I got a sweet bonus last week (I suppose all bonuses likely fall into that category), and like any good American consumer, I decided to spend a portion of it on stuff I don’t really need. And, like any good American man, I decided to upgrade my home theater system (i.e. TV speakers just don’t cut it).
First on the short list was a decent receiver. I went with an Onkyo TX-SR606. It’s nothing super fancy, but it does a few things that were very important for me:
- It has four HDMI inputs
- It upconverts all my video and passes it out through one single HDMI to my TV
- It supports 7.1 sound
- It decodes Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD
Next up were the speakers. I got the Definitive ProCinema 800 set, which is (only) a 5.1 set. Originally I was looking for 7.1, but then I heard these at Magnolia and was thoroughly impressed. According to CNET, they “redefined [their] expectations of what a small surround speaker system can do.” I figure I can always buy two more later on, but I’d rather start with quality.
Unfortunately they’re not due here until Friday, but considering I got 0% interest until 2012, I’m willing to live with that. I don’t seem to buy anything these days unless I get some 0% interest financing. If they want to give me free money, I’ll take it. Seriously, how can they afford that?
Oh, and of course I bought my speaker wire from Monoprice.com. Nobody can beat them. For real. Nobody.
Anyway, it’s going to be awesome when I set this shit up and get some gaming in. Nobody’ll be able to sneak up on me anymore when I’m playing CoD4. Or, perhaps more importantly, I won’t be able to blame my deaths on that anymore… 
August 25th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
That reminds me of my old idea for an internet startup. “FreeMoney.com.net.org” You just sign-up, request a dollar amount, and we give you the money for free. I guarantee it would be the fastest growing company the world has ever known.
August 26th, 2008 at 11:21 am
lol, yeah that would be sweet. you’ve just gotta figure out how to pull that one off.