Loading ...Ok, we caved. We decided to go the easy route and get the Onkyo HT-S990THX. The reason for this is that a friend sent me a link to the 790 series (last year’s model?) that had rave reviews from a lot of the sites I looked at as far as HTIB goes. I figured if you take an award winning HTIB series, refine it, throw THX certification on it, boost the power and give it a decent receiver, you are bound to get atleast 100x better than the TV speakers. Also he linked me a CircuitCity coupon for 10% off that expires tommorow, so I bit.
Here is the Onkyo HT-R940 Receiver that comes in the set:
Features:
• 130 W/Ch, 8 ?, 1 kHz, IEC
• THX™ Certified
• THX™ Surround EX™, DTS®-ES™ Discrete/Matrix, DTS® Neo:6, DTS® 96/24, Dolby® Digital EX™, Dolby® Pro Logic® Ilx
• H.C.P.S. (High Current Power Supply) massive high power transformer
• 192 kHz/24-bit DACs for all channels
• HDTV-capable (50 MHz) component video switching (3 inputs/1 output)
• Component video upconversion with TBC (Time Base Corrector)
• WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology)
• 3 S-Video inputs and 2 outputs
• 4 digital inputs (3 optical/1 coaxial)
• Subwoofer pre out
• Optimum gain volume circuitry
• Advanced 32-bit processing DSP chip
• Non-scaling configuration
• Color-coded 7.1 multichannel inputs (ready for Dolby® Digital and DTS® audio formats for high-definition discs)
• Speaker A/B drive
• Color-coded dual banana plug-compatible speaker posts (except speaker B) • Crossover adjustment (40/50/60/80/100/120/150/200 Hz)
• A/V sync control function (up to 100 ms)
• Compatible with RI Dock for the iPod
• Preprogrammed RI (Remote Interactive) remote control
• WHD: 435 x 151 x 377 mm
• 10.2 kg
And here are the Onkyo HTP-940 speakers in the set:
Features:
SKF-940F 2-Way Acoustic-Suspension Front Speakers
• 12 cm A-OMF diaphragm woofer x 2
• 2.5 cm soft-dome tweeter
• Magnetically shielded
• Impedance: 8 ?
• Frequency response: 50 Hz–45 kHz
• Max. input power: 130 W
• WHD: 158 x 433 x 199 mm
• 5.3 kgSKC-940C 2-Way Acoustic-Suspension Center Speaker
• 12 cm A-OMF diaphragm woofer x 2
• 2.5 cm soft-dome tweeter
• Magnetically shielded
• Impedance: 8 ?
• Frequency response: 50 Hz–45 kHz
• Max. input power: 130 W
• WHD: 433 x 158 x 199 mm
• 5.3 kgSKM-940S/SKB-940 2-Way Acoustic-Suspension Surround/
Surround Back Speakers
• 13 cm A-OMF diaphragm woofer
• 2.5 cm soft-dome tweeter
• Impedance: 8 ?
• Frequency response: 50 Hz–45 kHz
• Max. input power: 130 W
• WHD: 200 x 275 x 169 mm
• 3.5 kgSKW-940 Acoustic-Suspension Powered Subwoofer
• Built-in 230 W amplifier
• 30 cm cone woofer
• Auto-standby/On circuitry
• Frequency response: 20 Hz–100 Hz
• WHD: 380 x 444 x 429 mm
• 15.5 kg
* All speakers include color-coded speaker terminals and speaker cable
Not too shabby for $840 shipped.
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October 12th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
Shoot me an email when you have this all hooked up - I am in the market too, and this is about what I’m looking for.
Later
October 23rd, 2006 at 1:45 am
Too bad…for a TV like that, can I even call it a TV? You should have gotten something that won’t make your audiophile friends snicker. You got a Rolls Royce and are running on Goodyear Wranglers so to speak.
Well to each his own.
IMO You should have a good setup however. I’ve listened to that Oink and it is pretty good. The receiver is lacking pre-outs, hdmi etc etc.
Score on the TV!
October 24th, 2006 at 7:25 am
I tell you, if I had my druthers, I would have gotten the Denon 3806 and then a nice set of speakers to go with it… but that’s OK, this is great for now.