Home Cinema 5 Speaker setup (with floorstanders)...stupidly cheap!!

HankMcSpank

I saw these mentioned by someone on AVForums, I then Googled a bit & saw the offer was listed on HOTUKDeals too (so I'm not claiming the find!), but they're so ludicrously cheap I thought it worth a mention here...

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1079898&classificationid=1029856



Remember quidco (-6.5%), then there's an extra 1000 points on a £75 spend available too ( http://www.hotukdeals.com/deal/18524/1000-extra-boots-advantage-points-o )

By my reckoning, that's about £64.79 *delivered* :eek: :eek: (& it's gotta cost them 15 quid to deliver because of the size & weight!) ....Ok, so B&Ws they ain't, but an ideal starter speaker setup or for someone on a tight budget!

Point of note: If you look at those big floorstander speakers, they aren't actually large drivers on the sides (at the bottom) but something called passive radiators...basically a bit of stiff material on a spring to enhance the bass)

Horlock

Confused how it says will be £139.99 from 1st Feb (unless Boots have a different calendar than the rest of us)

niceblokejohn

Spec sheet here, looks a good buy:

http://www.eltax.com/eltax/documents/10083_flyer1.pdf

ukdoctor

stupid question. But can I use it with my PC?

cheapskate58

ukdoctor wrote:

stupid question. But can I use it with my PC?

Only if you feed the pc through an amplifier. These are passive speakers

HankMcSpank

Horlock wrote:

Confused how it says will be £139.99 from 1st Feb (unless Boots have a different calendar than the rest of us)

Yeah I agree...but it adds to the basket at the right price, but hey, so long as Boots still think it's January....then that's fine by me!

findmeabargain!

cheapskate58 wrote:

Only if you feed the pc through an amplifier. These are passive speakers

How would u go about doing that? sorry dont know much about this speaker stuff

ellives

Sorry for being thick, but what else would I need to make them work via my HD LCD tv?

I'm guessing an amp (what type?) and a lead to connect the amp to the tv (what type?)

Thanks, in advance.

withabix

You get 639 Boots Points with this, plus 1000 bonus points with a code, making it £63.56.

Additionally:

If you use Greasy Palm, you get 3.5% rebate, making it £60.76

If you use Quidco, you get 6.5% rebate, making it £58.36

MoneySavingSpender

ellives each one of those speakers need a powered input from a speakers output for speakers, usually done over proper copper speaker wires.

Then with dual stereo/5.1 phono inputs you can plug in your Sky box, dvd player etc or if you have a Sky box/dvd player with coaxial/optical outputs you can have a pure digital connection from your source to your amp.

So long as your amp is a surround amp with digital inputs it'll go with these nicely.

PS: These show up as £139.99 when I add them to my basket.

ellives

MoneySavingSpender wrote:

ellives each one of those speakers need a powered input from a speakers output for speakers, usually done over proper copper speaker wires.

Then with dual stereo/5.1 phono inputs you can plug in your Sky box, dvd player etc or if you have a Sky box/dvd player with coaxial/optical outputs you can have a pure digital connection from your source to your amp.

So long as your amp is a surround amp with digital inputs it'll go with these nicely.

PS: These show up as £139.99 when I add them to my basket.

Thanks for this - much appreciated....can't say I'm sure I understand thou'!

Are you saying I need 5 cables (copper speaker stylie) which connect the five speakers to an amp (which I need to buy) and then I can connect it to my TV (with a lead I need to purchase also)?

By the way, i have the new Virgin cable (ex-NTL) TV Drive (PVR).

In basic terms what spec amp do I need to start searching for?