Please help me choose a home cinema speaker system

aqueoushumour01

Hi. I'm looking to buy speakers to create a home cinema system but without the DVD player as I'm happy with the current one. Most home cinema systems i look at include the dvd player. What do you guys recommend I consider?

The living room is quite small so I was thinking two speakers with a subwoofer. Any particular systems look good at the moment?

Traveller1981

If you want one without the DVD player, you generally have to buy an amp/speaker combo, i.e. AV reciever and a seperate 5.1 speaker system. The all in one systems generally include the DVD player to save on space and the need for their amp and a DVD player, hence "all in one". What sort of budget are you looking at?

Would you be against changing the DVD player, or say moving it to another room?

aqueoushumour01

proabably looking in the £100-£250 range. Do the speakers come with AV receiver or are these sold separately? Have pretty much ruled out getting a dvd player on top for the moment but it depends on what's out there to buy.

Marty_J

It sounds as though you need a 5.1 receiver, and a separate set of speakers. A receiver will give you much more flexibility than a surround system that's integrated into the DVD player.

Traveller1981

More hard pushed to get something decent in that price bracket unless you go second hand.

I would highly recommend getting a seperate AV receiver and speakers rather than an all in one. However, with your budget, you are looking at the all in one systems.

aqueoushumour01

that'll teach me for being too cheap!! in my current set-up, i have two audio outs so can't i just buy two speakers that go into those or would this not very good. the tv hasn't got very good sound so just need something that will improve the sound without being so full-on that the neighbours are disturbed

kaya

we just got a set of kef 1005.2 speakers from richersounds, subwoofer and 5 egg speakers, a bit over your budget at 399 but if you can stretch your finances they have superb sound quality and won a few awards to boot, we replaced the sony ones that came with our system and there is a massive difference in clarity, the speaker cases are all aluminium and not plastic/mdf as with the cheaper models, you would need a seperate av reciever as well

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Traveller1981 wrote: »

More hard pushed to get something decent in that price bracket unless you go second hand.

I would highly recommend getting a seperate AV receiver and speakers rather than an all in one. However, with your budget, you are looking at the all in one systems.

Rubbish, these are leagues above all in one systems and very good for the price.

Marty_J

anewhope wrote: »

Rubbish, these are leagues above all in one systems and very good for the price.

That looks pretty nice. You can always upgrade the speakers at a later date if you decide you'd like something better.