Hey guys! Was looking around these forums and decided to make an account here, everyone seem pretty knowledgeable so I thought this would be a good place to start. Honestly it seems like all advice here is super high-end and enthusiast oriented so I hope you won't find my question out of place. Anyway my dad has had the same speakers and reciever for years and years and years, they worked great fine for what he needed. But a storm killed them. Hes on a $250 dollar budget. He went to Best Buy and the guy told him to get Samsung HT-4500 500w for 215 bucks. Well he went looking around online after buying it and quickly found out he could get the Samsung HT4100 1000w for the same price and took it back. Then he asked me for help. Well I'm going to be honest, I'm a head-fi guy. I don't have a home theater setup, I have a headphone and computer setup, but he asked me regardless because he knew I dumped thousands into that. I really don't know much about home theater at all. He likes his speakers, and doesn't need a BluRay player or any of that stuff. He just need a good subwoofer and a receiver for about 250 bucks (closer to 200 without killer performance would be awesome). He doesn't need all that fancy stuff (he doesn't even have internet). His TV is a Visio E471VLE, and he has 2 channel Polk Audio speakers (I don't know the exact ones, but they don't need to be replaced they have a good enough sound for him). Primary use is TV and Movies 90 percent, and 10 percent music. I honestly can't shake him off the "but its 1000w where else am I going to get 1000w for that price".
I was looking at a mixture of these, but I don't even know if they will work together or hook up to his TV easily. I really could do a bunch of research but I figure I'd ask the experts. Tell me what you guys think. Was looking at;
Onkyo TX-8020
Yamaha R-S202BL
and
Yamaha YST-SW012
But like I said, I have no idea if those are easily compatible, or even good, or if they would hook up to his TV easily. Appreciate the help!
I was looking at a mixture of these, but I don't even know if they will work together or hook up to his TV easily. I really could do a bunch of research but I figure I'd ask the experts. Tell me what you guys think. Was looking at;
Onkyo TX-8020
Yamaha R-S202BL
and
Yamaha YST-SW012
But like I said, I have no idea if those are easily compatible, or even good, or if they would hook up to his TV easily. Appreciate the help!