Decent home cinema?

Question

Just bought a big Panasonic Plasma and DVD recorder, And am looking for a half decent but cheap AV reciever and speaker package to boost the sound system. Any suggestions? I'm based in the U.K.

Answer 1

for the speakers, i would go with BOSE or Klipsch.

Both make phenomenal speakers, yet both are extremely expensive.

Also, the receiver matters.

Buy a cheap receiver, get cheap sound.

It makes sense, no?  It's the thing that sends the sound to the speakers.

(BTW, most Bose speakers come with their own receiver, Most often in the Lifestyle or 321 systems.)

Answer 2

Look to Pioneer Elite, Onkyo, or Yamaha for the moderately priced.  Higher than that, the consider Arcam.

Happy listening!

Answer 3

You can get an award winning Onkyo TX-SR505E for £215 from Onkyo-Now, coupled with the Q Acoustics 1010 series speaker kit for £299. Both are multi-award winners and the basis for a very fine HT kit.

See attached links.

http://www.calibex.co.uk/onkyo-tx_-_sr50...

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/...

Both these units have now been superceded and up until last week were £250 and £499 respectively. They were a bargain then, now they're a steal!

Don't even consider Bose, lots of bass and treble, absolutely no mid-range, trully appalling sound.