I bought a old (but new) Pioneer 5.1 DTS model at a retail outlet for 150 USD. Now, there were two reasons why I wanted this model -- 1. The price 2. It has frontal surround sound (bounces off the wall so I don't have to bother with wiring) 3. It has a DIGITAL INPUT.

This is so important because all the new pioneer models no longer have a digital input because they are trying to cut costs.

K.L -- bought the display model in Megamall. If you look around then you should be able to find the model -- theres another one with a wireless back speaker but that didn't look good and it didn't fit properly in my living room so we opted for the frontal surround. Sounds good for the price anyway.

oh, just use to quoting prices in dollars. still not with the ringgit currency deal I got the display model system for >500RM

thats prob the one -- its the nearly the same model I have but W/O the wireless surround, instead the model I have has frontal surround.

I bought a pioneer 2 years ago, it was an older model with optical out. I'm not too sure if they make them anymore.

Oh btw, does optical out support 7.1 surround? From what I remember it only goes up to DTS/Dolby or something like that. If you want true surround you'll need to use HDMI.

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Added on January 24, 2010, 12:55 amI bought my pioneer for <500 RM, its 5.1 with 2 frontal "rear" speakers. But then again, I bought a display model, so i'm not too sure if you can find anything at that price new.

This post has been edited by OmniAtlas: Jan 24 2010, 12:55 AM