robertseymour
Active Member
I am looking to get a surround sound system for my living room/snug area.
Around 10-years ago, I had my last AV setup based around a Yamaha RXV-565 & M&K Xenon LCR 36 (+M&K Sub) sytem, which was excellent but all got sold when I moved house, and now a couple more moves later I'm a bit out of the loop.
Existing Kit
Option 1
Buy a soundbar that has a sub/analog out for the REL and just use that from the TV (Optical Out/HDMI)
Option 2
Buy a Reciever and 5x surrounds (Similar size to the M&K Zenon). Maybe the two surround speakers as in-ceiling for tidiness.
The Room
This is the room, there will be some changes in the final layout. The Door is being moved to the right of the fire place, where the subwoofer is currently sat. The Ikea Kallax unit will then go in front of the old door location next to the TV. The Kallax is mostly LP/CD storage.
The sofa will then move down and I plan on putting the REL Sub in that corner.
The current TV stand just has the Bluray player in it at the moment, and might be used elsewhere to free up some space for the AV system bits with a larger cabinet for storage.
System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
The Hifi bits can be ignored for this plan as thats all set down the other end of the room as below. The CD, Amp, TT etc will be next to the right speaker, where the armchair is as that will all shift down once the Ikea unit has moved.
System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Budget
Needs to be under £1k, ideally less. Happy to buy second hand/b-grade if required.
I plan to start buying some bits over the coming months as I don't expect the building work (in this part of the house will be completed until the summer.
Any thoughts?
Around 10-years ago, I had my last AV setup based around a Yamaha RXV-565 & M&K Xenon LCR 36 (+M&K Sub) sytem, which was excellent but all got sold when I moved house, and now a couple more moves later I'm a bit out of the loop.
Existing Kit
- Panasonic TX-55FZ802B OLED TV
- Panasonic DMP-UB700EBK (Main Source other than Netflix/Prime on TV. No SKY/BT box etc).
- REL Stadium II Subwoofer
- I do have some ATC SCM10s spare but they are a bit bulky
- Multiroom Compatible - Not tied to any system at the moment but I do have a single Yamaha Musiccast item in the Hifi.
- Any electrics as discrete as possible, nothing too bulky or intrusive. I want to keep the Mid-Century feel of the room as much as possible (yes I know it has a large TV!)
- Happy to buy second hand / older models.
Option 1
Buy a soundbar that has a sub/analog out for the REL and just use that from the TV (Optical Out/HDMI)
Option 2
Buy a Reciever and 5x surrounds (Similar size to the M&K Zenon). Maybe the two surround speakers as in-ceiling for tidiness.
The Room
This is the room, there will be some changes in the final layout. The Door is being moved to the right of the fire place, where the subwoofer is currently sat. The Ikea Kallax unit will then go in front of the old door location next to the TV. The Kallax is mostly LP/CD storage.
The sofa will then move down and I plan on putting the REL Sub in that corner.
The current TV stand just has the Bluray player in it at the moment, and might be used elsewhere to free up some space for the AV system bits with a larger cabinet for storage.
System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
The Hifi bits can be ignored for this plan as thats all set down the other end of the room as below. The CD, Amp, TT etc will be next to the right speaker, where the armchair is as that will all shift down once the Ikea unit has moved.
System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Budget
Needs to be under £1k, ideally less. Happy to buy second hand/b-grade if required.
I plan to start buying some bits over the coming months as I don't expect the building work (in this part of the house will be completed until the summer.
Any thoughts?
