New to home audio but not new to car audio

[David12460]

Hi everyone,

As the title says I am not new to audio as I have been doing car audio builds over the last 10 years. I am new to home audio however. I recently bought my first house and want to do a surround sound style home theater. In the past my experience has been limited to plug and play pre fab setups. I want to get away from that and build my own.

My budget is not firm, but somewhere around $400. I already have an LG 55" LED and blueray player.

My initial thoughts are two towers holding a 8" woofer, 6.5" and tweeter. Two more towers would be for a 6.5" and tweeter. The room is about 12x12.

So the question is what do I look for? Would the amplifier serve the purpose of the crossover, or would I need to have separate ones? Can someone help with parts list? This will serve both as the audio for the tv and movies along with music I can run off my iPad.

Can anyone lend some insight?

Thanks!

Dave

[Wicks]

Have you ever checked out Partsexpress.com?

They have lots of DIY speaker building kits.

Plans, parts, speakers, electrical components, crossovers, etc.

Do you have an audio receiver/amp yet?

That will be your biggest expense.

For true home theater you'll want all your speakers/enclosures the same all around you so you have similar sound and nothing's overpowering the others.

You wanting a self powered sub or something that is powered from your audio receiver/amp?