Know nothing about soundsystems. What do I need to know?
1 minute ago, usseN said:Thank you for your reply. Very informative.
Can you make a list of the components I will need? (Subwoofer, receiver...) Have any recommendations?
i usually get my stuff from craigslist cause im cheap
but you may want to buy new to have a warranty and maybe customer service
you will need a receiver, some speakers (2 or 4 or 5) and a subwoofer is optional
if you do get a subwoofer, it should be one with this kind of input
the LFE
that you can connect directly to your receiver's subwoofer output
for a receiver you can get one of many brands such as yamaha, onkyo, etc...
i personally have used 3 sony receiver and they have been great
look for a 5.1, they arent too expensive and 7.1 is kinda unnecessary
the .1 can be .2 and it doesnt matter, thats just how many subwoofer outputs it has
your blu ray player needs to connect to the receiver, and the receiver to the tv
that means you need 2 HDMI cables, and 1 per additional device you want to connect
to get audio from the tv to the receiver (if you are watching tv and not blu ray) then you probably need a 3.5mm to RCA cable like this one
you dont need an audio cable for the blu ray player because that one can send it over HDMI
and finally you just need some cheap speaker cable to connect all the speakers
if you buy a kit then it probably already comes with this
if you need to buy speaker cable dont spend a lot of money, you can get like 50ft rolls for $10 or $20, dont buy into the "thicker is better" or any of that other cable crap marketing
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