First, I highly recommend checking out the newsgroup alt.home-theater.misc. There are 10,000 people on there that ask this exact question every week and all the answers you want (including web links to reviews and specs) are posted in that NG.
Just as a warning, NOBODY in there likes any of the Bose systems and very few like Sony. Personally, I have a 100% Sony home theater (including the XBR400) and I absolutely _love_ it.
On to the recommendations. If you're on a budget, the Kenwood HTB-503 system is a Dolby Digital and DTS capable receiver and somes with decent speakers for about $400 to $500 or their HTB-503 DV model for about $100 to $150 more. Likewise, the RCA RT2250 system is not too shabby for the price.
I also suggest you check out www.audioreview.com and read up on the specs and user reviews of the producs before making a final decision.
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I'm thinking that it's going to be 2001-03-11 18:03:11. Best of luck to everyone... Z-Man
First, I highly recommend checking out the newsgroup alt.home-theater.misc. There are 10,000 people on there that ask this exact question every week and all the answers you want (including web links to reviews and specs) are posted in that NG.
Just as a warning, NOBODY in there likes any of the Bose systems and very few like Sony. Personally, I have a 100% Sony home theater (including the XBR400) and I absolutely _love_ it.
On to the recommendations. If you're on a budget, the Kenwood HTB-503 system is a Dolby Digital and DTS capable receiver and somes with decent speakers for about $400 to $500 or their HTB-503 DV model for about $100 to $150 more. Likewise, the RCA RT2250 system is not too shabby for the price.
I also suggest you check out www.audioreview.com and read up on the specs and user reviews of the producs before making a final decision.
Hope this info helps!
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