martin82scott
Standard Member
Hi all, thanks in advance.
Basically the in laws want surround sound setup. they are minimalistic when it comes to clutter and not big audio buffs. They enjoy listening to the tv nice and loud (beyond comfort sometimes!) and just have a simple LED, Sky HD and blu ray on a typical glass stand due to downsizing to a smaller house.
Options around £250-£400 very tops for 5.1 please.
original thoughts were Bose companion (no comments...),
soundbar but need sub probably. heard some terrible ones recently!
may be able to stretch a little more but 500 is peak price really. prefer to go more around 300 though
prefer no receiver as such as cost will go up massively and budget on speakers will be pants then.
most appreciated guys. I have only ever installed receivers and speakers rather than compact stuff but was fairly impresses with the companion for audio but the 5.1 flavour is usb software based I believe.
Not too bothered on the music front so that makes things easier. Hope to buy on the high street this weekend too and don't mind a bit of travel.
cheers guys
Basically the in laws want surround sound setup. they are minimalistic when it comes to clutter and not big audio buffs. They enjoy listening to the tv nice and loud (beyond comfort sometimes!) and just have a simple LED, Sky HD and blu ray on a typical glass stand due to downsizing to a smaller house.
Options around £250-£400 very tops for 5.1 please.
original thoughts were Bose companion (no comments...),
soundbar but need sub probably. heard some terrible ones recently!
may be able to stretch a little more but 500 is peak price really. prefer to go more around 300 though
prefer no receiver as such as cost will go up massively and budget on speakers will be pants then.
most appreciated guys. I have only ever installed receivers and speakers rather than compact stuff but was fairly impresses with the companion for audio but the 5.1 flavour is usb software based I believe.
Not too bothered on the music front so that makes things easier. Hope to buy on the high street this weekend too and don't mind a bit of travel.
cheers guys
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