TV to Sound System Ratio is it 1:1?

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

If you've just spent £1,000 or more on a new TV, we doubt you're going to thank us for telling you to spend even more. Sound always accounts for half the experience, though, whether you're watching sport, movies or just Neighbours. And the speakers built in to your TV are not likely to do justice to very much at all and for that reason, you should get something better.
As a rule of thumb, we think you should consider spending the same amount of money on your sound system as you did on the TV. So if you spent £1,000, we really think you should spend at least that -- and quite possibly more -- on your surround-sound system. Klipsch agreed with us, and to show its support lent us some speakers to connect to our Onkyo TX-NR906.

The system was made up of two Klipsch RF-10s (£400 a pair) for the front stereo channels; a pair of RS-10 surrounds (£250 per pair), for rear effects; a delightful, but fairly large RPW-10 subwoofer (£300); and one of its RC-10 centre-channel speakers (£150 each). So that's a total of £1,100 on speakers, and with the amp costing £1,400, that's a grand total of £2,500. If you own a Pioneer Kuro LX-5090, this is possibly the setup for you.

Our amp is possibly more expensive than you really need. We've said only good things about the Onkyo TX-SR576, which costs around £300 and did a fantastic job with movies and, unusually, music too.

So what of the Klipsch system? Well, since we spent a happy afternoon setting it up yesterday, we haven't actually done much else but listen to it. Our Blu-ray copy of Live from Abbey Road was an instant hit. Mary J Blige belted out Growing Pains and Family Affair and we were nothing short of transfixed.

The clarity from the speakers was almost unbelievable. The subwoofer managed to hit us in the chest when the drummer asked it to, but it never over-powered the rest of the sound, and we never got the sense it was struggling. The centre and stereo speakers literally sang and we never wanted them to stop.

Movies were also wonderful. We stuck Casino Royale on and enjoyed a truly cinema-like experience. No, ignore that -- it was better than the cinema because the seats were comfortable, there were no idiots talking through the whole thing and the sound was more involving, without deafening us or shaking the building to its foundations.

We can understand why people think the TV is the be-all and end-all of their home-cinema system, but when you hear a surround sound system like this, you'll know you've made a mistake. And you'll want to correct it. Quickly.

I found this on another forum and found it to be interesting. How many of you have spent more on your sound system than you have your TV?

A rough figure for me is about 1:4.1 Ratio (TV:Audio). Not including two channel only devices.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/homecinema/0,39029447,49300041,00.htm
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[rc10mike 10+ year member]

My ratio is about 4:1 (Tv:Audio)!

I have a LNT4671F TV and currently looking for my next receiver.

 

[juniorab 10+ year member]

My ratio of what I actually paid is about 1:8.25. (tv:audio). The ratio of what it should have cost me is about 1:19.75 (tv:audio). Knowing people in the hi-fi industry is a real bonus.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Most definitely is a benefit. A good chunk of my equipment is demo equipment. Saves a LOT off of the price tag.

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

Yea i love having connections

One of my tower speakers to tv is 2:1 by itself

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

What speakers do you run?

 

[Blazin_Jason 10+ year member]

TV $1400, Audio $2500 so will be 1:1.79.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

5:1 in favor of the audio //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

4:1 in favor of my TV

$1000 LCD

and

$100 bookshelves made by PEsteel

and $150 dayton sub combo

college dont hate

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

37" lcd=$647

denon/paradigm setup=$1000

I'm not a big "one time purchase" sort of person. The audio was purchased seperately over time, but the lcd was obviously purchased all at once. I think the most I have ever spent was on my Denon receiver and that was about $700 and is now worth about $200

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

5:1 in favor of the audio //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

You don't count. I've seen pictures of your TV. It looks like something Fred Flintstone would have used.

TV $1400, Audio $2500 so will be 1:1.79.

37" lcd=$647
denon/paradigm setup=$1000

I'm not a big "one time purchase" sort of person. The audio was purchased seperately over time, but the lcd was obviously purchased all at once. I think the most I have ever spent was on my Denon receiver and that was about $700 and is now worth about $200

You two are about the closes to the 1:1 ratio.

 

[WildcatNate 10+ year member]

I'm about 1:9 - 1:10. video to audio.

 

[96MaxGLE 10+ year member]

I got my Toshiba Regza about a yr and a half ago for $1300 (a family member owns a TV repair shop...they sell Toshiba, RCA, Sony, Samsung)...MSRP on it was around $1600.

I just bought a HK AVR-354 and a very gently used set of Infinity Primus towers (dual 6 1/2s, 4, tweeter) Primus surrounds (6 1/2s and tweeters), and Infinty Entra center (dual 4s and tweeter), and an Entra Two sub (12"). I spent around $1150 including one HDMI cable, speaker/sub cables, banana plugs, and cable pants. The speaker setup was about 2yrs old, and MSRP was $1400 from Crutchfield (they came w/ receipt).

 

[96MaxGLE 10+ year member]

I think I'm now the closet to the 1:1 ratio //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif...i think thats what we're aiming for //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

It looks like something Fred Flintstone would have used.

Honestly, what is on that's actually worth spending that much on TV for, for the content's sake alone? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Now, for movies, I can see spending some money on an HD projection setup, but I don't have the room for anything like that now.