Complete home theater & surround systems

Three whole systems at three budgets, each one a real set of products we track — receiver, speakers and subwoofer, plus a display where one is listed — priced at today’s tracked retailer prices and checked against each other by the same compatibility rules the builder runs. Where a manufacturer doesn’t state a spec, the check says so instead of guessing. Open any of them in the builder to swap parts. The $1,000 system is audio-only — a 5.1 receiver, speakers and subwoofer. Add your own TV.

Prices are the tracked retailer prices as of this page’s last update and move daily; the builder re-prices every part against live offers. Where a system lists a display, its budget includes it.