2.0 system for TV

fobose

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Hi,

I am after some advice! I have an Onkyo a-9010b and some Dali Spektor 2 speakers for my PC setup which I have been really happy with. I've finally finished running network cables and laying wood flooring in my living room (+ general decorating in the room) and am now looking at buying some decent speakers. Perhaps some floor standers for the TV.

Richer sounds have a network stereo receiver (Pioneer SXN30AE) for £329 which is about what I want to spend. It's got ethernet, bluetooth (will connect with phone from time to time) and also has an optical input which I plan to connect to my TV with.

What I am wondering is could I spend my money more wisely and what speakers does anyone recommend? I quite like the look of the monitor audio bronze 5's and will obviously go to richer sounds at some point to test them out along with any others that people recommend?

P.S the system will be used for watching TV, movies, listening to music via ethernet (when I sort out a NAS) but spotify for now.

Many thanks,
fobose
 
Thanks for the reply Marsman! After contacting Richer sounds it looks like I might be hard pressed to find one in stock. They don't have one in the Cambs store which is a shame. I am currently looking at all other options for a stereo network receiver.

Thanks for pointing out the placement. Here is a picture of where my TV is, I was planning to put the floor standers either side of the TV cabinet but perhaps I should look at bookshelf speakers for my setup too?

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P.S The system on top of my cabinet is my parents, it was delivered yesterday and I am trying it out for them.

P.P.S I have not sorted out the cables for my TV and appreciate they look awful, I need to make up some new cables and put a cable tidy on the wall..
 
Hi JasonM, Thanks for the very informative post! I have now decided against floor standing speakers from the comments so far. Maybe in my next house! The speakers and mini system on top of my cabinet is only temporary, I don't have any speakers stands so I placed them there just to test the system. It is actually for my parents, I will be delivering it to them tomorrow and setting it up, I just wanted to make sure it worked correctly before embarking on the hour drive.

I am thinking I could now look at getting some speaker similar to the ones I got my parents (Monitor audio bronze 2) they are also front ported which you suggested. I wanted to keep the price about £500 for speakers but if I now need to buy stands for them I will need to consider the cost of those, unless wall mounting them would be equally as good? I don't know much about stands, is there anything I need to look out for or take in to account?
 
Thanks very much again JasonM. I quite like the look of the Atacama Moseco 6 stands so will no doubt go with them. As they have spikes I will need something for the spikes to rest in rather than my flooring. What are your thoughts on a mini system? My TV cabinet is not big enough to fit a full size amp easily but I am sure I could modify the back of it if needed.

I now have my eye on something like this, and just spotted it with the monitor audio bronze 2's. I will still go to richer sounds and try quite a few speakers, including the B5.2's as they seem similar price.

Denon CEOL RCD-N10
https://www.richersounds.com/denon-ceol-rcd-n10-black.html

Denon CEOL RCD-N10 & Monitor Audio BRONZE 2
https://www.richersounds.com/hi-fi/...enon-ceol-rcd-n10-monitor-audio-bronze-2.html
 
Hi Jason,

Thanks again for the detailed response. I would love to go down the separates route but for my setup I am going to have to go for the simple life of an all in one. I have been looking at other standard sized all in ones rather than the mini's to get something a bit more powerful but haven't quite made up my mind what I want to try in the store yet. I did also think about the HTPC route so this is still an option for me to build my own and just have a stereo amp under the TV cabinet along with the HTPC.

Re the speaker cable, that looks very similar to the 'KabelDirekt' cable I have been purchasing from the same place. I have been using 2.5mm but thought that was a bit OTT for short runs (2-3m) so I bought a 1.5mm 50m reel for wiring up my parents setup for them! I appreciate that most stores will try and rip you off and try to convince you to buy 'special' speaker cable and banana plugs so I always buy my own and never entertain the sales jargon.

That is interesting that all speakers sound different, I assumed all same brand/models would be identical. Good to know! My house is 6 years old so hopefully it has decent electrics. I've not had any issues with my current amp and speakers so far. I did not realise the conditions came in what basically is a surge protector so I could always replace my surge protector for a condition if needed in the future. Thanks for the heads up with that!
 
I ended up getting the Denon CEOL RCD-N10 which is a neat little unit. The only thing I did not realise was it has spring loaded terminals (I thought they were banana plug compatible from the pics) and would not fit my 2.5mm cables I had assembled. I had to make up some 1.5mm ones to fit but I kept them short (2m).

I also wanted the Dali Oberon 1 speakers as I found a deal for £600 for both online. Richer sounds price beat this for me to £590 but when I came to order they did not have the Oberon 1 in stock (in black) so I decided to go for the Oberon 3 instead which I had already been looking at and they applied the same discount. I've ordered the Dali E600 speaker stands to go with them from elsewhere as RS could not get them before xmas.

The Denon and Oberon 3 turned up today but unfortunately the speaker packaging was damaged on arrival. One of the speakers has a small dent/peel on the back from the damage but RS have been great and have already organised a replacement/collection.

So far I am really happy with the sound though! The speakers sound much nicer than my parents MA Bronze 2 that I tried for them, but they are a lot cheaper than the Oberon 3's.
 
JasonM said:
Fobase, good you got everything setup. Post another picture in this thread once you have your stands setup.

Jason
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Here is a pic this morning. So far I am really happy with the sound. I know its not ideal being in the corner and front ported speakers would have suited better.

I've also been playing with positioning from the wall and so far like them where they are (about 80mm from the TV wall).

I'll also be getting a rug in the new year to go in front of the TV.

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Hi JasonM,

I've been experimenting with the position but due to my space limitations and the general appearance of the setup I am limited! I originally had the speakers 200mm from the wall and moved them closer (finishing at 80mm) I can not tell the difference in my living room, perhaps the hard floors don't allow such subtle changes to be so easily noticed!

I have just bought a 50m roll of the 2.5mm cable so I can make some new cables up. I saw those type banana plugs before but could not find them available anywhere but now searching Amazon for 'Copper Wire Braided banana plug' there are a few available. I am just a bit concerned about the plug sleeves touching each other - did you have any problems or did you wrap them in electrical tape?

What are your thoughts about these 2mm type banana plugs?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/HKSMAN-Cop...77518563&s=electronics&search-type=ss&sr=1-11
 
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