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I've been out of the AV loop for a while but am looking at options to improve the audio in the living room and really need some inspiration.
Primary use case is TV/Movie (Wall mounted LG EF9500 but looking to move to a 65" as the LG's getting a bit long in the tooth now
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Secondary - some light music duties - something that I can connect to via BT/wifi would probably be sufficient.
Constraints:
1. 1 year old child who likes to pull cables and climb on things
2. Wife (AV needs to not be too intrusive)
3. No rearrangement of furniture
Budget approx 2k euro (for a 2.1 setup with AVR) but have some flexibility.
After a bit of hunting around I was starting to settle on some stand mounted Dali Opticon 1 MKII, placed close to the wall either side of TV along with an AVR and potentially a sub if it was needed (SVS SB1000) - but now coming to the sad conclusion that stand-mounted may be to risky for both speakers and toddler. Thinking that On-Wall maybe the only option given the child.
Need to sort out the cables for the TV as its currently a mess and the boy loves to hang off them, so could look at false walls/chasing cables for both TV and speakers. Even whilst writing this I'm thinking that adding a centre could make sense if I'm going to be making a mess anyway.
I don't see how I could do 5.1 given the layout of the room and the fact that it's the family living space rather than a dedicated room - 3.1.2 could probably be done quite discretely in the space though (time for more research...)
Pic to give you an idea on layout and dimensions.
Background with AV, first experience was an entry-level Onkyo Receiver + Tannoy 5.1 setup in my first flat (loved it over the TV speakers), followed by a Yamaha YSP-2500 soundbar in 2nd house (much preferred the audio quality on that original 5.1 setup but just not an option in that house).
Now hopefully in this house for a long time and would really like some decent audio again as I'm currently stuck with the built-in speakers (YSP-2500 sold before last move) .
Any thoughts appreciated!
Primary use case is TV/Movie (Wall mounted LG EF9500 but looking to move to a 65" as the LG's getting a bit long in the tooth now
)Secondary - some light music duties - something that I can connect to via BT/wifi would probably be sufficient.
Constraints:
1. 1 year old child who likes to pull cables and climb on things
2. Wife (AV needs to not be too intrusive)
3. No rearrangement of furniture
Budget approx 2k euro (for a 2.1 setup with AVR) but have some flexibility.
After a bit of hunting around I was starting to settle on some stand mounted Dali Opticon 1 MKII, placed close to the wall either side of TV along with an AVR and potentially a sub if it was needed (SVS SB1000) - but now coming to the sad conclusion that stand-mounted may be to risky for both speakers and toddler. Thinking that On-Wall maybe the only option given the child.
Need to sort out the cables for the TV as its currently a mess and the boy loves to hang off them, so could look at false walls/chasing cables for both TV and speakers. Even whilst writing this I'm thinking that adding a centre could make sense if I'm going to be making a mess anyway.
I don't see how I could do 5.1 given the layout of the room and the fact that it's the family living space rather than a dedicated room - 3.1.2 could probably be done quite discretely in the space though (time for more research...)
Pic to give you an idea on layout and dimensions.
Background with AV, first experience was an entry-level Onkyo Receiver + Tannoy 5.1 setup in my first flat (loved it over the TV speakers), followed by a Yamaha YSP-2500 soundbar in 2nd house (much preferred the audio quality on that original 5.1 setup but just not an option in that house).
Now hopefully in this house for a long time and would really like some decent audio again as I'm currently stuck with the built-in speakers (YSP-2500 sold before last move) .
Any thoughts appreciated!