Cheers guys. Great advice and information as usual!
I think I'll go down the amp route and get a couple of floor speakers to start. Home Alone at christmas is going to rock even harder!!!
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Cheers guys. Great advice and information as usual!
I think I'll go down the amp route and get a couple of floor speakers to start. Home Alone at christmas is going to rock even harder!!!
If you don't need a bluray player, that Yamaha kit is going for £180: Yamaha YHT196 Black | 5.1 Package System inc Speakers excluding DVD Player | Richer SoundsQuote:
Originally Posted by SYSMAN_MK
I was going to mention this. This is the very best way of getting in to decent sound. Buy the Receiver and some floor standers enjoy your games in a full stereo sound then buy additional speakers when budget allows. A decent stereo setup will blow away most 5.1 sub sat combo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disaster
I bypass my TV audio completely and plug my Virgin box straight into my cinema system with an SP/DIF optical cable. The amp is a Sherwood RD6102 (I think, ages since I looked at it, it's about 12 years old now), it looks like this, http://ec1.images-amazon.com/media/i...L000022881.pdf from the front, but probably got lots less on the back.
depending on the device you can cheat that one ive gt he digibox/wii plugged direct to tv and still use the amp for speakers (but ps3/xbox/laptop as for some reason flash wont play if i direct hdmi to tv will if i go via amp) might help its all sont which also means esp with the ps3 one remote to rule them all lolQuote:
Originally Posted by LosOjos
Would having 4 decent floor standing speaker mean that there's no need for a sub woofer?
You're better off having Dipole Speakers at the rear as that audio is designed to be non-directional. I which case I would recommend a sub.
btw Sub placement trick! Put your subwoofer where you sit and walk around until you get the best sound then trade places.
I bought bookself speakers for the rear and they're good but my dads dipoles work much better.
depends on the speakers and how much base you like. Ive done without for years relying on the front/centre speakers for baseQuote:
Originally Posted by Disaster
Yes and no! It's probably a bit of a waste to have floor standers as rears. Regardless of anything else, it will also be more of a load for the amp to drive. A 5.1 soundtrack may be sending a dedicated track to the sub, and a decent sub will go lower than most floor standers and have it's own amp (they can be difficult loads to drive). That said, an AV processor may mix it in and spit it out to whatever you have plugged in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disaster
I think that you may need a bit more in terms of your budget as i found i used to have a 5:1 surround sound Sony HT setup and thought it was the dogs until i discovered doing it properly. I have the Sony STRDH520 Black | AV Receiver | Richer Sounds Av reciever and spent another £100 on an active sub and WOW! what a difference that made!
I'm now able to rattle the whole house when Batman is on rather than a few glasses in the same room.
I'm still using the poor old tall boys for the surrounds, but they do the job until i can afford better ones.
I've got floor-standing front and bookshelf rear speakers. There's a huge difference if I switch the sub off, although I never noticed the lack of a sub until I got one, if you know what I mean.
Another +1 for Richer Sounds, got it all from there in 2001.
ditto bought all sorts from them over the years and never had any issues. Bought a sony pvr from them and it was utter pap (it couldnt reliably record) took it back got a refund and got what i should of got in the 1st place but i was hoping being sony it would use the same remote as the tv but it was just something badged as a sony. Even just go in to one and ask the people there know what they are on about (unlike say pc world) and give them a budget and some requirements they will try and come up with something in that price bracket if they canQuote:
Originally Posted by Earthling
Looks like I'm off to richer sounds with credit card, sweet! I've already checked that Sony number out, might be my way to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by gpjt
Purley on a specs review the Pioneer VSX527 looks pretty good. Built in Air Play with 6 HDMI, 1 USB, internet radio, DLNA and dolby IIx.
I have dolby II and it offers amazing surround sound from stereo sources. Any dolby digital 5.1 source can be downsampled to stereo.. using an analog matrix to keep the surround (for broadcast channels usually) but dolby II can bring most of the surround information back quite remarkably.
My old Buffy / Angel VHSs sound great!
They should be subtle yet, as Ironman exits the cave or the depth charges drop in U571, you should know...Quote:
Originally Posted by Earthling
I'd plug BK electronics active subs. I have a Monolith reigned in with an antimode processor. Not suitable for this budget but anyone looking for an active sub should give their subs serious consideration.