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  1. 08-29-2004 11:14 PM #1
    Early B.
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    Default If you had one choice...

    If you had to narrow it down to one choice, what is the single most important component in a home theater system? Why?

    a big screen?
    receiver?
    speakers?
    subwoofer?
    separates?
    room size/layout/acoustics?
    calibration?
    interconnects/speaker wire?
    source?

    I would say it's the subwoofer because not only do you hear it, you also feel it (assuming it's a good one and set up properly). The sub is what puts you inside the movie, even if it's mated with less-than-enthusiastic gear.
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    The single most important thing isn't even on your list....

    SOMETHING WORTH WATCHING!
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    The speakers...

    But really, I have come to find that the Preamp, Amp, CD Player, and Speakers all play equally important roles...
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  4. 08-30-2004 12:02 AM #4
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    Without a TV (any size) it's just a big-assed audio system.
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    SOMETHING WORTH WATCHING!
    Gotta give ya props on this one. Only one or two movies a year are diamonds worth watching. The others are simply lumps of coal.
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    beer
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    Originally posted by Frank Z
    Without a TV (any size) it's just a big-assed audio system.
    Without a TV, it's just gussied up Quadraphonic stereo! ;)
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    a real i mean real big tv anything below 65 is small fry and olny fit for tv watching. but with out audio there is no theater
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    I could see it now...

    An excited couple buys a 12 foot screen, a projector - they sit down with a big smile and hear no sound...
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  10. 08-30-2004 12:57 PM #10
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    duh ... yur ears!!! and eyes!!!
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    SPEAKERS. No other component has the potential to change the character of your sound like speakers.

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    The system is the single most part of a home theater system.

    Balance is key.Everything must work well together in order to get the max out of the system.Remember when building a SYSTEM thats exactly what your doing.Wire isn't,sub isn't,the damn screen isn't the room isn't......it's how all of it works together.

    You can't have a single most important part of a home theater system.

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  13. 08-30-2004 02:01 PM #13
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    Mantis,

    GOOD POST ... I was thinking the same thing last night ... a la ... you can have dream team but if they don't play as a team then what's the point.
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    I have to agree with Dan. Goes back to the old "Ferrari engine in a Yugo" analogy.
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    No fair. You only get one choice.:p
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    YOU ALL FORGOT ABOUT THE BEER!!!!!

    Where the hell is this club going:p

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    i am adding a wonder bar setup to my home thearer.
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  18. 08-30-2004 09:19 PM #18
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    Originally posted by goingganzo
    i am adding a wonder bar setup to my home thearer.
    I think you meant "Wonder Bra!!"
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    sory wunder bar
    http://www.wunderbar.com/products/postmix.htm
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  20. 08-31-2004 05:50 PM #20
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    Amen to the watchable software. HT is worth **** with most of the schlock coming out of Hollywood or wherever they create the stuff.

    Seeing how about 90% of your "systems" character is defined by THE SPEAKERS, they are easily the most important part of any "system".

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