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[aurobindo_saha]

Hi Woochifer
Thanks you for your precious sugessions. Thanks a lot. I am returning BOSE. But please tell me whether I have made a correct decession by buying Sony HT6600DP? Sony claims that their Dream Homethatre series DAV FC 7 or FC 8 or FC 9 are the latest and most premium ones. But I liked HT6600DP better. Also HT7700DP is not avaibale in the market. Hope Sony has scrapped that model. Can you please tell whether HT6600DP is a proper decession. I donot want to go to buy components from different brands. Because the is issue of impedence matching and other technicalities. So I like to buy the full unit from a single brand. What should be my option then?

Please suggest me about the different cable connection that I should use. Please look into the SONY HT6600DP manual and suggest me what cables should I buy? I have a coaxial cable that I connect from DVD to receiver for audio and a gold plated video RCA cable that I connect from DVD to Receiver for Video. I connect from receiver to TV through a normal RCA cable (yellow jack). I have a extra red-white-yellow cable that I connect from VCR to receiver. What more cable I should buy so that I get very good sound and picture quality?

Please suggest me about the stands or brackets. Since I live in rented appartment I donot want to drill wall and donot like to go for brakets. In that case can I look for stands? I have to carry then to India. Do we get foldable stands for speakers.

I have three power plugs to connect to wall. In India the voltage rating is 220V and 60 Hz. Do we get the power adapters here in US? in case I buy a single adapter and then connect that to a distributer and then connect all the three power cords to that distributer will that be OK? Or that will create huge load on the power converter? Please suggest which power converter (from 110V/ 60Hz to 220V/50Hz) I should buy and from where?

Your sugession will be of great help.

Thanks and Regards
Aurobindo Saha

[Woochifer]

Hi Woochifer
Thanks you for your precious sugessions. Thanks a lot. I am returning BOSE. But please tell me whether I have made a correct decession by buying Sony HT6600DP? Sony claims that their Dream Homethatre series DAV FC 7 or FC 8 or FC 9 are the latest and most premium ones. But I liked HT6600DP better. Also HT7700DP is not avaibale in the market. Hope Sony has scrapped that model. Can you please tell whether HT6600DP is a proper decession. I donot want to go to buy components from different brands. Because the is issue of impedence matching and other technicalities. So I like to buy the full unit from a single brand. What should be my option then?

Please suggest me about the different cable connection that I should use. Please look into the SONY HT6600DP manual and suggest me what cables should I buy? I have a coaxial cable that I connect from DVD to receiver for audio and a gold plated video RCA cable that I connect from DVD to Receiver for Video. I connect from receiver to TV through a normal RCA cable (yellow jack). I have a extra red-white-yellow cable that I connect from VCR to receiver. What more cable I should buy so that I get very good sound and picture quality?

Please suggest me about the stands or brackets. Since I live in rented appartment I donot want to drill wall and donot like to go for brakets. In that case can I look for stands? I have to carry then to India. Do we get foldable stands for speakers.

I have three power plugs to connect to wall. In India the voltage rating is 220V and 60 Hz. Do we get the power adapters here in US? in case I buy a single adapter and then connect that to a distributer and then connect all the three power cords to that distributer will that be OK? Or that will create huge load on the power converter? Please suggest which power converter (from 110V/ 60Hz to 220V/50Hz) I should buy and from where?

Your sugession will be of great help.

Thanks and Regards
Aurobindo Saha

Maybe you should just get back to India before deciding on a system. If you're limited only to those units that have switchable power supplies, then you might be looking at a very small group. I'm not sure, but I think that the more affordable power converters cannot handle large amp loads, and when you got a TV, receiver, DVD player, cable/satellite box, and subwoofer all plugged into the same outlet, you should double check on whether the power converters in your price range can handle that.

The biggest weakness on these all-in-one HTIB systems is almost always the speakers. The minimum that I would go with on a 5.1 speaker package would be the $600 Energy Take 5. With a $1,000 budget, that leaves you with $400 for the receiver, DVD player, cabling, and stands. This will give you decent performance, but even the Take 5 has its share of weaknesss. If you cannot afford the Energy Take 5, then you're better off starting with a pair of bookshelf speakers and maybe a budget subwoofer, and adding the center and surround speakers later.

In general, I would just start with a receiver, DVD player, and a good pair of bookshelf speakers, and add on later.