2.0 Speaker System + Home Theater Receiver Bundles
A 2.0 home theater system INCLUDES just a front left and a front right speaker which should be located at or near each side of your television or projection screen, and a surround sound receiver. Speaker wire and HDMI cables are sold separately.
A 2.0 home theater bundle DOES NOT INCLUDE a center channel speaker, rear surround speakers, or a subwoofer to complete a 5.1 home theater system.
To be sure that you are buying at the lowest possible price (due to price variations, fluctuations, and sales), compare the BUNDLE PRICE to the TOTAL IF YOU INSTEAD ADD EACH SYSTEM COMPONENT TO YOUR SHOPPING CART INDIVIDUALLY (INCLUDING SHIPPING) before completing your purchase either way!
Are you shopping for the most basic, but great-sounding “starter” home theater audio system you can buy? Do you love listening to music as much as, if not more than, you enjoy watching movies and TV shows? Perhaps you already own, or have your mind set on separately choosing, a center speaker, rear surrounds, and a sub. Consider the recommended 2.0 home theater system bundles below.
Sony SS-CS3 Floor Standing Speakers and STR-AN1000 7.2 Receiver
The 36.3″ high, 9.1″ wide, 10.2″ deep, 25.4 pound Sony SS-CS3 floor standing tower front speaker [product link] [each, at Amazon] features a ¾” wide-dispersion super-tweeter, regular 1″ dome tweeter, dual foamed mica 5.1″ woofers, and front port. Frequency response listed as 45Hz-50kHz (no ±dB mentioned). This bundle includes speaker wire and banana plugs! Speaker impedance is compatible with Sony receiver.
The Sony STR-AN1000 7.2-channel network home theater receiver [product link] [YouTube video] [at Amazon] is a great choice for setting up a 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos and DTS:X capable surround sound system and has pre-outs for another zone. Other surround decoding includes DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD, and Dolby Digital Plus. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Connectivity includes 6 HDMI (two are 8K), eARC, Ethernet, coaxial audio input, optical audio input, 2 composite A/V inputs, 2 analog RCA audio inputs (no phono); front USB, headphone jack, and calibration mic input. BUNDLE PRICE with this receiver at Amazon.com.
Klipsch Reference Premiere Towers and Onkyo 7.2-Channel Receiver
The two-way, three-driver Klipsch Reference Premiere RP-5000F II floorstanding tower speaker [product link] [in Ebony] or [Walnut at Amazon] features a Tractrix horn loaded 1″ titanium LTS vented tweeter, dual 5¼” Cerametallic cone woofers, and dual rear-firing Tractrix ports in an internally braced MDF cabinet that measures 36.1″ high, 8.2″ wide, 14.8″ deep, and weighs 38.6 pounds. Frequency response is 40Hz-25kHz ±3dB. Sensitivity is 95dB. Power handling is 100 watts continuous, 400 watts peak. Speaker impedance is compatible with Onkyo receiver.
The THX Select Certified Onkyo TX-NR6100 7.2-channel network A/V receiver [product link] [at Amazon] is also a great choice for 5.2.2 or 5.2 + Zone 2 speaker layouts. Rated 100 watts per channel with two channels driven. VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) eliminates lag, stutter, and frame-tearing for fluid gameplay, while ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) minimizes latency. Connectivity includes 6 HDMI inputs (1-3 are 8K), eARC, Ethernet, USB, 2 digital audio inputs, 4 analog RCA audio inputs, phono input, ¼” headphone jack, ⅛” mic input for AccuEQ setup. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Receiver dimensions are 17.1″ wide, 6.8″ high (without antennas up), 14.9″ deep, and it weighs 21.6 pounds. BUNDLE PRICE with this Onkyo receiver and either Ebony or Walnut speakers at Amazon.com, or at Klipsch.com.
The bigger Klipsch Reference Premiere RP-6000F II floor standing tower speaker [product link] [in Ebony] or [Walnut at Amazon] bumps it up to dual 6½” woofers with the same tweeter in a cabinet measuring 39.6″ high, 9.3″ wide, 17.6″ deep, and weighing 49.4 pounds. Compared to the smaller RP-5000F II, the RP-6000F II has a wider frequency response of 38Hz-25kHz ±3dB, higher sensitivity of 96dB, and increased power handling of 125 watts continuous and 500 watts peak. BUNDLE PRICE with Onkyo TX-NR6100 7.2-channel receiver and either Ebony or Walnut speakers at Amazon.com, or at Klipsch.com.
The largest Klipsch Reference Premiere RP-8000F II floor standing tower speaker [product link] [in Ebony] or [Walnut at Amazon] squeezes dual 8″ woofers with the same tweeter into a cabinet that measures 43.1″ high, 10.8″ wide, 18.3″ deep, and weighs a hefty 61.4 pounds. As you would expect, the RP-8000F II has an even wider frequency response of 35Hz-25kHz ±3dB, higher sensitivity of 98dB, and increased power handling of 150 watts continuous, 600 watts peak. BUNDLE PRICE with Onkyo TX-NR6100 7.2-channel receiver and Ebony speakers at Amazon.com, or at Klipsch.com.