I'm thinking of a low-end surround sound system/Home Theater in a Box (HTiaB) or something for my 46 inch Samsung LED TV.
Any suggestions? I am not an audiophile, I am not looking to spend thousands of dollars, I just want something that is going to improve the absolute shitty sound of my TV speakers to the point where I, the complete audio newb, am impressed.
I recently purchased the Logitech Z523 2.1 computer speakers for my PC, see
here and
here. They come with a subwoofer and I am actually very impressed by them. FWIW, I can hook them up to my TV as well, and I really like the sound quality. However, since my TV and PC aren't in the same room, I have to manually unhook them, move them, and re-hook them up to my TV if I want to switch, so uh, that's out.
Because I like the Logitech Z523 so much, I've been led towards looking at the Logitech Z906 5.1, see
here. The Z906's are also, I believe, technically are not considered a true Surround Sound system, as it does not have a true receiver, has no HDMI out (not sure why I need HDMI out for sound?) but its advanced enough that many people say it's a very good starter HTiaB.
Conversely, I could do a very low end TRUE HTiaB like the Onkyo 3500 (
here) which is actually less expensive, but may not sound as nice, and is more in line with a real home theater (as opposed to the Logitech which is more like very, very nice computer speakers).
Any thoughts? I think I'm leaning towards the Logitech Z906 at this point because I'm so happy with the Z523 that I already own for my PC.