Can you provide a link?
Actually, I found my own -
HiFI Tower - UK: Beng V9B - 5 Channel Home Theater Speaker Set - Mohogany
The only caution I will give, is that you get what you pay for.
Ask yourself this, if an entire 5.0 speaker system can be purchased for £169, what can each speaker be worth? What can each driver be worth?
There are 12 bass drives in the setup, two mid-drivers, and two tweeters, plus cabinets and hardware. If we assume uniform price, 16 drivers total, at a cost of £169, then each driver is worth £10.56 each.
But of course, we assume the cabinets are worth something, I don't think magical fairies leave them in the night. I just don't see how, even with the cheapest materials, the cabinets and labor would be worth less than £50, which is somewhat ridiculous when you consider there are 5 cabinets. That's only £10 per cabinet for material and labor. Now if we assume that is true, then each speaker driver is worth £7.44 each.
But let's be realistic, and say the large floorstanding are £20 each, the center is £15 each, and the bookshelf are £10 each, which is still an insanely low price for cabinets, labor, and hardware. That makes the total (£20 + £20 + £15 + £10 + £10) £75. Subtract that from the selling price, and the per speaker driver price is now £5.88.
But they didn't magically fly over from China, they had to be shipped. Let's say the entire package cost £30 to ship from China. So now the per speaker driver cost is £4 per driver.
But the dealer has to make a profit, so let's give him a modest 10% profit (£16.90). Now the per driver cost falls to £2.94 per driver.
I've been extremely conservative. Likely the per driver cost is something like £1 per driver.
What do you imagine a £1 bass driver or tweeter sounds like?
A similar thread came up recently, and the conclusion from most member of the forum was - we would rather see you (your friend) get a little bit of something rather than a whole lot of nothing.
Meaning, better to get higher quality but smaller speakers, than to spend money on speakers that are cosmetically good, yet sound terrible.
Now this gets down to expectations. If you friend expects to spend £70 and equally expects to get speakers that sound like £70, then he will probably be satisfied.
But, consider this quality well regarded speaker - Wharfedale (a known and proven brand) Xarus 5000 DJ speakers -
Wharfedale XARUS5000-BLACK from Hughes Direct
These speaker originally cost £425/pr. The have twin 8" low-bass drivers, a single 8" mid-bass and a tweeter. For the money, you really can't do much better than this. But NO, it is not a full surround sound system, and since it is discontinued, there are no center or bookshelf to go with it, but it is a quality speaker at a stunningly low price.
If this Beng system fits your friends budget, and if they fit his expectations, then he can do as he wishes. But, he simply can not expect much for that price. And if he doesn't expect much, then perhaps his expectation will be met.
Just one man's opinion.
Steve/bluewizard