I need a surround setup for my room. Any recommendations?

Stonedofmoo · 16 Dec 2008 at 12:05

Hi all

I have a large HD Plasma TV at the end of my bed. Connected to that is my computer via HDMI and a V+ box both of which I use to watch TV and movies on the TV.

For sound I have a normal hifi in my room which obviously provides stereo 2.1 sound and all the right frequencies... but no surround and I feel like I'm missing out. I'd like to change this for a surround kit.

Is it possible to buy a quality all in one kit that won't break the bank, but will provide surround sound in my bedroom. Cables aren't an issue, I can run those under the floor, nor would wall mounting speakers. Ideally I'd want at least a 5.1 set, but I really don't want to end up with something that only has tinny sounding speakers and a over the top subwoofer trying to make up the difference.

This is what I see when I see products like the Creative GigaWorks 7.1 on OCUK's site, but I may be wrong?

On the amp I would like at least 2 digital inputs as I want to buy a bluray player and another from my PC, ideally 3 if possible for future XBox360.

So with all that in mind, any suggestions or websites I can start looking at to get the knowledge?

Stonedofmoo · 16 Dec 2008 at 12:06

Oh and I'd like the amp to support Dolby 5.1 and DTS at the bare minimum. I suppose it would be too much to ask to have them support the new HD sound formats?

Oxide™ · 16 Dec 2008 at 12:08

Denon 1909 and Quad L-ite 5.1

Jonnycoupe · 16 Dec 2008 at 12:10

Stonedofmoo said:
Oh and I'd like the amp to support Dolby 5.1 and DTS at the bare minimum. I suppose it would be too much to ask to have them support the new HD sound formats?

Not really, as you havent set a budget. That might be the undoing of getting HD sound though. You'll probably want a AV reciever for those input.

Budget system would be the Yamaha AV61 package as a starting point of £200 them move up from that if you want better speakers etc. You you get a HDMI repeating amp you wont need as many digital inputs in SPDIF format (ie digi coax or Toslink optical as the HDMI cable will carry the sound and video.

Stonedofmoo · 16 Dec 2008 at 12:16

Hmm, well it's only a bedroom setup so say up to £300 and that needs to be amp and speakers.

I take it the Yamaha AV63 is the current model?

BlackBat · 17 Dec 2008 at 02:21

If you want to have HD audio then the cheapest option is the Sony STRDG820, which you can get for something between £229 to £250. The cheapest option for speakers would probably be the Yamaha NSP110 speaker package, which you could get for less than £60.