£500 Surround system

[Xenocide]

Hi Guys,

My dad's in the rather envious position of having about £500 notes in his pocket for a surround system for his front room which he's currently redecorating. He's had good quality speaker cable installed in each corner of the room running to where the TV will live so is looking for recommendations for a receiver and speakers.

Any suggestions gratefully received .

Thanks!

[StevieBee]

Richer Sounds have a couple of decent looking deals which would get him a Sony or Yamaha box and speaker package for this.

At this level, there's not much to choose between them TBH.

[Luke.]

Bought this recently. Very good it is too.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-BDVE870-Blu-ray-Cinem...

Used to sell for £599.

[vtecstu]

'Sale' at Superfi at the moment (although to be honest I've no idea what difference that makes from their normal prices) has this Onkyo / Boston Acoustics (never heard of them) offering at £600:

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.c...

I'm aware that £600 > £500, although this does seem to have good reviews.

They also have the same Sony package that the poster above linked to, but at more than the current Amazon price (which I guess supports the view that Amazon represents cracking value at the moment).

Were you looking for the kind of 5.1 package that's been suggested so far, or something with more 'traditional' speakers that I think may be better at also playing music?

[jbudgie]

Onyko 308 amp and Cambridge minx 5.1 speakers.

[Xenocide]

Cheers guys. I'll pass them on .

[s1962a]

Yamaha 667 + Boston Acoustics Soundware are a good combination. I've got the av amp in a cupboard and the speakers mounted on the walls.

[Carl_Spackler]

Cough, got a Kef 1005.2's going cheep, that I've not got around to putting on ebay...cough

[Agoogy]

Carl_Spackler said:

Cough, got a Kef 1005.2's going cheep, that I've not got around to putting on ebay...cough

Get them...I've got them...vair nice... with a Sony Amp (£239) from Richer sounds wonderful.
At this price point, neat wiring, separate AV Amp and dedicated 5.1 speakers will be pretty much, much of a muchness.... can always upgrade each bit later if your dad's ears are more finely tuned...

[danneth]

http://www.creative-audio.co.uk/HD.php?_YAM_467_BO...

[m4tt]

Carl_Spackler said:

Cough, got a Kef 1005.2's going cheep, that I've not got around to putting on ebay...cough

How much you after? Email if you prefer?

[Agoogy]

Careful...his sound like they're broken... only producing short treble noises.

[LuS1fer]

Have a look on Amazon at the Jamo system - about half your budget and seems to get 5 stars across the board.

[Carl_Spackler]

m4tt said:

How much you after? Email if you prefer?

I'll pm you to give you all the details, I don't want to hijack the thread.