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Very little knowledge on this so any advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated as ever.

I would like a surround sound set-up for watching DVD's and TV.

Now I have a Toshiba 32WL56 used with freeview (soon to replaced with TVDrive) and a Pioneer 585A DVD.

Budget is between £250.00 to £300.00 so obviously not looking for top of the range here :) ........but a nice set-up.

So what do I need?......amplifier or receiver?

I have seen a Yamaha and Denon receivers (I think) with speakers around about the £250.
 
-=BAF=-AXE said:
For your budget either of those would do, think the Yam pack is AV57?

That would be a good start, IMO

Andy
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Cheers Andy.........yes think its the AV57.

Is the A57 for a better word 'plug and go' if you know what I mean :)
 
-=BAF=-AXE said:
Yeah for the money its excellent, its just right to get you going.

Maybe when you are happy and feel ready for an upgrade the
amp will still be going strong so just upgrade the speakers!

So yes for now its plug and play but the amp will still drive
better speakers when your ready to change ;)

Good value for money too, should have some left over to
get a dencent camera ;) (joke)

Andy
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Thanks Andy.........will start looking around to see if anyone has stock of the A57...got a feeling it maybe discontinued.

New Camera lol.........yes thing its about time I bought a new one.....my 1DMKII is about 6 months old ;)
 
No luck with the AV57.......out of stock everywhere I have tried.

No luck either trying to get hold of a Denon DHT-1356XP :(
 
It looks as though I might have to go for seperate receiver & speakers.........

Looking at the Yamaha NSP110 speakers with either the Denon 1706/1906 receiver.........unless anyone else can advise of a better combination around the same price. ;)
 
-=BAF=-AXE said:
Sorry mate couldnt find them either!

Ill try and spec you summat later after wor k;)

Andy
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Cheers Andy. appreciate it.

Had no luck over the weekend either trying to source the Denon DHT 1356XP.

Considered the Denon DHT500SD but as I have just bought a new DVD player I think it counts that one out.......and that would push the budget upto £400.00.

So its still down to the Denon 1706 & 1906........recommendations on the net appear to advise to bypass the 1706 and go for the 1906.

As for speakers..........are the Yamaha NSP110 speakers going to be good enough with the 1906.

One store did have the Denon speakers in split from the DHT 1356 package..........I wonder if they would be worth purchasing. :confused:
 
Looks like its going to cost me a little more than I anticipated:o

Guess you get what you pay for at the end of the day.

Cheers for the suggestions......will have a look when I am home from work.
 
Funny enough I was looking at those Canton 101's yesterday on AVforum......but having never heard of them :o didn't bother reading up on em.

That makes them about the same price as the Kef ones yes?......also are they silver only?

Looks like that lot will cost me around £500-£600..........what was my initial budget when I asked the question :rolleyes:
 
Matblack said:
The CD1s are great, I have no doubt the 101s are as good if not better, the guys over there seriously rate them, I love mine, they are descrete and make a good noise for the size. I LOVE KEF but I'd buy these over the 'eggs' everytime. Couple those with a Denon and you have the makings of a great litle living room system, I use a Marantz SR5400 with mine and it drives them very nicely.

Don't be put off by the sub, it looks a little bit cheap but the depth is very suprising for the size.

MB
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I am tempted.............but believe it or not I have just tracked down a Denon DHT 1356XP for £265.00 if I want it :confused: ..........not sure what to do now.
 
A guy from Peter Tysons just called me re an enquiry I made last week and he recommended I took a look at the EFX 5.1...........it is getting all a bit confusing.

Anyone rate these?.
 
tom_nieto said:
Think of it this way. Sure it's a lot of money to spend now, but actually you're not going to have to change that system for a very long time, whereas you might have to change components in a cheaper system in the near future because you're not satisfied with it.
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I said the same thing to my father earlier this evening when discussing it with him. ;)

I have sent the guy a PM on the AVForum re the Canton C101's and searched the net for the prices for the Denon 1906.........cheapest I could find was £273.95.
 
Paul -C- said:
I bought a Denon 1906 amp and Canton Movie 150QX speaker set from the guy on AVForums.

I highly recommend both of them! :D
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How much if you don't mind me asking ;)
 
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