Hi all
Was after some advice please...
I have a "home cinema" set up in the front room. It's roughly 16foot by 12 foot.
The sound was set up with hand me down parts (apart from the amp) a couple of years ago and I'm looking to upgrade it.
The room doubles as a front room too and the kids play in it, so speaker positioning isn't ideal but I have to compromise! because of that I'm mainly looking for best bang for buck rather than the system that I would love to get.
At the moment I have 7.1 sound with 2 floorstanders at the front (under the screen) and surrounds high on the wall (near ceiling ... I know... but kids play in the room too and was the only way that I could get the wife to approve!).
I have a yamaha rxv 675 amp (which I think I'm happy with - but may be told otherwise!)
The speakers ...
Fronts - these are those horrible dynalab things that you hear about being sold about from the back of vans...
Centre - Eltax moviemax
Sub - mission 70ASE
Surrounds mission 70
It's used for 70% movies/TV series and 30% for playing PS4. I'd quite like to use it more for music but that will only ever be a small part of it.
Was considering buying one of the all in one packs from the likes of Richers - something like this:
Q Acoustics 2050i 5.1 | 5.1 Package System | Richer Sounds and then just buying two extra rears
But wanted some advice. Overall the system I have now is ok, it's done it's purpose for the last couple of years but I want something that is more immersive, has greater clarity and better separation (in scenes where there are things moving - it sometimes gets merged too much in my system). I don't listen to it that loud (neighbours and kids) so clarity is more important to me than pure power.
So questions..
- should I go for a whole new package? if so which one?
- current set up - do I need to replace my surrounds (they're an old model but seem decently reviewed for their time). Or should I leave these and just replace the rubbish fronts (and amp? and centre?).
- if doing a mix and match - how do you make sure it all works nicely together?
Budget - v happy to spend around 700 - don't mind doubling this if I'm going to get double the sound (but aware that's subjective and at some point you get to the bit about diminishing returns) - the doubling has just come about because I have fallen in love withe Dali Zensor 5 package (without even hearing it.. I know....)
Grateful for any advice anyone has!
Was after some advice please...
I have a "home cinema" set up in the front room. It's roughly 16foot by 12 foot.
The sound was set up with hand me down parts (apart from the amp) a couple of years ago and I'm looking to upgrade it.
The room doubles as a front room too and the kids play in it, so speaker positioning isn't ideal but I have to compromise! because of that I'm mainly looking for best bang for buck rather than the system that I would love to get.
At the moment I have 7.1 sound with 2 floorstanders at the front (under the screen) and surrounds high on the wall (near ceiling ... I know... but kids play in the room too and was the only way that I could get the wife to approve!).
I have a yamaha rxv 675 amp (which I think I'm happy with - but may be told otherwise!)
The speakers ...
Fronts - these are those horrible dynalab things that you hear about being sold about from the back of vans...
Centre - Eltax moviemax
Sub - mission 70ASE
Surrounds mission 70
It's used for 70% movies/TV series and 30% for playing PS4. I'd quite like to use it more for music but that will only ever be a small part of it.
Was considering buying one of the all in one packs from the likes of Richers - something like this:
Q Acoustics 2050i 5.1 | 5.1 Package System | Richer Sounds and then just buying two extra rears
But wanted some advice. Overall the system I have now is ok, it's done it's purpose for the last couple of years but I want something that is more immersive, has greater clarity and better separation (in scenes where there are things moving - it sometimes gets merged too much in my system). I don't listen to it that loud (neighbours and kids) so clarity is more important to me than pure power.
So questions..
- should I go for a whole new package? if so which one?
- current set up - do I need to replace my surrounds (they're an old model but seem decently reviewed for their time). Or should I leave these and just replace the rubbish fronts (and amp? and centre?).
- if doing a mix and match - how do you make sure it all works nicely together?
Budget - v happy to spend around 700 - don't mind doubling this if I'm going to get double the sound (but aware that's subjective and at some point you get to the bit about diminishing returns) - the doubling has just come about because I have fallen in love withe Dali Zensor 5 package (without even hearing it.. I know....)
Grateful for any advice anyone has!