5.1 system for living room needed

jellybeard999 said:
I'm sure it would be fine, but it has insufficient features in my mind - ie no HDMI audio - you'd need to run an optical cable as well as hdmi, it doesn't upscale component etc to HDMI...
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Hmm need HDMI audio really, as PS3 will be feeding it along with SKY+HD.

Do they do the 507 in black as I can only find silver on RS.
 
Well quick google and I can get the Onkyo TX-SR507B for £207.99 with £8.22 shipping.....

Pair that will the ONKYO SKSHT528 speakers?????
 
Mr Paul said:
Well quick google and I can get the Onkyo TX-SR507B for £207.99 with £8.22 shipping.....

Pair that will the ONKYO SKSHT528 speakers?????
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Personally, I would spend the money on a good pair of front speakers (I just bought a pair of Q-Acoustics 2020 bookshelfs) and then add a centre and sub etc. when funds allow. :)
 
I'm not that much of an audiophile ;)

As long as I get good 5.1 sound, I'm happy! £399 is very steap IMHO, but it's probably the best option.
 
You don't sound like you want the BEST system, just what will meet your needs.

The Onkyo 507 with TANNOY SFX5.1 would be a good choice IMO, only a little more than the Onkyo speakers, but well regarded for what they are.

The only thing I'd see that as missing is upconverting component etc to HDMI, but if you're only connecting via HDMI, it's not too much of a concern.
 
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HDMI support isnt the most important feature on a budget receiver to be quite honest, SP/DIF supports Dolby Digtal @ 640kbps, and DTS Core @ 1536kbps, and both of these compressed audio standards can deliever exceptionally good results if the receiver does a decent job with them. Budget amps and speakers are simply not good enough to really resolve the difference between uncompressed soundtracks and professionally encoded AC3, and DTS soundtracks.

Buying 2 really good front speakers (left and right), or perhaps stretching to left/right and centre (all from the same brand), and a reasonable receiver will get you going, and you can easily add the sub, and rear speakers later when you have some more budget to play with.

Upscaling within the receiver... both the TV and the Source will already have upscalers, and most TV's upscalers are actually quite good. The only real downside of not supporting HTMI, is you have to select sound and picture separately when you switch from Sky to Bluray for example.

Unless your planning a £20k system with top quality speakers, amps etc HD audio is very "over sold".
 
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