Suround Sound

[Coby.]

As I officially move into my Apartment with the Girlfriend Tomorrow I'm toying with the idea of sorround sound,

I'll be using my TV from Home which is a 37LG6000

I'm looking for a nice looking LG Surround Sound System as I'll probably upgrade the TV to a bigger model at some point but stick with LG,

We will probably just use the PS3 for Blu-Rays so Blu-Ray capabilities is not a must,

I've been seeing a few 2.1 Digital Surround Sound Systems, These any good?

Links, Reports, Advice Please.

Cheers
Andy.

 

[riz]

no get 5.1

Why get something that can imitate 5.1 when you can get 5.1.
I had a Yamaha sound projector thing and they are ok but not the same as 5.1. So i changed it

 

[riz]

www.avforums.co.uk

 

[Coby.]

Yeah I'm just thinking about Space and Speaker Positioning thats my only concern

 

[riz]

Yeah I'm just thinking about Space and Speaker Positioning thats my only concern

wall mounted and feed wire under the carpet etc

 

[Coby.]

Carpets already laid as we're just renting for now.... I'm think I'd have to get those Stands as the less drilling I do the better

 

[Coby.]

Tempting- - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002BHEBF0/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[McBunny]

great tv

i just went for 2.1 stereo no sudo surround and it sounds frankly fantastic

 

[ChrisR]

I'm looking at that Onkyo 2.1 system they do that can be expanded to 5.1 later on.

Rear speaker positioning would be awkward in our living room and tbh I just want something to beef up the sound a bit.

 

[McBunny]

decent 2.1 rocks trust me in teh stuff your looking at you dont even get a real sub the cones too small and the cabit sits in is too

 

[matttr6]

I'm looking at 2.1 sound at the moment. Can't be bothered with wires everywhere and haven't really got the space.

Been looking at LG354BS (also have an LG LCD so would fit in well) but also tempted by the Sony BDV FS350 (lack of Ipod dock puts me of though) Both are Blu ray.

Looking round Avforums, seperates seems to be the way to go but there above my budget (£400 max, hopefully less!)

 

[McBunny]

easily do seperates for 400
my amp was 300 speakers 150 sub 100

second hand amp and your laughing

 

[matttr6]

easily do seperates for 400
my amp was 300 speakers 150 sub 100

second hand amp and your laughing

True, but I neeeed Blu ray player. Don't really think I'm into it enough to see the benefit of seperates really.

 

[McBunny]

its more the speakers on all in ones that are the issue they just arnt big enough to deliver decent sound and they have plastic cases etc

you dont need everything at once surly you dont need a bluray player straight away ?

 

[ChrisR]

hmm just remembered I've got a Kenwood amp and some rogers speakers boxed up in the cupboard that my dad used to have. Pity I've got no room to set them up. Got somewhere the amp could go but no space either side of the tv

 

[McBunny]

get some new speakers then

 

[Nick_P]

You need to make sure that the system you have actaully has an optical input for your xbox/ps3. Most of the ones that come with a dvd player are just 5.1 for the dvd player, and may offer a phono input for a console or something, but that will just be stereo, not surround.

 

[matttr6]

@ mcbunny

Any thoughts on the Onkyo HTX-22HD?? Can get a refurb for £250 which would leave enough for Blu ray player.

 

[McBunny]

its nice but has issues with the ps3 and hdmi audio iirc

 

[matttr6]

its nice but has issues with the ps3 and hdmi audio iirc

Yeah, been reading up about it on avforums. Dont have a ps3 but connect my xbox thro hdmi which could cause the buzzing issue. Found some refurbs for sale which I hope has the buzzing issues fixed.

Would you recomend it over an LG/ Samsung/ Sony all in one??

 

[ChrisR]

@ mcbunny

Any thoughts on the Onkyo HTX-22HD?? Can get a refurb for £250 which would leave enough for Blu ray player.

That's the one I was talking about in my post above

Wouldn't worry too much about the ps3 problem, not everyone had the problem and if you do it gets fixed, just a bit of a ball ache to sort I guess.

Hopefully I'll be ordering one soon

 

[matttr6]

@ chrisR

Whats the price you've found?

 

[ChrisR]

a penny short of £300 for a new one, or £250 for a refurb.

 

[McBunny]

it was going for less than 200 at one point

 

[ChrisR]

it was going for less than 200 at one point

yup earlier in the year at Currys I believe, sadly not a chance now

 

[Coby.]

McBunny's Setup looks good and he also recommended the TV to me so I trust his words

I'll look into it more over the next few weeks once the Broadband gets setup in my new place

 

[McBunny]

its really just all down to what you like and want from it

if you were closer you could have come for a listen

lets put it this way though though finding nemo sounds amazing when the pelican is trying to avoid teh gulls flying through the sails but thts nothing compared to darla tapping the fish tank it makes everything shake

i just need a bigger sub next

 

[Coby.]

I'll look into seperate Units as it seems the best route, Space is just my issue as I have a Slimline Low Compact TV Unit,

A friend downstairs has a Surround Sound System made up seperately so I'll have a listen and ask him what he is using.