Samsung htc 6500 upgrade, samsung q930c or a dedicated avr and 5.1 system? uk

9.1 will be better than the dx2. If you do use the 9.1 you'll need suiaby brackets to clamp on the front and back edges.

Get some string work out where the amp is trail cable where it'll be neat and in situ then add a couple of meters to have some slack.

No you don't put them on top of the floorstanders you'll have to mount 9.1 as high as possible on the wall.

If you want upfirers then you'll looking at wharfedale d3003d.

Any reason why not consider those fyne speakers?
 
9.1 will be better than the dx2. If you do use the 9.1 you'll need suiaby brackets to clamp on the front and back edges.

Get some string work out where the amp is trail cable where it'll be neat and in situ then add a couple of meters to have some slack.

No you don't put them on top of the floorstanders you'll have to mount 9.1 as high as possible on the wall.

If you want upfirers then you'll looking at wharfedale d3003d.

Any reason why not consider those fyne speakers?
https://www.av.com/Furniture/Fisual-91S-6-Speaker-Floor-Stands-Blackwood-Pair/4GPI found those stands, i think they are made for the 9.1's
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i will have a measure up and see if they are right, how critical are speaker stands, like do the more expensive ones increase audio quality or not at all really?

Heavier ones provide extrra mass, less ringing, more stability less wobble. Worth it when you have high end standmounts, you really don't want wobbly stands that a hamster can knock and topple over.

Have a look at second hand stands, nothing to go fail so I'd rather have second hand scratched pair that weigh a ton rather than wobbly new ones.

You can mass load some stands with dry kiln sand or other heavy materal.

If your side or rear speakers are close to your head I would recommend diffuse speakers over regular speakers. Look at bipole or tripole. There was a pair of M&K K4 on avofurms for £100 delivered, these are excellent surround speakers.

If you do go atmos, then atmos state you shouldn't use diffused speakers. However this isn't set in stone, you can do whatever you like. Or you could use wall mount speakers like XTZ spirit 6 for side/surrounds. Probably best to match since you're starting from scratch, but if you're midway then sometimes have to get whatever is available.

I have a 9.2.4 system btw.
 
What you could do is get something like this to get you up and running, use it for a year or two and upgrade the system. At £100 it's hardly a loss even if you give it away /give some parts away ie you could re use the standmounts in bedroom system etc


hmm looks like damage to the speakers, perhaps water damage? or just the wrap, if it's cosmetic so what £100 for 4.0 is good, get AVR and sub
 
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Or another option is get these


Over your budget but those a nice speakers and you wouldn't need to upgrade again. With a great kick ass LCR system .

Matching stand

 
South Manchester,
2* Tannoy Revolution Signature DC6T Floorstanders
Review: Home review
Specs: TANNOY REVOLUTION SIGNATURE DC6T SPEAKERS (PAIR)

1* Tannoy Revolution Signature DC6-LCR Centre
Specs: TANNOY REVOLUTION SIGNATURE DC6LCR CENTRE SPEAKER (EACH)

2* Tannoy Revolution Signature DC4 Bookshelf Speakers
Review: Home review
Specs: TANNOY REVOLUTION SIGNATURE DC4 SPEAKERS (PAIR)

£600

I'd go for them, bit of a drive, but you wouldn't need to upgrade, plus in your budget.

Think you need 60 posts or something before you can access classifieds
 
9.1 will be better than the dx2. If you do use the 9.1 you'll need suiaby brackets to clamp on the front and back edges.

Get some string work out where the amp is trail cable where it'll be neat and in situ then add a couple of meters to have some slack.

No you don't put them on top of the floorstanders you'll have to mount 9.1 as high as possible on the wall.

If you want upfirers then you'll looking at wharfedale d3003d.

Any reason why not consider those fyne speakers?

South Manchester,
2* Tannoy Revolution Signature DC6T Floorstanders
Review: Home review
Specs: TANNOY REVOLUTION SIGNATURE DC6T SPEAKERS (PAIR)

1* Tannoy Revolution Signature DC6-LCR Centre
Specs: TANNOY REVOLUTION SIGNATURE DC6LCR CENTRE SPEAKER (EACH)

2* Tannoy Revolution Signature DC4 Bookshelf Speakers
Review: Home review
Specs: TANNOY REVOLUTION SIGNATURE DC4 SPEAKERS (PAIR)

£600

I'd go for them, bit of a drive, but you wouldn't need to upgrade, plus in your budget.

Think you need 60 posts or something before you can access classifieds
bloody hell, my brother has just been down to manchester yesterday!!
 
Seem pretty good they had a few models in the range I think one was £2700 or something they looked quite similar so hard to tell one from the other.

