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I did this by buying the IKEA Symfonisk - they look great and happen to be speaker too
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I did this by buying the IKEA Symfonisk - they look great and happen to be speaker too
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I gave you a link that has everything for £250, avr, sub, 5 speakers, cables which'll outlcass any soundbar
Low fi Atmos over higher quality 5.1?
Don't fall into the must have Atmos over quality surround
A good 2.1 system will outclass a Atmos soundbar
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You should go educate yourself, gain some experience and listen to some decent systems rather than posting useless unhelpful drivel.
I moved on a system made up of a pair of 12" XTZ cinema subs (parametric EQ'd), ATC front array, M&K tripole surrounds/rears, powered by Lyngdorf and Nakamichi amplification, all setup via REW and my UMIK mic.
Like I said, go have a read up on what such equipment is like and the setting up required, you may learn something.
The Samsung Q990b gives a better cohesive experience than that well setup system above, plus with mininal fuss and a lot less equipment. I was a skeptic, but for £650 it shocked me and selling the kit on was a no brainer.
Said q990b or even the cheaper q930b system would **** all over that little 5.1 system and would likely output more power than that little AVR and would give a decent ATMOS experience rather than just 5.1. That Yamaha only puts out around 70W/channel with 2chs driven, with all 5 going it would be significantly less.
Move with the times young padawan
I think I know why you got rid of your seperates Hahahaha
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I did this by buying the IKEA Symfonisk - they look great and happen to be speaker too
Ha I tried this, she had none of it. I bought it to make her realise it's not ugly.
It now lives in the shed
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I'd rather not. Cinema grade audio isn't that important to me. I just need to have audio better than the built in speakers and soundbars are great at doing that whilst being literally no faff to set up.
Fortunately there are products for everyone and for most people a soundbar sounds good enough
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Reminds me of that video I watched in Japan I think it was where single men dedicate pretty much all of their earnings to audio equipment 
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You don't need to go crazy, just something better than soundbar.
Q Acoustics 3020i Cinema Pack 5.1 Speaker Package
The Q 3020i 5.1 Cinema Pack combines the very best of the 3000i Series to deliver a stunning, compact home cinema system ensuring you hear every detail at its very best from your favourite movies and music.
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You don't need to go crazy, just something better than soundbar.
Q Acoustics 3020i Cinema Pack 5.1 Speaker Package
The Q 3020i 5.1 Cinema Pack combines the very best of the 3000i Series to deliver a stunning, compact home cinema system ensuring you hear every detail at its very best from your favourite movies and music.
It doesn't matter if someone doesn't want speakers all around their room. That's the situation many people find themselves in and for those of us in that group, a soundbar is the better solution than multiple speakers.
There's no argument. A multiple speaker scenario will always be better than a soundbar but if you can't have multiple speakers, for one reason or another, it's not exactly a great solution.
Hopefully one day, some of the contributors to this forum will realise not everyone wants a living room dedicated to AV with speakers dotted in every corner with the world's biggest TV.
People shopping for soundbars with a moderate budget don't need to be repeatedly told to buy something they don't want.
People shopping for soundbars with a moderate budget don't need to be repeatedly told to buy something they don't want.
And a receiver, and cabling it all in. Most people don't want the hassle.You don't need to go crazy, just something better than soundbar.
Q Acoustics 3020i Cinema Pack 5.1 Speaker Package
The Q 3020i 5.1 Cinema Pack combines the very best of the 3000i Series to deliver a stunning, compact home cinema system ensuring you hear every detail at its very best from your favourite movies and music.
You don't need to go crazy, just something better than soundbar.
Q Acoustics 3020i Cinema Pack 5.1 Speaker Package
The Q 3020i 5.1 Cinema Pack combines the very best of the 3000i Series to deliver a stunning, compact home cinema system ensuring you hear every detail at its very best from your favourite movies and music.
Budget = £450.
Suggests an £800 speaker pack that still requires a receiver and cables.
Using the comedian line again, how mature of you.
So what is the power output of the Yamaha you linked then if you are so sure? Show us all and backup your argument.
Btw, that little SW150 has no more power than the one in a Q990b system and may acutally have less output. Granted it's 10" rather than 8"
Re-read my post, I said the Q990b system gives a "better cohesive experience" not "the sub is better than x2 12s". The ATMOS effects from the top/side firing speakers on the soundbar and rear speakers is damn impressive.
There's no doubt I miss the dual 12", but the 8" samsung one does a great job for it's size. Still not dual 700W beasts though
Had a good listen to someones mental 9.2.4 setup when I was delivering him one of my spare Nak 7ch amps. It was incredible, but there were speakers and amplifiers everywhere, so it really wasn't for those who use a room for anything other than pure cinema mode.
