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if you're looking to make the jump into home theater then a receiver and speaker package is a quick and easy way to get everything you need right away the onkyo SK sh t five nine four is one half of the equation a five point one point two speaker package with integrated height channels for use with next-gen sound formats Dolby Atmos and DTS X by itself it retails for five hundred ninety nine dollars but is available with a decent-looking receiver for only $100 more the front speakers are one of the stars of the show with the small fabric cap hiding an up firing three and a quarter inch driver used for overhead effects in new movies these are tall bookshelf speakers at eighteen inches high and you need to put them on suitable stands or AV furniture the other hero here is the large 10 inch subwoofer which for a speaker in a box set is actually really well constructed and even attractive it can go down to 25 Hertz which is plenty enough for most movies the rest of the speakers aren't all that exciting and while they do come with wires in the box there's bigger terminals are spring clips which adds to the budget feeling you get the speaker's aren't quite finished there is some exposed wood and they are as sturdy as the cheaper pioneer SP PK 52 surround speakers the onkyo s don't sound as good as the Pioneers either for why they do add high defects in the handful of movies that support it the pioneers sound better with everything else whether it's TV Netflix or music if you really want up my speakers though these are currently the cheapest option but you're probably better off paying the extra 100 bucks to get the onkyo HT s 5800 system with the Atmos compatible receiver as well if you don't want at most the Pioneer speaker set is the superior and cheaper system this is ty Pendlebury for cnet.com