newbie amp advice

If it were my money I'd get a second hand AV Amp off 'the bay'. You will get one for around £100 and then buy some speakers from Richer Sounds (Wharfedale Diamond 9.0 £40). It will sound much better than any of the above, will give you full remote control and HDMI switching.
 
SimonR said:
If it were my money I'd get a second hand AV Amp off 'the bay'. You will get one for around £100 and then buy some speakers from Richer Sounds (Wharfedale Diamond 9.0 £40). It will sound much better than any of the above, will give you full remote control and HDMI switching.
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I don't know what im looking for, and will be a few months before I can afford speakers too. also, can you trust the bay with electricals?
 
SimonR said:
No problem. Then any of your proposed will do exactly what you want.
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which is the best option?
the LG seems like the best, as its 5.1, but I live in a rented place and cant tac cables, so probs wouldn't be able to use the rears, and well, its a dvd player not blu ray and uses scart. so cant see any real benefits. the other 2, well 1 has a sub 1 doesnt, does that matter?
 
I wouldn't touch the LG with a bargepole. It looks nasty, I cant find a single review about it and to be honest you are not going to get much quality with something, with 6 speakers, dvd player and radio for £99. Out of the 3 you listed the SOLO6C seem to be the best choice.
 
SimonR said:
I wouldn't touch the LG with a bargepole. It looks nasty, I cant find a single review about it and to be honest you are not going to get much quality with something, with 6 speakers, dvd player and radio for £99. Out of the 3 you listed the SOLO6C seem to be the best choice.
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yeh I did think that you seemed to get a lot for very little money.

will the bookshelf ones be fairly bassy without a dedicated sub?
 
To be honest passive subs are pretty much useless and a second hand active sub would probably cost more than your entire budget, so I would discount a sub altogether. Look for the best pair of active speakers that you can afford. Your budget is severely limiting so do not expect kicking bass out of a £99 setup
 
SimonR said:
To be honest passive subs are pretty much useless and a second hand active sub would probably cost more than your entire budget, so I would discount a sub altogether. Look for the best pair of active speakers that you can afford. Your budget is severely limiting so do not expect kicking bass out of a £99 setup
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yeh I get that, if I got the SOLO6C would they be usable if I got a bigger budget in the future for an amp and sub, or would they need replacing too?
 
Active speakers are effectively a pair of speakers with an amplifier built into them. Although you could connect active speakers to a separate amplifiers line-out, it is somewhat defeatest. So yes you would nideally replace the speakers if you were to get an amplifier at a later date. I appreciate that your budget is tight, but by saving for a little longer and buying a separate amp and speakers you will be doing yourself a favour. If you buy a 5.1 amp you can start off with a 2.0 setup, then buy a center speaker for a 3.0, save for a sub, 3.1 and finally add a pair of rear surrounds for a 5.q setup, building as your budget allows.
 
Not at all. Speakers that size are not going to give room shaking bass. To get floor shaking bass you need a bigger speaker and more amplification to drive it.
 
Yamaha RXV363 HDMI 5.1 AV Receiver that's £130 online, would that be ok? and could I temp connect up my speaker system until I get new speakers?

ok, noticed the one you suggested is 3D ready, so for the extra would be worth it.

is there any way, with adaptors or whatever, I could connect my 3.5mm 2.1 setup to it so I have a remote, until I can slowly replace the speakers?
 
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paradisiac said:
Yamaha RXV363 HDMI 5.1 AV Receiver that's £130 online, would that be ok? and could I temp connect up my speaker system until I get new speakers?

ok, noticed the one you suggested is 3D ready, so for the extra would be worth it.

is there any way, with adaptors or whatever, I could connect my 3.5mm 2.1 setup to it so I have a remote, until I can slowly replace the speakers?
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You can't connect 2.1 PC speakers to an AV receiver, without a fair amount of messing around. It's not going to sound particularly good however you do it.

In the long run, an AV receiver and speakers is the best idea. You get a wealth of connections, and also adding speakers is a breeze if you want to add a subwoofer, or want to upgrade to 5.1 at any point.

If you don't want to spend that kind of money, then either of the Microlab speakers I'm sure, would be a good purchase.
 
yeh think the AV Receiver is the way to go so will save.

what I have done for now is gone :
HDMI-TV :
SkyHD
HTPC
Gaming PC

then I have gone :
RCA Audio out from TV to HTPC Line In

then speakers connected to that. so everything goes through the HTPC, not ideal as it has to be on 24/7 (I remember one of my mobos used to have a throughput so it would do audio even if pc is off, but cant remember if this one does) which has upped the volume and bass loads.
 
ok sorted the problem with the lack of volume, it was the usb-mains adaptor, removed that and plugged straight into usb socket and now its crazy loud :) and bassy
 
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