystal clear even when volume is maxed out. Best thing is, it has Dolby Digital 5.1 SURROUND decoding for the HEADPHONES! Just plug in any stereo headphones and it truly sounds like the sound is coming from your environment, outside your head. A true directional surround sound effect.

In the alternative I had been considering the Spherex 5.1 system for Xbox (look it up on Spherex website), which has a lot of quality sound features. It goes for $500.

  • 07.03.2004 12:03 PM PDT
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Another good idea , but $500 dollars is a strech. Although I have heard of those earphones before...

  • 07.03.2004 12:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: TalkingElmo
You should try to get a system with good speakers. A lot of surround systems have small satelite speakers and rely on the subwoofer for the bulk of the sound. Steer clear of that if you can. Try to get something where the individual speakers are all actual speakers instead of small satellite speakers.

I'm assuming you need the speakers and the receiver? If so, I got this Onkyo system at Circuit City for about $500. It's a bit more than the $280 you quoted, but it's a very good system with 7 speakers (6.1 surround, including subwoofer). Onkyo is a very good consumer grade brand (not in the same class as brands like Mark Levinson, Carver, Sunfire, etc., but then again you probably don't want to spend $10,000 on a receiver alone). Anyway, it's worth looking at. If you only want the speakers, you can buy them separately for less money.

How do you like the DLP? Those are nice TVs. :)



LOVE the DLP! Your are the second person to recomend that system so i guess I should take a real good look at it. Thank you for the insight on that. :)


Man, DON'T get the DLP! I had my eye on the Samsung 50" until I took my xbox, component cable and Halo down to a local merchant for some side-by-side comparison. Neither the DLPs nor the LCD projections render dark objects/area very well, and in Halo you miss out on a lot of detail. Chief's gloves, for example, are often a monochrome grey with no detail on the DLP, whereas the should be a very dark navy with some scarring/texture and slightly shiny. Dark indoor areas are pretty bad. Almost worse, you can't turn the brightness up very high or ALL of the colors will wash out; you're stuck then, playing with an unacceptable brightness level. For kicks (and at the behest of the sales guy, a fellow Halo fanatic) I even hooked up to a $20,000 Mitsubishi 82" LCoS set, with similar results. Instead I went with Sony's 40" XBR800, a direct-view ("tube") HDTV. The picture on Halo blew all the other technologies (and me) away. Deepest, richest colors I have ever seen along with a brighter picture, since you can turn it as bright as you like without anything washing out. Sony also makes a 36" tube HDTV (36HS510) with the same picture qualities I just described. (I considered it but found the 40" to have more of a big-screen impact.) Alternatively, my law school buddy purchased a Toshiba 36" direct-view HDTV (he wanted the Sony but it wouldn't fit into his entertainment center, and his wife wouldn't let him have it otherwise!) which, although not quite as good as the Sonys, is head and shoulders above these other technologies. Thing is, I almost went with the 50" DLP, since everyone was raving about it and I guess I too was mesmerized by the big screen combined with the slim design. If you're all about picture quality, though, it can't compete with the Sony direct views. I'm so glad I went down to compare; you should definitely do the same. Just remember to bring a component-quality cable (Microsoft's High Def AV Pack or Monster Cable's 400X) and enable 480P on your Xbox dashboard.

[Edited on 7/4/2004 12:15:35 PM]

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