something better than TV Speakers

shatpank81 · 21 Jun 2015 at 00:38

hi

i am moving into my own place soon and i have always hated the sound especially in newer tvs

i want a system preferably 2 speakers, because i dont want to run all the wires for 5 speakers.
i have looked at soundbars but are they any good?

not looking for anything spectacular, but want games and movies to sound much better than the built in tv speakers.

my budget is £200, could prob stretch to £250 if need be..

not only will i be connecting tv to it (possibly PS4) i would like to play music from PC to it as well

shatpank81 · 22 Jun 2015 at 00:04

looking at active speakers, i think that might be the way to go.. they look better.
would prefer them to have Bluetooth which will drive price up a bit, but ill have a look around.
do not want to spend more than £250 if i can help it

shatpank81 · 23 Jun 2015 at 00:50

are there any decent floorstanding active speakers in my price bracket?

shatpank81 · 23 Jun 2015 at 21:30

gregorius said:
I run optical into a Denon DM-39 and then into Dali Zensor 1 speakers; this works very well. Richer SOunds has this package at £299 at the moment, but they have similar DM-39 packages within your range.

was looking at the denon DM-39 looks a nice little system
does it have DAB? because i see the DM-40 as DAB in title and but the description of the DM-39 does say it as DAB but just querying it.

i listen to a lot of radio (Football, Rugby etc) more than watch TV, so the better the radio quality the better

shatpank81 · 24 Jun 2015 at 10:02

gregorius said:
Yes, Dm-39 does have DAB.

Brilliant, thanks
I will prob go for that then, would prefer dab over the bluetooth
Just got to decide on speakers now

shatpank81 · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:17

Decided i will get the Denon DM39 but spend the extra and get some nice floorstanding speakers
Can anybody recommend any for under £300
Will only be used for low volume music/sport from dab radio or itunes music
But also to be used to connect ps4/tv to so they speakers must be ok for speech etc

Is there anything in particular i should be looking for spec wise and also what type of speaker cable i should use?
I dont suppose wilkos speaker wire at 50p a metre will do a job haha

shatpank81 · 4 Jul 2015 at 19:22

Well could i get an amp (which one) to connect my devices to and then use floorstanding speakers?
I know absolutely nothing of this type of stuff lol

I use the radio a lot for sport (local radio, 5 live, talksport) because i refuse to pay to watch it and not keen on dodgy/poor quality streams
So thought a stereo would be better, but would prefer the look of floorstanding speakers can put them either side of my tv unit

shatpank81 · 4 Jul 2015 at 22:36

richersounds sell the dm39 with various speakers, these floorstanding ones http://www.richersounds.com/product/floorstanders/monitor-audio/bronze-bx5-blk/moni-audio-bx5-blk have an higher sensitivity than the Q Acoustics 2010i
so will the monitor audio floorstanding speakers be ok to run on the DM39?

i dont want it so i can shake the ground with sound etc i just want better than my current tv gives out but also look nice

shatpank81 · 5 Jul 2015 at 11:37

Marsman said:
They will work, but don't expect the DM39 to drive them with plenty of power. It's rated at 30w into 6 Ohm. BX5's are 8 Ohm with a 30-120w amp recommendation.

Thanks for explaining it, so basically i need an amp etc that is minimum 8 Ohm and at least say mid range of that 30-120w to comfortably use those speakers
I have my heart set on those speaker now lol
Like the colour and look of them

shatpank81 · 5 Jul 2015 at 17:55

Thank you for that ^
Could i possibly add a DAB tuner etc to that onkyo you have linked?

I would rather buy new, because in the next month me and wife will be going our separate ways so i will just pop into richer sounds and get tv, speakers etc all in one go

Also i notice a few lower end amps do not have optical in for tv/ps4...
Will i be able to connect tv ok to the onkyo amp you linked?

shatpank81 · 5 Jul 2015 at 21:44

Marsman said:
Well that's the beauty of an integrated amp, as they have 5 or 6 inputs, you connect various devices to them. Whether it be a CD player, a DAB radio, a DAC (digital to analogue converter) so you can connect a digital source up. In the case of a DAB radio, you'd need one with analogue audio output to connect to the amp. Same goes for a TV, it would analogue RCA audio output.

Maybe an AV receiver would be a better option, as they have digital connections as well as analogue, so if you have a TV with optical output only, you wouldn't have to worry about external DACs. Although you could probably just HDMI anyway. Not sure about DAB tuners though. Many have AM/FM listed in the specs, but I can't see DAB mentioned. Not even on more expensive ones.

If you've got a smartphone or a tablet, you could use that to stream internet radio to it. I've done that with my phone, streaming radio to a Blueooth receiver connected to my amp. Having said that though, doesn't look like any budget models have Bluetooth, although connecting a cheap Blueooth receiver is no problem.

thank you again, very informative.
think i will look at AV Receivers then and worry about if i need DAB Later