On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:19:26 -0400, Phil Kaufman wrote:
It's not necessarily true that most money should be spent on your speakers.
Afterall, an expensive and nice set of speakers would only provide the poor
details of the rest of your bad system, if you chinced out on a good amp,
source, and interconnects.

In my opinion, its all about balance. If you spend next to nothing for all
other components, then look for the $500 set of surround sound speakers. If
you buck up to modest equipment and hardware, then spend a modest amount on
speakers (that would be more than $500). ;-)

The original post wasn't "What is the best complete system for $500?"
The original post asked for a 5.1 HT speaker set up for $500.

If you can't even come up with $500 for speakers, you should just stick to
the TV's speakers and set SRS, or whatever fake surround the tv has, to
on. Replacing the TV's speakers with speakers of equal or possibly lower
quality and adding another four TV quality speakers is a waste of money.