Can tell the people that styled that range moved over to fyne as they looks a spitting image of them
 
The Denon AVR-X1700 supports 120Hz 4K and VRR gaming on I think three of its HDMI sockets. It's a good choice at the money if you want to pass a PC or console through it to the TV.

You do have some other options though. With eARC on that Q90 TV, and an eARC-equipped AVR, it's possible to have a source output LPCM in up to 7.1 and send its signal to the TV first, then have the TV send the audio to the surround system. This opens up the possibility to look at older AV receivers. It also gets around TVs which won't pass DTS and DTS-HD via their eARC connections.

I would agree with Hornetstinger about the Wharfedale and Q Acoustics main being good. These British designs are evenhanded and good for music which is a bit of a trial by fire for a lot of AV speakers. Polks (an American speaker brand) tend to have a bit of a reputation for boom and tizz. Our cousins over the water are learning just how good British speakers are. Reviews in mags such as Stereophile are generally very complimentary about Wharfedale and QA.

Yamaha for speakers is more difficult to pigeonhole. At the high-end, especially for the Japanese home market, the company makes some superlative speakers. Unfortunately, the UK and Europe are home to superlative home brands by the shed load, so it's an uphill struggle trying to convince dealers and their customers that Yam high-end speakers are what they should buy instead of KEF, ATC, B&W, PMC, Tannoy, ProAc, Wison Benesch, Quad, Wharfedale etc.

Yamaha had brief moments in the sun with some fairly accessibly priced products. Back in the 80s, folk started seeing NS-M10 monitors popping up in recording studios. These were being used as nearfield monitors; speakers very close to the engineer when mixing. To the uninitiate, this was like some badge of approval. "If it's good enough for the people producing and mixing my records..." The irony was that this was the exact opposite of why they were chosen by the engineer who kicked the whole thing off. Paraphasing his words, if he could make a mix sound good on these then it would sound good on anything. The frequency response may have been all over the place, but the thing they did exceptionally well is timing.

Pro gear and Japanese home market product aside then, what that leaves us with is Yamaha's more budget oriented ranges.

Products such as the NS-P and NS-F are designed as companion products to electronics. In simpler terms, they look like good value in order to encourage someone to get their wallet out. When AV receivers were available under £250, Yamaha package a budget receiver with their NS-P
5.1 sub/sat kit. It was everything you needed for maybe £50-£100 more than a Panasonic/Samsung/LG/Sony DVD-Blu-ray home theatre kit.

The front speakers from the NS-F51 package are available as a standalone purchase for £250/pr. They came out in 2017-ish priced at £150/pr. Accepting that there's inflation and market changes, these are still made for a similar cost as when they sold for £150/pr, and cheap floorstanders are rarely a sonic bargain. Although smaller, the Wharfedales and Q Acoustics are better screwed together and cleaner sounding, albeit with a little less bass.
how does the lpcm work?i dont know what lpcm is tbh, this is what it says on rtings about the s90c's audio
This Samsung S90C supports many audio formats, including many Dolby Digital options. Unfortunately, it doesn't support DTS formats, which is disappointing, as many UHD Blu-rays use DTS for their lossless audio tracks.

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/s90c-oled check it out
 
LPCM is Linear Pulse Code Modulation, basically the same as what is on CD. It's typically stereo, but can also be multi channel (over HDMI) lossless audio.

If you use E-ARC you need to ensure your TV passses all sound codecs, If not then all you'll get is stereo
 
LPCM is Linear Pulse Code Modulation, basically the same as what is on CD. It's typically stereo, but can also be multi channel (over HDMI) lossless audio.

If you use E-ARC you need to ensure your TV passses all sound codecs, If not then all you'll get is stereo
gotcha, unsure if it does, says on rtings this;
Audio Passthrough
ARC/eARC Port
eARC

eARC: Dolby Atmos Over Dolby Digital Plus
Yes

eARC: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Yes

eARC: LPCM 7.1 Over Dolby MAT
Yes

eARC: Dolby TrueHD 7.1
Yes

eARC: DTS:X Over DTS-HD MA
No

eARC: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
No

eARC: LPCM Channels (Bitstream)
7.1

ARC: Dolby Digital 5.1
Yes

ARC: DTS 5.1
No

Optical: Dolby Digital 5.1
Yes

Optical: DTS 5.1
No

This Samsung S90C supports many audio formats, including many Dolby Digital options. Unfortunately, it doesn't support DTS formats, which is disappointing, as many UHD Blu-rays use DTS for their lossless audio tracks.
sorry for the format
 
Yeah so doe any dts material it'll just be stereo, then the soundbar will expand that.

Won't be as good as native discrete audio. It'll be ok, but I can easily tell difference between native and pcm up mixed
 
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