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Step 3Audio
Without good audio a picture is nothing.
If you want to go the surround sound route, you can go to Wallmart and pickup a cheapo surround sound for about $100, that give you Dolby 5.1, a built in DVD player, a sub, and small speakers.
However for just about the same you can put some hardcore serious sound into your home theater. It will require a bit of legwork and perhaps a bit of soldering iron work.
Make yourself aware of your local 2nd hand shops and flea markets, also check newspaper classifieds for old stuff, and garage sales.
I managed to get a pioneer receiver from the salvation army store for $20. It can put out 2 channels at 120Watts, or 4 channels at 80 watts. This refers to real watts, at 8 Ohms none of this 2, or 4 ohm garbage... this is a legitimately loud system.
As far as speakers go, I was able to get 2 sets for $20 a set. Unfortunately they were sold as is from the thrift store, one had a blown out crossover, various speakers were blown out, so I managed to take and make one functional set.
Furthermore If you have an old hifi stereo system, if would be a great opportunity to integrate it into the system.
Expect to pay between $40 and $100 for sound, although if you want to get really high quality, the sky is the limit, and this instructable is not for you.
If you want to go the surround sound route, you can go to Wallmart and pickup a cheapo surround sound for about $100, that give you Dolby 5.1, a built in DVD player, a sub, and small speakers.
However for just about the same you can put some hardcore serious sound into your home theater. It will require a bit of legwork and perhaps a bit of soldering iron work.
Make yourself aware of your local 2nd hand shops and flea markets, also check newspaper classifieds for old stuff, and garage sales.
I managed to get a pioneer receiver from the salvation army store for $20. It can put out 2 channels at 120Watts, or 4 channels at 80 watts. This refers to real watts, at 8 Ohms none of this 2, or 4 ohm garbage... this is a legitimately loud system.
As far as speakers go, I was able to get 2 sets for $20 a set. Unfortunately they were sold as is from the thrift store, one had a blown out crossover, various speakers were blown out, so I managed to take and make one functional set.
Furthermore If you have an old hifi stereo system, if would be a great opportunity to integrate it into the system.
Expect to pay between $40 and $100 for sound, although if you want to get really high quality, the sky is the limit, and this instructable is not for you.
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Jan 12, 2009. 4:07 PMHycro
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Yea, a lot of audio systems today can be garbage, the system on my computer isn't even designed for a computer, is only rated for a total of 250W (one 100W amp driving two 5 1/2" two way speakers, and a 150W amp driving two 10" subs) with one of the amps being made in '89, and the thing out-performs my mom's 1000W surround system, which was more than 3 times the cost of my set up, and my 250W 2.2 system out-performs in both sheer volume (even high-volume bass) and in quality. The amp I have for my subs is designed to be a stereo amp that can drive two 16 ohm speakers at 30W max continuous, two 8 ohm speakers at 40W max continuous, or two 4 ohm speakers at 50W max continuous.
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