Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater How much is your home theater worth?

MSRPs for the equipment in my main HT - BTW, I bought much of it used for WAY less than list price.

Mitsubishi HD1080 65" TV.....................$5,000
Thiel CS 3.6........................................4,000
SVS 39-20.............................................600
Velodyne CHT 10.....................................500
QS8......................................................500
M2i.......................................................280
Merak (highly modified) center channel........150

Integra DTC 9.4 Processor.....................2,000
Anthem PVA5 Amplifier..........................1,700
Philips SACD1000.................................2,000
Onkyo M504..........................................800
Outlaw ICBM bass mgmt unit....................250

Some numbers I estimated.
Except for the Axiom speakers I didn't pay anything CLOSE to MSRP for anything else.

Sounds pretty good.

This is what I've come up with, and it doesn't include tax on items purchased locally:

M22s: 400
QS4: 375
VP150: 350
EP175: 500
HSU VTF-2: 200 (THAT was a steal!)
Marantz SR5200: 550
Pioneer Elite DV-45A: 450
Sony CDP-CA70ES: 300
Panasonic 27" TV: 400
Atlantis speaker stands: 125
Misc cables: 200

...for a grand total of $3,850.

It's really alarming to see the total cost, and my only consolation is that most of you guys have M60s, far more snazzy TVs, and probably spent a heck of a lot more on your receivers. So that puts me on the low end of the spectrum. This is a heck of a hobby...

Read my own post and am still chuckling at how cheap I got my stuff. Here's the MSRP breakdown on the office system

Toshiba Ultrascan 43" HDTV..................$2,500
Sony TA E9000ES processor....................2,000
3 x Yamaha M80 amplifiers......................2,400
Toshiba SD9200 DVD Audio......................2,000
Klipsch LF10 subwoofer..........................1,400
Dahlquist PDQ15 subwoofer........................500
4 Michaura M55 speakers (modified)...........1,200
Merak MC6H center channel (heavily modified)150

Again, some of the numbers I made up - and I paid NOTHING CLOSE TO MSRP for anything on this list except for the Hitachi TV. Few examples - found the TA E9000ES new B stock for $400, same for the Toshiba, the Dahlquist I got from ubid for $100 back when there were great deals there, and the Michauras were ubid blowouts for between $19 and $49 each (with their outrageous shipping costs, averaged to about $100 per speaker)

Panasonic 40" LCD projection: $2,500
B&K Ref. 50: $2,200
Marantz MM9000 5-chanel Amp.: $1,200
2 Marantz MA 500: $600
M80i: $1,240
2 pairs of M40i:$1,120
VP 150: $385
SVS 16-46 PCI: $650

Total:$9,895.00, a lot cheaper than dating.

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Total:$9,895.00, a lot cheaper than dating.

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That's frightening that you put HT and dating into a mutually exclusive arrangement.

Bren R.

(2) M80's, (2) QS8's, (1) VP-150= $1500
HK Receiver $400, HK Power Amp $600
SVS PB/2 Plus $1200
Cables $100
HK DVD Player $200
Toshiba 32" $650

About $4,650. Not too bad considering it has been several years building. The Next big purchase is the 50" DLP/LCD whatever TV. Another $3000 at least. And I will need anew stand and another couch. Oh yea I want to upgrade my receiver too. Not to mention I want to go to a 6.1 or 7.1 from my current 5.1. Of course I will need some more new speakers to do that, maybe M22's. Another big sub would be killer too. I will try to keep the total cost under 12K.

Damn you guys. I hate to do this since it'll bring to light how much I've really spent. I've recently reconfigured the system, so I'll only including the cost of the existing system. Prices are approximate.

Speakers = $1724
-M22's, QS8's, VP150, VTF2
FMS16 stands = $180
Pioneer 45TX = $700
Denon 2200 DVD player = $599
HD Tivo upgraded to 550GB = $1300
Panasonic Plasma TH42PWD6UY = $2500
Omnimount wall mount = $150
Triplite surge = $75
Salamander twin in all black w/ claw feet = $1100
Bluejeans component cables = $100
Various dayton cables (parts express) = $75
Knukonceptz speaker cables and radio shack locking bananas = $200

Total = $8703. I sure as hell ain't telling my wife that...

I think I might be winning the cheapest yet still sweet sounding contest but I have not added it up yet. . . lets see. . .

Axioms 2X M60, 1X VP 150, 2X M22's about $1600

Hsu VTF-3 MK-2 $600 or so

Onkyo 601 $260 Crazy close out at Comp USA

Pioneer DVD changer $250

Sharp 27" flat screen TV $250 (don't laugh it has a pretty good picture, especially for the price)

Interconnects $200 (mostly because I unwillingly used monster 12 guage flat speaker cable to run to my surrounds)

Does my Laserdisc player count. . . nahhhhh

Total $3160 wait a minute! That can't be right. Let me add that again . . .


Yup $3160 and all I want to upgrade is. . . a better receiver, maybe some nice amps, a real TV, QS8's to go to 7.1, and maybe some day cable TV!

OK, ok. You dragged me into this kicking and screaming, but I'll give. These are prices paid:

2 M22 -- $360 (FO)
1 VP100 -- $220
2 CSW The Surround -- $150
1 SVS PB12-ISD -- $599
2 Polk RT-25i (zone 2) -- $150
Onkyo TX-DS575 receiver -- $450
Onkyo 6-disc CD-changer -- $125
Sony DVD/SACD player -- gift from bro, but I got him an XBox for $150
Phillips DirecTiVo -- $199
32" Mitsubishi CRT TV -- $300
Credenza-style AV/TV/speaker stand -- $50 (thanks craigslist!)
cables -- probably no more than $100 total

So that comes to ... $2853. HA, beat that!

Am I cheap, or what? And I STILL love my system. Well, OK, my TV is slowly dying, so that'll be a forced upgrade.

These are approx.:
Phillips 60" HDTV - 1500
Denon 2802 - 500
Denon carousel DVD - 400
Sony mega changer - 200
Onkyo 2 channel amp - 150
MA Silver 8s - 1200 (but not yet paid for with 1 yr free no interest/no payments. )
Axiom VP150, 2 QS8s and an EP350 - 1250?
Glass AV rack - 50 bucks baby!!!!!
Cheapo wires - 50

Holy crap, that adds up to $5300.