Good Home Theater speakers ?

Onkyo is a great system...Make sure the Speaker wires are upgraded from the ones it comes with...I have a onkyo with 10 ga speaker wire,sounds great.

Like the other pros in their answers, stay a way from Bose, Yes i do this for a living too. I am not going to specify a brad cuz i don't know your budget. So with out a budget my recommendation is to spend the same amount on speakers that you spent on your DVD, CD, and Receiver combined. So if you have a $200 DVD + $100 CD + $700 receiver then spend $1000 on the speakers or more if you have the cash. Speakers make the biggest difference! Also for music and movies, if your budget allows, get something with larger front speakers that can represent bass. Subs are fine if that's the system you can afford, although bass is mostly non-directional, even i can tell where a 30Hz tone is coming from so frontal bass is more satisfying. And by all means if you can afford larger front and a sub then do both. Listening tip, people tend to buy overly bright or bass sounding speakers (Bose) because side by side to a "smooth" pair they seem to sound better. That is until you get fatigued from listening to them. So think when you are listening "wow that treble is crisp and loud, sounds good"...... think about it, is it over the top, is that going to bug me when I'm watching a movie? hope this helps

In truth - even low-end speakers from companies that add them in (Sony, Phillips, Samsung, Onkyo) can do a decent job for home theater.

But Energy, Definitive and other REAL speaker companies do a much better job. I believe the Energy Take system starts about $500.

Also - a lot of name-brand speakers are available on places like CraigsList. Look for monitor-style with an external, self-powered subwoofer.

youre not going to find any good answers here on Y!A. especially when it comes to technology and home theater. just look at the answers being posted on the front page. you expect them to give you good suggestions?

the best thing for you to do is do real research on google.

edit: see, just look at the first answer you get.

Yeah, really. These twats are all recommending plastic junk that you can get from Target or Amazon. FAIL.

Look in ebay!!