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<blockquote data-quote="Suicide Bobb" data-source="post: 7116814" data-attributes="member: 617319">Cool. So here is your main focus then: Matching speakers. You need for the center, fronts, and rears, at least, to all be matching. You may want a matching sub as well, but that is less important. For home theater, I would rather run a full matching budget Onkyo set than mismatched high-end pieces. It&#039;s a HUGE difference.The receiver is less important. In my opinion, what matters most is not the power that it puts out, but its processing capabilities. HDMI is probably the best route to take right now, since it&#039;s the easiest and arguably the best signal-sending method. You&#039;ll want a TV that accepts HDMI if you don&#039;t have one already.Cables play a small roll. For your interconnects, I suggest you buy some mid priced mid-fi cables, like Ixos. I&#039;m not really into all the cable hype, but I noticed a pretty audible difference in the midrange when I switched to Ixos, which should greatly improve the movie experience (voices). For speaker wire, 16ga is fine, 12ga is probably the biggest you should go.Finally, get a decent source. Blu-Ray is a significant difference as far as the sound experience goes, much more so than the picture quality imo. Get a decent one with HDMI out and call it good.I like that you want to go the DIY route with speakers. Partsexpress.com is your best friend, followed by Madisound. I believe PE has some DIY kits that will increase your Peen size and be nicer on the wallet. Plus, after all is said and done, it will be much more &quot;worth it&quot;, considering you put so much time into it.Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Suicide Bobb, post: 7116814, member: 617319"] Cool. So here is your main focus then: Matching speakers. You need for the center, fronts, and rears, at least, to all be matching. You may want a matching sub as well, but that is less important. For home theater, I would rather run a full matching budget Onkyo set than mismatched high-end pieces. It's a HUGE difference. The receiver is less important. In my opinion, what matters most is not the power that it puts out, but its processing capabilities. HDMI is probably the best route to take right now, since it's the easiest and arguably the best signal-sending method. You'll want a TV that accepts HDMI if you don't have one already. Cables play a small roll. For your interconnects, I suggest you buy some mid priced mid-fi cables, like Ixos. I'm not really into all the cable hype, but I noticed a pretty audible difference in the midrange when I switched to Ixos, which should greatly improve the movie experience (voices). For speaker wire, 16ga is fine, 12ga is probably the biggest you should go. Finally, get a decent source. Blu-Ray is a significant difference as far as the sound experience goes, much more so than the picture quality imo. Get a decent one with HDMI out and call it good. I like that you want to go the DIY route with speakers. Partsexpress.com is your best friend, followed by Madisound. I believe PE has some DIY kits that will increase your Peen size and be nicer on the wallet. Plus, after all is said and done, it will be much more "worth it", considering you put so much time into it. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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