Surround Sound System advice needed!

Bowling_4_Gold

I got one for £30 from Makro a couple of years back, mainly for my PC but now I have a laptop, and a spare screen sitting on my desk, I bought a cable for my 360 to connect to the monitor. Looked good, but no sound! I bought a £1.98 (off eBay) 2 phono to one 3.5mm cable and hey presto! Never befoe have I heard Niko change gears on GTA IV! Highly reccommend getting a surround sound system and the Panasonic one looks very good for the money...

The only thing I would mention is they loose their value quite quickly so perhaps you could buy an even better second hand one off eBay for the £100? Just a suggestion...

trets77

good grief £100 !!! anything you get for that will not be surround sound or very poor representation of it .

if you want 5.1 you need a Amp + 1 center speaker + 2 surrounds + 2 rears + 1 subwoofer + coax or toslink cable + subwoofer lead + speaker cable .

Apples2

trets77 wrote: »

good grief £100 !!! anything you get for that will not be surround sound or very poor representation of it .

if you want 5.1 you need a Amp + 1 center speaker + 2 surrounds + 2 rears + 1 subwoofer + coax or toslink cable + subwoofer lead + speaker cable .

The OP has got £100

Could you provide a link to a decent system with those components for £100??

If not, it's kind of a pointless post.

It's like saying, "don't get a ford focus, you should buy a Bentley"

4743hudsonj

Apples2 wrote: »

The OP has got £100

Could you provide a link to a decent system with those components for £100??

If not, it's kind of a pointless post.

It's like saying, "don't get a ford focus, you should buy a Bentley"

haha tell me about it, why do people bother posting nonsense

we all know what you need for 7.1 and 5.1

but surround sound can be defined as sound surrounding you so that system will do fine:P despite it not being true surround sound

YeovilFC

If trets77 would like to top up my £100 budget, then I would be delighted to buy what he/she suggests!

Just to double check, are these the correct RCA cables?---
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-2M-2-x-RCA-PHONO-MALE-TO-MALE-CABLE-LEAD-GOLD_W0QQitemZ250401387413QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item250401387413&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A15%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A200

4743hudsonj

YeovilFC wrote: »

If trets77 would like to top up my £100 budget, then I would be delighted to buy what he/she suggests!

Just to double check, are these the correct RCA cables?---
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-2M-2-x-RCA-PHONO-MALE-TO-MALE-CABLE-LEAD-GOLD_W0QQitemZ250401387413QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item250401387413&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A15%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A200

yes theyre perfect, good price too

i assume you have checked the back of your tv for the correct ports....
just so you dont buy this stuff and have nowhere to connect it

heres what they should look like...


they should be in the little boxed off area which says audio out or audio line out.

aliEnRIK

Personally id buy a 2 channel amp and speakers from ebay

4743hudsonj

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Personally id buy a 2 channel amp and speakers from ebay

well this at least give the illusion of a surround sound so its what the op wanted

aliEnRIK

4743hudsonj wrote: »

well this at least give the illusion of a surround sound so its what the op wanted

I suppose its down to wether the OP wants sound quality or the 'illusion' of surround sound
Personally I go for 'quality' every time

4743hudsonj

aliEnRIK wrote: »

I suppose its down to wether the OP wants sound quality or the 'illusion' of surround sound
Personally I go for 'quality' every time

well i agree kind of

my system which is similar has the 2 channel stereo option which sounds great for tc and music but the surround option is quite good for films, i agree not on par with a proper system but its a bit of both worlds on a budget