[J]

Hi , I would like to put together a cheap HT setup (2ch to start) for my father for b-day / Christmas to put in a little corner of a sun room . He has a 27inch tv and dvd player .

My plan is to purchase a new original sub (smaller would be too tall) and a new (or used amp) which one ? are any of the plate amps any good?

What is a good (durable) reciever for $3-4 hundred (do I have to spend that much?)

I'm shopping around for a cheap set of very small spaekers (VMPS don't fit the budget   ) are the wharefedales any good?(many close outs)

Bottom line, he knows what bass is (when I lived at home I had a HT system in the basement with two of my original VMPS subs and he still talks about 8 years later) He  can always upgrade to better speakers ( he's using my 17 ? year old fried betas and a 30+ year old fisher reciever in the living room.

thanks John

[J]

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[Rob Babcock]

Probably this isn't the best Circle to post in; this is a vendors circle for discussion of VMPS products.  You'd likely get some good input in either the HT/Cinema Circles or the 2 Ch Stereo cirle.

[Tyson]

Avoid plate amps, they generally are not good.  A bridged QSC or Crown amp will give plenty of power for the sub.

For small speakers, I think you'd have a hard time bettering the ceramic 4.0 from nOrh at $400/pair delivered.

[J]

thanks for the replies

I know this forum is is mostly about VMPS products but since I plan on purchasing another VMPS sub (I bought an orig sub around 85 and another around 90) I thought there may be some  best bang for the buck products that I could check out.

What would you compare the QSO 404's to if they were to fit into the budget.

John

[John Casler]

Hi John,

The VMPS 404 is no longer in production.

The nOhr that Tyson suggested would be a great speaker as well as a couple of the smaller Rocket models from AV123 (see their forum on this site)