[maxwalrath]

Hello AC'ers...I'm in Armenia, and my host family has a friend that wants to put together a home theater set-up.  I think the budget for the speakers is around $700, with maybe $500 for a DVD/amp.  The numbers can be adjusted I'm sure, but not by much.  The better the value, the better, of course.  The room size is about 18' x 20'.  My gut was to not recommend Jamo or Bose (the two ideas that the friend had), and maybe go with an av123 or Cambrige speaker set, and I guess an Oppo player, along with some affordable 5 channel digital amp.

Any ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.  Cheers!

[Dan Driscoll]

Given the budget, I'd say you're on the right track, but you might want to look more closely at what is available locally, rather than on-line. A lot of countries impose hefty import duties or taxes, although I don't know if that's the case with Armenia.

[maxwalrath]

Thanks, I'll look into that.  In particular, does anyone have an idea in the amp department?  I'm a two-channel guy, and I know nothing about surround amps.

[mjosef]

I would say a midline Pioneer, Yamaha or Onkyo around 400$...DVD players are so cheap now, lots of decent units under 100$. I recently bought the Philips 5982 for 60$ and the picture (via HDMI)is very good.