What an incredibly sexist view you have of women, tells us everything we need to know about you.I think I know why you got rid of your seperates Hahahaha
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Stop being such an immature little troll, spamming out soo many pointless posts in this thread.
Thought I'd reply direct to you, rather than lose it in my above postI'm all to familiar with this in other forum categories.
Think I'll avoid the fuss with a Sonos Beam Gen 2 and pick up a Sonos Sub Mini at a later date as the prices on these drop frequently.
A Sonos Beam is a decent soundbar, but it's just a standard soundbar. at a fair cost. If you grab that and the sub mini you'll be outlaying ciraca £900+ anyway and it's certainly not worth that. It doesn't even come with rear speakers.
That's where something like the Q930B shows the value, even at £750ish. Or there's the Q800b for £500 that doesn't come with rear speakers and there's no way the Sonos pairing is worth nearly double the price.
Caporegime
We've had an LG OLED48A26LA and Sonos Beam Gen2 in the front room for a couple of months now. It's been a complete revelation compared to a ten year old (very highly rated at the time) Panasonic 42" plasma. We find the sound to be exceptionally clear and immersive, as does everyone who visits us, regardless of the content being watched and this is without a sub or rears too. The base is punchy enough without being cranked up too we find, which was an added surprise. While my old 5.1 Kef speakers and Sony receiver did do a slightly better job at putting you right in the middle of the action say in films such as Gladiator, I don't feel this is too much of a downside at all in the occasional 'blockbuster'. If anything we found vollies of arrows wizzing overhead a little disconcerting truth be told lol. We're certainly not missing the cabling and space taken up by the speakers at all (and the look of most of them too).
Frankly I'd be hard pushed to fault it for most people's living rooms. Yes, there's always better systems out there regardless of your budget but this small and inconspicuous setup works exceptionally well for us. So if you're after a very simple non intrusive setup that can easily be upgraded with some wireless rears and sub if that's your bag, then I'd highly recommend it.
Frankly I'd be hard pushed to fault it for most people's living rooms. Yes, there's always better systems out there regardless of your budget but this small and inconspicuous setup works exceptionally well for us. So if you're after a very simple non intrusive setup that can easily be upgraded with some wireless rears and sub if that's your bag, then I'd highly recommend it.
Caporegime
You don't need to go crazy, just something better than soundbar.
Q Acoustics 3020i Cinema Pack 5.1 Speaker Package
The Q 3020i 5.1 Cinema Pack combines the very best of the 3000i Series to deliver a stunning, compact home cinema system ensuring you hear every detail at its very best from your favourite movies and music.
That's still a crazy amount to spend on audio for one room for the majority of folk. This is the problem when you're immersed in audiophilia, your perception on what others are willing to spend in both money and time becomes skewed.
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That isn't a crazy amount .That's pretty much budget. I've spent more on one speaker.
Cheapest I'd recommend would be this
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 5.1 Home Cinema Speaker Package, Walnut at AV.com
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 5.1 Home Cinema Speaker Package, Walnut at AV.com
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It's a crazy amount for people who don't care as much as you do.
The internet is a funny place. You ask for help with X and then all they want to do is tell you why you need Y and not X.
I had it the same with laptops recently "Oh just buy a desktop" when asking about laptop models
The internet is a funny place. You ask for help with X and then all they want to do is tell you why you need Y and not X.
I had it the same with laptops recently "Oh just buy a desktop" when asking about laptop models
I think you need to reread the bit about skewed perspective
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Op I suggest you go have a demo of a soundbar and budget system, listen to CD in stereo and movies
This site has mostly people happily spending £2000 on GPUs and just buy cheapest crap Logitech speakers.
If you bought that £450 wharfedale setup you could add or replace parts as needed, also in case of failure..
If you bought Sonos soundbar you have match it with their sub.
If I gave you a couple of PSA 21" subwoofers you wouldn't be able to them with the Sonos. If your TV lacks DTS out you wouldn't be able to use e-arc DTS.
Soundbars are better than built in flat panel but I'd rather recommend a t amp and some regular wall mount speakers rather than a soundbar.
That Samsung won't have 700w total power output not a chance. It'll be the usual overblown figures with high distortion
This site has mostly people happily spending £2000 on GPUs and just buy cheapest crap Logitech speakers.
If you bought that £450 wharfedale setup you could add or replace parts as needed, also in case of failure..
If you bought Sonos soundbar you have match it with their sub.
If I gave you a couple of PSA 21" subwoofers you wouldn't be able to them with the Sonos. If your TV lacks DTS out you wouldn't be able to use e-arc DTS.
Soundbars are better than built in flat panel but I'd rather recommend a t amp and some regular wall mount speakers rather than a soundbar.
That Samsung won't have 700w total power output not a chance. It'll be the usual overblown figures with high distortion