Replacing an ancient Panasonic SAHT05 Surround Amp & speaker combo with some separates. Total budget is supposed to be £400 but I know I won't stick to that. However there is NO WAY I can go over £500.
Pretty much decided on Canton 80CX speakers. I would have liked the Tannoy SFX 5.1 set but the centre is too tall for the shelf (wall mounting not an option due to spouse - also not easy with the room set up the way it is).
This leaves about £200-£300 for the Amp. I've pretty much got it narrowed down to a two horse race between the Yamaha RXV567 and Sony STRDH810.
These have pretty much identical feature sets where it matters to me but I was wondering if anyone has experience/opinions about pairing these with the Canton speakers?
The Sony can be had for about £30 less than the Yamaha so I'm kind of leaning in that direction but I had always thought that Yamaha outclassed Sony in the audio quality stakes so I'm still not decided.
Will be used for:
PS - I'd love to audition them at Richer Sounds but I'm unlikely to be able to do this due to a hectic weekend Schedule! Also, the Canton speakers are in short supply and my local store will probably not have any by the weekend.
PPS - TV is Panasonic TXP46G20B
EDIT - Added Onkyo
Pretty much decided on Canton 80CX speakers. I would have liked the Tannoy SFX 5.1 set but the centre is too tall for the shelf (wall mounting not an option due to spouse - also not easy with the room set up the way it is).
This leaves about £200-£300 for the Amp. I've pretty much got it narrowed down to a two horse race between the Yamaha RXV567 and Sony STRDH810.
These have pretty much identical feature sets where it matters to me but I was wondering if anyone has experience/opinions about pairing these with the Canton speakers?
The Sony can be had for about £30 less than the Yamaha so I'm kind of leaning in that direction but I had always thought that Yamaha outclassed Sony in the audio quality stakes so I'm still not decided.
Will be used for:
- SkyHD
- FreeviewHD from TV when 2 recordings on Sky
- Games on PS3 & Xbox360
- Blu-Ray on PS3
- DVD on PS3 or Panasonic DVR
- Music (streamed from Xbox)
- Music (CDs played through Panasonic DVR via HDMI or optical)
PS - I'd love to audition them at Richer Sounds but I'm unlikely to be able to do this due to a hectic weekend Schedule! Also, the Canton speakers are in short supply and my local store will probably not have any by the weekend.
PPS - TV is Panasonic TXP46G20B
EDIT - Added Onkyo
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