'All in one' sound solution

[carreauchompeur]

Folks,

I've just got back from a year abroad and am now having to completely furnish a new house. Therefore I am skint! However, good sound is important sooo....

I am looking for something as unobtrusive as possible that I can run TV sound through (optical input) and also push Spotify to through Bluetooth or similar from an iPad. Nothing else really, and I am really keen to avoid the huge floorstanders etc from my last place!

Any good solutions? I think a full on Sonos malarkey is going to be out of price range!

[carreauchompeur]

Some great ideas there folks, I love the Naim but that's well over budget at the moment as I have so much other (boring crap) above this in the priority stakes!

The Sony looks a good compromise, I'll try to pop into a store to see what the sound's like!

[carreauchompeur]

Good shout, I'll pop into the posh AV shops next time I'm in Brizzle!

[carreauchompeur]

Ah, you little bugger, I've gone and ordered it

[carreauchompeur]

Right, another arrival today. Solo sub

I could never justify the full RRP of this, another £500 on the cost of the soundbar, however I was wavering over Nintronics' offer of £299 delivered. Then I saw 2 subs from an outlet place. Open box... brand new. £240 delivered. Happy days.

So, it turns up and it's HUGE. Far bigger than expected.

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But after some furniture butchery...



Man cave serenity restored, but with 300w of bass!

Feck me, the sub changes it!

[carreauchompeur]

Right, ignore my previous praise. I'm royally fked off.

First soundbar went back after weeks of trying to iron out a Bluetooth bug via software updates etc. Replacement unit has come out and is doing the same but worse, basically becoming invisible to devices when it's idle and needing a power cycle to refresh itself.

The place I bought it from now have 4 'customer returns' up for sale at a reduced price so I'd suggest it's not an isolated problem.

Any thoughts about a decent replacement?

[carreauchompeur]

To a certain extent I agree, but it does do it alarmingly frequently no matter how I try to avoid it. My car stereo manages to connect and reconnect without spazzzing out every time it goes idle so this one should too.

Hoping they can sort this out via software. I've invested into the whole system and have a very expensive sub for the sake of it otherwise!

[carreauchompeur]

Thanks, wireless link to sub nearly flawless so far, just working out ways to stop Bluetooth spazzing out and turning Bluetooth off on iPad whilst not connected seems to work so I'll do that!

[carreauchompeur]

No, it's a soundbar primarily, connects wirelessly to sub and Bluetooth inputs but no wifi functionality. To be honest the 'turning Bluetooth off on source' workaround seems to work ok.