Surround Sound for my Shuttle

[Lead_Head]

1st of all, sorry for double post, but I wanted to get maximum exposure to my thread!

I'm going to be getting a shuttle in the next couple of weeks and it will be in my bedroom as a music system + general PC with a bit of games action too.

Now......

I would love to have surround sound in my room.

What speakers are good, bad and the damn right ugly.

What should I avoid? Any brand names reccommended?

I know that you get what you pay for, but there is a compromise.

Cheaper is better, but I would like clear bassline, with the capability to hit the high note too, whilst still providing mid-bass tones...

Any suggestions? What online retailers? Or even high street.

Kind Regards

Nick

[edit]: Oh, and what about wires? Where do I stick em?

[Knoxville]

http://uk.europe.creative.com/estore...t.asp?prod=336

How about that?

How much you got to spend btw?

[fondie]

Marantz SR5300 £250 from richer sounds
3 pairs of mission m71i's £150 from richer sounds (edit. £180, sorry)
M-Audio Revolution 7.1 sound card £70 from scan

you'll need a digital coaxial cable to connect sound card to amplifier, looking at £15-20 (profigold do a good one for £20), and speaker cable for each of your speakers, Richer Sounds will probably chuck in some cheap Gale cable if you ask nicely.

so for under £500 all in and you'll get a stonking little 6.1 surround system! if your looking to spend a bit more than spend it on some better speakers and speaker cable and prehaps a sub? if you give a budget then i could have a look at getting something as good as possible inside that.

[Howard]

"little system"? Rofl alright then!!

The inspire 5100's aren't terrible, but nowhere near as good as more expensive systems. Get the higher up Inspire models or a Logitech set.

[fondie]

Originally posted by Howard
"little system"? Rofl alright then!!

hehe, well, compared to 6 mammoth mission m74i's at least

proper hi-fi is definately worth it over computer speakers if you can afford it though, a system like i suggested above for under £500 will sound so much better than any logitech or creative kit.

i think you really need to post a budget here lead_head so i don't get too carried away!

[THCi]

My new Inspire 5500's do my bedroom well. Nice clear bass, and a bit of range action as well. Nice kit for the ~£130 I picked em up for.

[Howard]

Originally posted by fondie

proper hi-fi is definately worth it over computer speakers if you can afford it though, a system like i suggested above for under £500 will sound so much better than any logitech or creative kit.

Damn straight, best advice today.

A seperates system will outperform ANY all in one system/computer speakers/etc.

[Lead_Head]

£500 is a bit too much!

Was lookin at about £80 range....

I know seperates are much better than an all in one system, thats why downstairs I got about £18k's worth of seperates....

But this is for my room, so I can "escape" and browse the net etc....

Nick

[spikegifted]

Originally posted by Knoxville
http://uk.europe.creative.com/estore...t.asp?prod=336

Aside from the fact that these things look ugly, they sound horrible as well... You can't put any half decent volume on them. The sat-sub cross-over is all over the place and the mid channel hasn't got enough umph. If you don't care about looks and sound quality, they should be just fine.

[Howard]

Originally posted by spikegifted
Aside from the fact that these things look ugly, they sound horrible as well... You can't put any half decent volume on them. The sat-sub cross-over is all over the place and the mid channel hasn't got enough umph. If you don't care about looks and sound quality, they should be just fine.

He's right. I wouldn't say they're terrible for what they are, just not very good. Lol.

[fondie]

18k's worth of HT! care to let on what you've got? and do you mind if i come over with some DVDs and popcorn?!!

[fondie]

why can't i delete double posts, grrr!

[Lead_Head]

Its not mine its my dads, but i still use it

He gets most of it 2nd hand, but if it was brand new then it would be somewhere near £18k (I think :s)

I will get him to write down the stuff. I know he's got a lot of Naim Audio stuff

Nick

[wol]

Fondie

That was a nice spec, can you make something up like that for a bit cheaper say 300-350?


Wol

[Slick]

you won't get a decent seperates setup for around £80 what about these creative inspires?

[fondie]

oops, got the price of the m71i's wrong they are in fact £60 a pair so £180 for 6 from richer sounds, still a bargain though! not sure about cheaper wol, you can get an sr4300 (£200 from RS) rather than an sr5300, saving £50, but with my speaker pricing error, still works out at £470 for amp, speakers, cable and sound card and i'm not really sure what to chop out from that without sacrificing lots of quality, unless you've got a decent sound card already? there are cheaper components available of course, i just wouldn't like to recommend any of them

lead head, yeh, naim make some nice kit, wish i had that kind of money to spend on HT kit, i'm thinking 45 stacked Servo 15 subs should just about cover my bass requirements!