How do i hook up multiple devices to surround sound and whats the best surround sound system?

Question

devices i wanna hook it up to(all of these are hooked up to my tv, do i just have to hook it up to my tv or all systems? And the TV i have is a 42 inch Vizio HDTV

PS3

XBOX 360 ELITE

Wii

PC

Apple TV

Answer 1

There are several ways to hook up multiple devices, the most common being a receiver. Modern receivers will have many inputs in several different formats for hooking everything up. There are also a variety of HDMI switchers. But since you need the receiver for your surround sound you may as well use it's switching capabilities to take care of everything else too.

What is the best system? This question is a never ending debate. There are many, many magazines and web sites devoted to Home Theater. How much do you want to spend? You can start out with a cheapo system for a couple of hundred dollars up to tens of thousands of dollars and even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some questions to think about are: What do you spend the most time doing? Watching movies? Gaming? Listening to music? Computing? Combinations of the above? Since you list 3 gaming systems and a PC I have to assume you're a gamer. I'd suggest a 7.1 sound system. If you want good sound buy separate components. Go out and listen to everything you can and make up your own mind. Don't give too much credence to salesmen, they only want to sell you the systems they make the most money on. Use your own ears, listen to a lot of different systems, and go with what sounds good to you. There is such a wide variety of systems and each one has it's supporters. A word of advice, stay away from Bose. They are way overpriced for what you get.

Answer 2

I have an ARCAM receiver with Mirage speakers. The system cost me around $4,000.00 and I would not reccomend anything else! Like the previous guy said, listen to a lot of systems. You will not find a lot of arcam dealers around where you can see the equipment, but the websight is good. As far as Mirage speakers go - they are very good - verry verry good ! I believe they are made in Canada ,and Arcam is European. You can hook up everything to the Arcam receiver, and get surround sound.