Cinema SB580

There is a jbl 3.1 at 240. Specially made for costco. We have a open hall and the subwoofer is good.

You will almost never use the surround sound after 1 year. Thats if you even ever set it up to be surround sound in the first place. I removed ours the other month after 14 years (hasnt been turned on in probably 7) and replaced it with a $150 3.1 JBL soundbar from The Warehouse

The Warehouse had a JBL 3.1 soundbar for $150 a couple months ago, they are pretty good

We got a JBL 3.1 Soundbar from The Warehouse a couple months ago for $150. Sounds perfectly fine to me, comparable to the Bose on my parents have

Soundbars have their place. I happily used a $10 one I found in a thrift shop and a $170 JBL 3.0 I use in the bedroom. It's the best in between between real speakers and TV Speakers. When looking for speakers $200 will keep you firmly in the difficult to upgrade area. Basically getting an AVR and a pair of speakers will cost you at least $200 used but only if you're luckey but it sets you up for upgrades. You want better speakers then you change them and keep the AVR, or you want more options you can upgrade the AVR. I would stay away from Powered Speakers for this reason. I started with $50 speakers and $300 AVR, Upgraded the Speakers to a $1200 set, and got a $100 Desktop amp and used the speakers for my computer and then moved that setup to another room when i got a better set of speakers and amp for my computer for $200