Av receiver/ speaker packages for home cinema? £800 budget
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Just after a little help from those in the know on a decent setup for a max budget of £800.
Looking around this http://www.richersounds.com/package/system-savers/... seems like a good deal (seven oaks are a bit cheaper but no local stores). The speaker won awards a few years ago, and the amp has recently been massively reduced in price and now getting awards for price and quality.
It will be used for film, gaming ps3 soon to be ps4, 3d and sky hd, using a Panasonic viera 3d tv
Is there a better setup? The amp doesn't have 4k but I don't think for the average setup it won't fully be ready for a good few years yet? Obviously different amps add different qualities/ sound wise for a price. Reading the the info on the amp it should adapt the the system to the size of room.
if I went to richer sounds would there be room for negotiation like free speaker cable.
This will be my first decent setup so want to get it right, currently using a Samsung DVD 5.1 all in one system which is on its last legs so to speak. .
Looking around this http://www.richersounds.com/package/system-savers/... seems like a good deal (seven oaks are a bit cheaper but no local stores). The speaker won awards a few years ago, and the amp has recently been massively reduced in price and now getting awards for price and quality.
It will be used for film, gaming ps3 soon to be ps4, 3d and sky hd, using a Panasonic viera 3d tv
Is there a better setup? The amp doesn't have 4k but I don't think for the average setup it won't fully be ready for a good few years yet? Obviously different amps add different qualities/ sound wise for a price. Reading the the info on the amp it should adapt the the system to the size of room.
if I went to richer sounds would there be room for negotiation like free speaker cable.
This will be my first decent setup so want to get it right, currently using a Samsung DVD 5.1 all in one system which is on its last legs so to speak. .
Never had a problem with richer, usually very good at sorting stuff out if you have a problem / failure.
Also try superfi.co.uk, richer will price match them.
As for set up, I'd recommend beefy floor standers in a 2.1 setup rather than a 5.1/7.1 setup, unless you have a dedicated cinema room etc
A good set of floor standers which are bi-wired will give you almost as much punch as a sub and still be delicate at the top end
Buy the the best speakers you can, as they will last a life time.
Where as amps & tvs will eventually be obsolete or die.
I have a 5.1 & sub set up using an onkyo amp, but the most impressive bit are the in-expensive eltax (not the best) floor standers that I bought 16 years ago.
They Handle every thing you throw at them from the rumbling sound track of the Matrix, to rich and smooth sounds at full attack on at high volume (sorry neighbours) with classical music, or the dynamic punch of the prodigy.
I'm sure there are better speakers out there, hence the comment on buy the best you can afford, but 16 years on I'm still happy.
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Also try superfi.co.uk, richer will price match them.
As for set up, I'd recommend beefy floor standers in a 2.1 setup rather than a 5.1/7.1 setup, unless you have a dedicated cinema room etc
A good set of floor standers which are bi-wired will give you almost as much punch as a sub and still be delicate at the top end
Buy the the best speakers you can, as they will last a life time.
Where as amps & tvs will eventually be obsolete or die.
I have a 5.1 & sub set up using an onkyo amp, but the most impressive bit are the in-expensive eltax (not the best) floor standers that I bought 16 years ago.
They Handle every thing you throw at them from the rumbling sound track of the Matrix, to rich and smooth sounds at full attack on at high volume (sorry neighbours) with classical music, or the dynamic punch of the prodigy.
I'm sure there are better speakers out there, hence the comment on buy the best you can afford, but 16 years on I'm still happy.
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worsy said:
Am looking to upgrade my av receiver and have a denon avr 2808 and kef satellite speakers including stands available. I was going to keep the kef sub, so you'd just need to buy a sub.
Am in shropshire too.
I was going to suggest something like this, a good setup for not a lot Am in shropshire too.
I'd make sure the AVR can bitstream Dolby TrueHD, DD+, DTS-MA etc, otherwise make sure a BR player can output these as LPCM over HDMI.
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