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Help me shop for DH, please!

holyguacamole79holyguacamole79 member
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So DH's birthday is next week and Christmas is around the corner.  He really wants a new home entertainment / surround sound system.  I'm totally clueless and don't want to walk into a store and let the salespeople attempt to sweet-talk me.

What do you have?  Do you like it?  Any tips?

I'd like for it to be wireless and under $200.




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    I didn't buy ours, but we have an LG with wireless subwoofer that is good.  Not sure the model since it was bought about 3 years ago.






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    I ordered my car stereo from crutchfield.com and I think they have a reputation of being very helpful!

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  • ericasm0703ericasm0703 member
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    We have a Bose sound bar; it also has a subwoofer that we have sitting near the corner of the living room. It's pretty basic in comparison to some of the other ones we looked at, but I like it a lot and the subwoofer is small enough that we were able to set it under the shelf on our end table.

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  • CMGragainCMGragain member
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    Amazon has some nice deals, and you can read customer reviews.

    http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Subwoofer-Bluetooth-Soundshare-Settings/dp/B00X06Z9XE/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1449619732&sr=1-5&keywords=sound+bar


    http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HT-XT1-Channel-Built--Subwoofer/dp/B00IWQREOE/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1449619967&sr=1-7&keywords=sound+bar+bose

    Bose is probably the best, but they start way above your price range.
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  • PamBeesly524PamBeesly524 member
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    Sonos has some great speakers... You can get one or two now and your H and build off of it as he wants (or you can for future gifts!) it also has a great app that syncs all of your music/audio apps into one and you can control the speakers from there... I also love that you can play something on one speaker and something else entirely in another room.

    ETF: Sonos, not Sonia autocorrect!
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  • JaniV123JaniV123 member
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    holyguacamole79 said:
    So DH's birthday is next week and Christmas is around the corner.  He really wants a new home entertainment / surround sound system.  I'm totally clueless and don't want to walk into a store and let the salespeople attempt to sweet-talk me.

    What do you have?  Do you like it?  Any tips?

    I'd like for it to be wireless and under $200.
    I can ask DH for which one he recommends and let you know. He works at sears so he will tell me from the ones they have there. 


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  • holyguacamole79holyguacamole79 member
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    JaniV123 said:
    holyguacamole79 said:
    So DH's birthday is next week and Christmas is around the corner.  He really wants a new home entertainment / surround sound system.  I'm totally clueless and don't want to walk into a store and let the salespeople attempt to sweet-talk me.

    What do you have?  Do you like it?  Any tips?

    I'd like for it to be wireless and under $200.
    I can ask DH for which one he recommends and let you know. He works at sears so he will tell me from the ones they have there. 
    Yes!  Thanks, @JaniV123 !  




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  • LulawifeLulawife member
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    PamBeesly524 said:
    Sonos has some great speakers... You can get one or two now and your H and build off of it as he wants (or you can for future gifts!) it also has a great app that syncs all of your music/audio apps into one and you can control the speakers from there... I also love that you can play something on one speaker and something else entirely in another room. ETF: Sonos, not Sonia autocorrect!
    I second Sonos. We have one speaker we received as a gift and it's very effective (loud) with good sound quality. We plan to buy a few more speakers for outdoors/different rooms. 
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  • JaniV123JaniV123 member
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    holyguacamole79 said:
    So DH's birthday is next week and Christmas is around the corner.  He really wants a new home entertainment / surround sound system.  I'm totally clueless and don't want to walk into a store and let the salespeople attempt to sweet-talk me.

    What do you have?  Do you like it?  Any tips?

    I'd like for it to be wireless and under $200.
    @holyguacamole79

    I asked hubby and he told me to ask you a few questions to help narrow down:

    1) how much space do you have for setting up the system (space as in tv stand, etc)? 
    2) do you want to mount the system on the walls/ceiling (speakers)? 
    3) do you want it to have either and/or dvd/blue-ray/3-D? 
    4) would you consider a sound bar over a regular surround system? 
    5) do you want a wireless subwoofer? 
    6) do you mind sacrificing performance over convenience? 
    7) is the budget set in stone or could there be some wiggle room? 



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