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Originally Posted by cupofjoe
It is hard to recommend systems with limited information. People desire different things when they buy systems. Some examples I have heard: system must look good, system must impress my buddies, system must please the wife, system must be able to blow out the house windows, system must be easy to use etc.
When I meet with my clients, I ask many questions. I want to find out what is the primary use(s) for the system (sports, games, movies). What is main function(s) of the room. Who is using it? Does the system need to integrate with the rest of the house? Are they music lovers? etc etc. Most of the time, the clients have not thought that deeply about it. I find these questions help clarify the scope of system so the client will get the most out of it.
A budget of $3000 can be a decent system. Maybe a break-down of roughly $800 for the amp and $2000 for speakers & sub with about $100 - $200 for misc. (speaker wire, cables, surge protector etc) It is hard to recommend brands etc without knowing more information.
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Thanks for the response (and for the earlier PM i forgot to respond to).
It's for a friend, so I'll do my best to answer.
It's for a room just off a kitchen and will likely be the primary TV space in the house. It's pre-wired for speakers in great locations, with the dimensions of the room being roughly 24'x12'. Primary uses will be sports and games, some movies as well, but mostly sports and games. Likely a different tv in a different room will be the 'movie and music' room.
After sharing a wall for so long, he's going to want to be able to flex a bit, but, definitely not a situation where he'll have a huge desire for ear splitting volume.
"Music lover" i wouldn't call him necessarily, but sound quality is important to him. He currently has pretty nice monitors and sub with a mixing board and turntables for messing around, but couldn't really use them often until now because of the shared wall factor. They will probably be used in the aforementioned "music/movies" area, which is separate to this. That was a long winded way of saying he cares for quality sound and will pay to get it.
Appearance is also a factor as this will be the main entertaining area of the house, aesthetics are important.
As for who is using it? For now, just a single dude with some time on his hands.
It doesn't necessarily have to communicate with anything else in the house, but, if that isn't a deal breaker for price or difficulty, could be a cool feature.