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Currently have Kef Q3 floorstanders with Kef Q9C centre, Kef psw 1000.2 sub and Mission m34i at rear. Receiver is Denon 3200 from 2015 - I also have two ceiling mounted Kef 101 for Atmos.
A local pawn shop is selling the Q Acoustics 3050i package with the 3020i bookshelves and QB12 sub woofer for £899. The cheapest place I could find for all the same components was roughly £1100 at Peter Tyson.
They said they would give me £220 for my current speakers, so that brings it down to £679 which seems like a decent bargain considering most places sell the package for £1400-1500
My current set up is fine. I live in an apartment, recently checked with neighbour who says she doesn't hear my music but occasionally hears the sub.
I also have a 2016 LG OLED and ideally this year I would like to upgrade it as I believe there will be a significant jump in picture quality getting a 2021 Panasonic JZ1500/2000 or Sony A90J
I can't afford to buy the TV just yet and so buying new speakers would delay the TV purchase.
I also think the current AVR is fine, buying new speakers might tempt me to buy a new AVR to add two new Atmos speakers to the ceiling, which again delays the TV purchase.
So, I am most concerned with maximum "bang for my buck". Everything is mostly driven from my HTPC and the TV is only really used in the evenings if there's a new TV series episode or I've downloaded a new movie release. I don't have a TV license and it's never on as "background" noise. If I'm on the PC then I'm most likely to be listening to music
So my choices are:
a) stick with current speakers and wait for TV upgrade
b) spend £679 to replace the 5.1 speakers
I will go for B) if I'm likely to notice a significant upgrade. When I got my TV calibrated, I also got the AVR calibrated too. I remember that evening getting "distracted" from the TV by the jump in audio quality and just listening to music instead because it made a significant difference. So if I'm likely to get a similar jump in quality then I'd probably go for the speakers.
A local pawn shop is selling the Q Acoustics 3050i package with the 3020i bookshelves and QB12 sub woofer for £899. The cheapest place I could find for all the same components was roughly £1100 at Peter Tyson.
They said they would give me £220 for my current speakers, so that brings it down to £679 which seems like a decent bargain considering most places sell the package for £1400-1500
My current set up is fine. I live in an apartment, recently checked with neighbour who says she doesn't hear my music but occasionally hears the sub.
I also have a 2016 LG OLED and ideally this year I would like to upgrade it as I believe there will be a significant jump in picture quality getting a 2021 Panasonic JZ1500/2000 or Sony A90J
I can't afford to buy the TV just yet and so buying new speakers would delay the TV purchase.
I also think the current AVR is fine, buying new speakers might tempt me to buy a new AVR to add two new Atmos speakers to the ceiling, which again delays the TV purchase.
So, I am most concerned with maximum "bang for my buck". Everything is mostly driven from my HTPC and the TV is only really used in the evenings if there's a new TV series episode or I've downloaded a new movie release. I don't have a TV license and it's never on as "background" noise. If I'm on the PC then I'm most likely to be listening to music
So my choices are:
a) stick with current speakers and wait for TV upgrade
b) spend £679 to replace the 5.1 speakers
I will go for B) if I'm likely to notice a significant upgrade. When I got my TV calibrated, I also got the AVR calibrated too. I remember that evening getting "distracted" from the TV by the jump in audio quality and just listening to music instead because it made a significant difference. So if I'm likely to get a similar jump in quality then I'd probably go for the speakers.