Help with choosing a Home Cinema Set-up

[drdes]

I have decided to have a home cinema in my new home. I have lots of questions.

I have decided on the new Pioneer Kuro 50’ Plasma (9th gen). My viewing distance is going to be around 3 metres away. I have read a lot about this and am reading mixed feedback – intuitively the screen size appears to be too big for this distance – any advice??

For the Amplifier I had it down to the Denon AVR3808, the Onkyo 875, the Pioneer VSX-LX70 and now the Denon 1909!!! Views?

For the speakers I was set on the B&W MT30’s – can I do better. On this point, should I be thinking of 7.1 speaker packages.

I already have a PS3 so that will be my Blu-Ray player.

Assuming people on this thread don’t convince me that 50’ is too big for my room size, then the TV is fixed. Now I want to ensure that the other items do the TV justice. My total budget is c.£6k (that EVERYTHING – ie speaker wires etc..)

I plan to semi-self-install (i.e. I will get an electrician to do the wiring but will connect the hardware myself). This is my first attempt at this and there is a separate thread for anyone who wants to help me in this project!!

Thanks

[inzaman]

Hi this is the DIY section and is really for self builds and help with those. As you questions are specific to certain types of equipment and manufacturer you would be best asking those questions in the relevant forums e.g. the Plasma forum for the TV, Receiver forum for the amp etc. I will therefore close this thread