Cheap receiver and speaker recommendations?
 

I just bought a 36" toshiba crt TV and im now looking for some speakers for it. I am hoping to get everything for under $200. Would my best bet be to get computer speakers and hook the up to my RCA connector on the TV/DVD player?

Or do I get a receiver and home theater speakers? If so, any recommendations?

i just picked up a 6.1 onkyo receiver from eCost so now I need speakers for that.
I was looking at the fluance SX-HTB and AV-HTB. Any thoughts on those 2?
Any other set of 5 or 6 speakers for under $300 that you all recommend?

hey heat hows it going ? (we got a dvd trade in progress) :)


take my advice and don't buy a cheap set. I have bought many onmy to regret it cause I couldn't wait and wanted everything now. I thought i was satisfied but felt something was missing and that was presense.

I didn't take the advice of many saying to uild slow and start with a nice set of front speakers and them buy when you have money to finish the rest.

let me tell you that a nice set of front speakers will image WAY better than a cheap full set of 5.1 HTIB speakers. it will surround you!!!!! trust me you will spend money upgrades after upgrades and better off starting slow and buying a nice set of front speakers.

fluance does eem to be ok for the price, heard good things about them but I would still buy a quality set of front speakers. my Paradigm Monitor 7 Tower speakers sound great and image nice and put out some serious bass for a tower speaker. I paid $600 new but you can find a mint set on HT sites for sale or ebay for around $300

our reciever is good enough, don't let people tell you otherwise. I have an Onkyo TX-DS494 and it drives my Paradigms fine.

Thanks for the advice. More and more people are telling me to get a nice set of fronts first then save up to buy the rest. I just have no idea how to shop for speakers. If I goto bestbuy what do I look for in a good speaker?

Please don't take this the wrong way but IMHO there are no "good" speakers at that store.

I normally recommend a complete audition with your own source material for any speaker purchase but given your budget I would first look for another store in your area or consider some online options

http://ww2.onecall.com/SLF_59.htm

Good luck

brian is right heat, do not buy speakers at best buy.

don't buy before you listen. I have done it and you will be disappointed.

goto a local HT store and try out some speakers. just sit and pick the ones in your price range that sound nice to you.

the cheapest ones I found were PSB and Paradigm in my area and I liked the paradigm and got a good deal on them. $600

but thats what you will spend for a new set of entry level decent speakers.

I love my Monitor 7's

I went ahead and ordered the Fluance SX-HTB. Hopefully I wont be disappointed. I'll let yall know how it turns out. Thanks for all the help though.

heat23, congrats on your new system, those Fluances should do nicely as a first system.