I had a similar scenario pop up while not a condo, we have a uniquely shaped basement in our new house that has a small room that'll be dedicated for HT entertainment.
Prior to moving in, I was using a rather nice 6.1 Athena system that sounds great but has a bigger-than-preferred footprint.... the sheer size and power of speakers is way over the top for the set room. Granted the Klipsch he mentions aren't a huge space-consuming area but I've been considering using either the Yamaha or Polk sound bars versus the Bose 3-2-1 system. While not ideal, there's going to be some trade-offs...
If you're fine with the footprint of Klispch given the room size, I'd say look at replacing the receiver to support HDMI as first priority... another detail I didn't think about was simply DVD storage given the smaller space down there. While not a 'fun' purchase, putting together some creative media storage solutions that fit into the room in an aesthetically-pleasing fashion helped us tremendously.
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I had a similar scenario pop up while not a condo, we have a uniquely shaped basement in our new house that has a small room that'll be dedicated for HT entertainment.
Prior to moving in, I was using a rather nice 6.1 Athena system that sounds great but has a bigger-than-preferred footprint.... the sheer size and power of speakers is way over the top for the set room. Granted the Klipsch he mentions aren't a huge space-consuming area but I've been considering using either the Yamaha or Polk sound bars versus the Bose 3-2-1 system. While not ideal, there's going to be some trade-offs...
If you're fine with the footprint of Klispch given the room size, I'd say look at replacing the receiver to support HDMI as first priority... another detail I didn't think about was simply DVD storage given the smaller space down there. While not a 'fun' purchase, putting together some creative media storage solutions that fit into the room in an aesthetically-pleasing fashion helped us tremendously.
Good luck :)