Home theater system as monitors?

In favour of saving money, as usual; is it possible to get good, or should i say accurate, results using a home theater system to edit with? I have the Sony STR-KG700 and I wanted to try it for this (using 2CH and no enhancements of course).

In favour of saving money, as usual; is it possible to get good, or should i say accurate, results using a home theater system to edit with?

That rather depends on what you mean by 'edit'. 

If you are using the term in the correct way (i.e. cut and paste operations, etc.) then amost anything that makes a noise will suffice.  If, however, you are using the term to mean tracking, mixing, applying effects, etc., then I very much doubt if you would get anything resembling accurate results.

As a general rule, 'saving money' and 'accurate monitoring' are mutually incompatible terms.

As someone who struggles constantly with the battle of accurate monitoring, I can say without a doubt that
home theater systems are not a good way to go here. I have a Bose Lifestyle system in my living room, and
while I love it for Saving Private Ryan, etc, I never use it for music. CDs just sound weird coming out of it.
I don't mean my garbage, I'm talking anything. I like to use Donald Fagen's "Nightfly" as a good test CD for
systems, and even that one sounds wrong in the Bose.

Sock your $ away until you can buy a good set of monitors, dude...and when you find a good set, lemme
know what they are!!! 

Home theatre systems--and, indeed, any form of "hi fi" speaker--are designed for the purpose of making things sound "good", often artificially so.

Monitor speakers are designed to be accurate and show your recordings as they actually are, warts and all.

So, although for "editing" (i.e. cutting and pasting) you can hear your sound on pretty well any speaker.  However, for accurate mixing (and the OP used the word "accurate") then the answer has to be a definite "no".

Bob

That's pretty much what I expected. I have never listened to music on them from a closer, desktop-type setting because usually they're obviously used for movies and gaming. I wasn't sure if that would make a difference. I've actually heard tracks from a friend that were mixed on an identical system to mine and they sounded thin and just weak overall, but I thought it might be the mix itself and not the 'monitors' used. I'll be getting real monitors, I guess - seeing as how accuracy is everything.

I'll be getting real monitors, I guess - seeing as how accuracy is everything.

Then you'll be wanting to do a serious upgrade on your home theater system!