Standalone 5.1 Speaker Amplifier Advice.

[Hol]

I currently have a 5.1 sound system liked up to my projector system. Its about 7 years old now and is effectively a 3d DVD/ BlueRay player with a built-in amplifier/speaker support.

After adding a PS4/ Xbox/ SkyBox and Amazon Box over the years, the sound set up has become a bit of a challenge for the rest of the family ,when switching between input systems.


I want to drop the DVD box as the main driver/amp for the wired in speakers and replace it with a standalone 5.1 Amplifier fed from an HDMI Sound scraper box, that I can switch between the various systems via a remote control (I already have the scraper).

Does anyone have a similar set up and/or another sound system solution that doesn’t involve wireless sound-bars?

(I don’t want to go mad with cost as that room is being ripped apart next year as part of a building extension

[B17NNS]

All your inputs into the Denon. One out to the projector.

https://www.richersounds.com/denon-avrx2400-blk.ht...

To make it super family friendly add a Harmony Hub and an Echo Dot.

Alexa play PS4
Alexa play Xbox

etc. etc.

Edited by B17NNS on Monday 23 July 16:56

[Hol]

B17NNS said:

All your inputs into the Denon. One out to the projector.

https://www.richersounds.com/denon-avrx2400-blk.ht...

To make it super family friendly add a Harmony Hub and an Echo Dot.

Alexa play PS4
Alexa play Xbox

etc. etc.

Edited by B17NNS on Monday 23 July 16:56

Looks just the job.
Awesome.

[JimbobVFR]

What's your existing 5.1 system?

Depending on what it is then the speakers may not necessarily work well with the Denon.

Often all in one systems have speakers with weird impedances and the sub is often a specific design or a passive sub that only works with the existing amp.

[ooo000ooo]

I replaced a similar set up with s cheap Sony 5.1 amp off eBay, it had 4 HDMI inputs. Cost me a tenner plus p&p.
The sub was passive so bought a cheap mono amp off Amazon for about a tenner, used an old laptop charger to power it and an old plastic box to house the circuit board.
I reused two of the old speakers as they were 8 ohm plus a pioneer centre and surround speakers I had lying about bought from richer sounds years ago for 15 quid.
Does the job for my uncultured ears

[Andy_sx]

I have a very similar situation and use a Denon avr x1200W for the hub of the system and its great - everything is just plugged into it and then sent via single HDMI to the TV.

Sound is great even though its lower powered and using cheap speakers - thats the next task, upgrade speakers and try to subtly integrate the 7.2 capability