I recently was looking to replace/upgrade my sound and through the advice and wisdom of many people on this forum I made my decisions and am now in rapture over how things sound. What I learned that may be of help is as follows.
You can get general ideas here but ultimately you need to find a room somewhere- dealer soundroom, friend's house, wherever and listen for yourself.
I listened to Paradigm, B & W, Martin Logan, Definitive Technology and a few others a bit. Ultimately I went with Paradigm as the sound quality to me was phenomenal and the value was unmatched by any other brand. (Nearly 1/2 of what the comparable competition cost) but judge for yourself. Take along both a couple of music cd's and dvd's with good sound mixes that you are infinitely familiar with for comparison.
Receivers I looked at and would reccomend are Onkyo, Denon, Yamaha and Marantz, and Integra. (Onkyo and Integra AVR seem to pair well with Paradigm speakers ) , Leaving yourself with $4000+ after TV purchase I think you could come in well under this
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HT- Panasonic TH-50PZ800U 1080p plasma, Panasonic PT-AX200u LCD projector, Elite Vmax Electric 100' screen, Onkyo TX-NR905 AVR, Paradigm Titan Monitor v5 fronts, Paradigm CC-190 v6 center, Paradigm Atom Monitors v5 surrounds(x4), HSU research VTF-2 sub, xbox360+hd-dvd player ,Sony BDP-S550 blu-ray, D*tv H21 HD-DVR
Bedroom: Insignia NS-lcd26, Samsung BDP-1400 blu-ray
Den - Vizio 20" 1080p LCD + Samsung BD-p1600
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