Spec me a Home Cine PLEASE

Nice one fella.

looking forward to hearing what you say about them, i might even buy some in future for a second setup before they sell out everywhere.

they got reviewed very highly at 1000 quid. 500 quid is a bargain
 
Ok so I need some speaker stands for when my new Quad's arrive, now I've been looking around and am amazed by the extortionate prices for some of them :eek:

Basically I was hoping to get 4 for around £50 but obviously now know that to find a nice looking set for that amount is going to be quite hard to find so anyone got any suggestions for some cheap but stylish looking stands?

Thanks :)
 
Don't buy light stands, they're rubbish. You want something that won't cause the speakers to be top heavy. Atacama Nexus a bit pants, those are £50. I'd try and find some 20Kg+ each stands on the auction site. I think the retail of my target stands were about £350.
 
Hedge said:
Got your stuff yet mate?
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No still waiting for the speakers :(

Getting a little worried about it now, I think I'll contact the site I bought them from tomorrow and get an update

badbob said:
Don't buy light stands, they're rubbish. You want something that won't cause the speakers to be top heavy. Atacama Nexus a bit pants, those are £50. I'd try and find some 20Kg+ each stands on the auction site. I think the retail of my target stands were about £350.
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Decided against stands now, when the speakers do arrive I think I'll get some wall brackets for them instead
 
Well rung the site that I bought the speakers from and all they could tell me is that they're waiting for delivery :rolleyes:

I asked them how long I'm going to be waiting and they didn't have a clue, didn't even give me a ball park figure :(

I'm proberly going to be running legacy hardware by the time they arrive now :p
 
Unbelievable! Rung up to site that I ordered the speakers from again today only to be told this time that the Quad's in the Cherry finish are a discontinued product so they can no longer get them :mad:

Best they could do for me is get me them in Silver or Rosewood yuck!

Good news is I found another site that had 4 left in stock in the Cherry finish and I've just had confirmation that they'll be delivered to me on Wednesday - YAY!

So irritating though as I've seen them on this other site all the while I've been waiting :( You wouldn't of thought buying speakers would be so bloody hard!
 
Glad you got that sorted.
Remember the pics and impressions when it all arrives.... i think you will be amazed to be honest. Make sure to spend some time setting it up first though!
 
I swear someone's trying to tell me something here..... More troubles with this today :(

First when Mr City Link came round to deliver my stuff no one was in to sign for it so I had to go out again when I got in from work :rolleyes:

Then after unboxing it all I find no speaker cables! Now maybe I'm being a noob here but surely I was right within my mind to think that this would be included?

Anyway me having absolutely no idea about all this I have no idea what cables I need so I'm back here asking for help :p Any suggestions anyone?

Must say despite all the above it all does look really sexy
 
No, you don't get speaker cables with seperates (or video/coaxial/optical cables) only cheap RCA-RCA cables. I would buy Kimber Cable XS triple select. A snip at £16,000 for a 6' pair.
 
Tom84 said:
I swear someone's trying to tell me something here..... More troubles with this today :(

First when Mr City Link came round to deliver my stuff no one was in to sign for it so I had to go out again when I got in from work :rolleyes:

Then after unboxing it all I find no speaker cables! Now maybe I'm being a noob here but surely I was right within my mind to think that this would be included?

Anyway me having absolutely no idea about all this I have no idea what cables I need so I'm back here asking for help :p Any suggestions anyone?

Must say despite all the above it all does look really sexy
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Do a search for Belden 5000UP (3rd link down... it is a cable company) speaker cable. Thick and high quality for the money. Don't be fooled in to thinking you need to spend a lot on speaker cable and don't bother with anything else unless you want flat cable for discretely running out to the surrounds.

For your sub, just look for a second hand sub cable or something from ebay. £10 should get you a good enough sub cable. Think i paid £8 for my Cambridge Audio sub link (£30 new). Otherwise, again, the shop that does the Belden does good Canare stuff for £18.


EDIT: The other option for speaker cable is to use CAT5 if you have it lying around. I did this with someones setup and it sounds great to be honest. Just do a search on the internet as to the best way of doing it. Great if you have a spare drum lying around!
 
Tom84 said:
Ordered my cable today, went for the Belden as Kamakazie suggested :)

Should be with me for tomorrow so I can FINALLY rig all this gear up over the bank holiday weekend :D
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Good job. I think you will be stunned with just how impressive this setup sounds. What sub cable did you get? Did you find one s/h?

Remember to post impressions and pics of the speakers. Not found many good images of the quads so it's hard to gauge what they look like. All i hear is that the finish is stunning.
 
Kamakazie! said:
Good job. I think you will be stunned with just how impressive this setup sounds. What sub cable did you get? Did you find one s/h?

Remember to post impressions and pics of the speakers. Not found many good images of the quads so it's hard to gauge what they look like. All i hear is that the finish is stunning.
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Got a Canare sub link cable from the same site I got the Belden stuff from (like you suggested ;) )

I'd love to take some pic's to show off what it all looks like but unfortunately I've only got the crappy camera on my iPhone which wouldn't really do any justice for just how nice it all looks. You've heard right though the finish is really stylish and the pics on various website really do it no justice.
 
Ok well me and my old man spent most of this afternoon wiring all my lovely new gear up and surprise surprise come the first test NO SOUND! :(

I'm sure I'm missing something really stupid because all 5 speakers respond to test tone tests in the Cambridge Audio On Screen Display menu yet the second you set it to either of the HDMI inputs NOTHING!

Anyone got any idea's where I could be going wrong? Currently got both my Sky HD and BlueRay player going into the 2 HDMI inputs on the back of the AV receiver with the HDMI output going into the back of my tele, I'm sure that's all that needs to be done......
 
Ok so I got 1 optical cable today for my SkyHD and after a bit of tweaking with the settings I've got 5.1 sound however I've still to get a cable for my BlueRay player so do I go for optical again or is Coaxial better?
 
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I'd go optical but there isn't really any difference as both carry a digital signal. Some say you need a ood coaxial cable to get the best out of it but i am ot so sure. People say that about optical sometimes?!?
Just go optical to keep it consistent... optical cables are thinner too.

How is it sounding?
 
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