I know they'll probably not sound AWESOME ..but..

[unrealrocks]

They'll be a fair bit better than any MIDI system. Most likely built better quality than the cheap plasticy products you can buy in Argos. Lol

You'd be suprised, something around the same price like a cheap Technics or Sony would sound better. The cheaper speakers often sound boomy mids and no range.

[Howard]

Sony audio equipment is crap IMO. Technics stuff is alright. But I've always thought a seperates system is better

[unrealrocks]

Sony audio equipment is crap IMO. Technics stuff is alright. But I've always thought a seperates system is better

Seperates system is normally better, IE if you spent £1000 on a seperates setup and an all together setup chances are the seperates are going to sound better as you can pick each part as the best in its range (IE Arcam for amps, Sony for CDs, Techinics for Tapes etc.).

Although when it gets to the cheap end you get what you pay for, and at £150 your not paying for much

I'm not putting people off buying this if you want decent noise and a good looking system. Although people who expect it to improve upon a decent setup may be dissapointed.

[Knoxville]

Knoxx dude....you just blew HALF A GRAND ON YOUR DREAM GUITAR....

stop now.....

yes sir

[Butuz]

For the money you cant beat that. It probably will sound pretty good too!

Nice one on the bargain hunting zak!

Ps. How can anyone dis the gear for that price? Sony this blah blah. Its peanuts, cheap as chips, bargain basement. For that kinda cash If it emits any sound at all then you should be pleased

Butuz

[steve threlfall]

My sony surround sound system sounds great thank you howard . As unrearocks so subtly puts it - unless your spending serious cash on seperates your not gona see a worthwhile improvement...

That sysem however is cheap at twice the price

Looks fantastic- i wouldnt even bother testing it either, bit big for my bedroom though...

[Howard]

What system do you have Steve?

[steve threlfall]

A sony amp/speakers/decoder combo HT- BE1

Plugged into my rig and dvd player through usb and digi coax respectively

dolby 5.1, dts and dolby pro logic 2

love it

[MD]

thank crikey Richer Sounds in Coventry closed down last month, otherwise I woulda been down there in the morning, saving grace really as I'll be faffed if Im goin into Birmingham and luggin that lot back, great find tho!

m@

[Rave]

Jeez, just when I won't be able to afford £100 for ages.

And all the people saying that there's no difference between midi systems and seperates at the same price- in my experience, you are wrong. I've never seen midi system speakers that aren't made of plastic and crappy fibreboard, and the manufacturers spend much more on putting flashy LCD displays on the front of the base units than they do on putting decent power supplies and transistors on the inside. I friend of my brother's was once proudly showing off his "500W output" midi system; I had a look round the back, and its maximum power consumption was 100W! That'd make it 500% efficient then.

Those Gale speakers almost certainly don't use decent driver units, but at least they'll be designed for sound rather than looks, and made out of proper solid MDF. I already have a set of speakers, otherwise I'd be walking home tonight with a set on my back doubled over like a sherpa.

Rich :¬)

[Howard]

Rich you're absolutely right in your first paragraph about Mini/Midi systems

[Zak33]

For the money you cant beat that...... Its peanuts, cheap as chips, bargain basement.

Its a Deal...its a Steal....its the Sale of the....

I'll go now

[Bruno]

Get a nice sub to go with that though, I got a Paradigm 100W 10" sub - they were selling it at Richer Sounds a while ago, but it does add some mighty thump to even a modest set-up, but get a DTS amp if you can - some of the soundtracks are much better (try 'Saving Private Ryan' DTS v DD5.1).

[steve threlfall]

My copy of saving private ryan only has dolby 5.1 and its carp

[Howard]

Mine has DTS I think and it sounds rather noisy at reference levels

[scottxxx]

For the price you can't really go wrong. You can say its not going to be as good as £1000+ Arcam seperates, and it wont be, but I think the vast majority of computer users have some pathetic creative surround packages which handle 2watts max. This is a good price and you're getting a great deal for your money - a set of high-end creative speakers would cost about the same, and the Sony receiver coupled with some decent speakers will blow anything Creative make clean out of the water, plus you can connect your DVD player, TV, Sky, VCR and CD player up to it to, which you would struggle to do within the same budget with a PC.

...Now if only Richersounds would reduce the Marantz SR4400 to £150 again instead of the usual retail of £250 (£200 in RS).....then I could upgrade my Aiwa DTS Receiver and really get my money's worth from my B&W DM series speakers (all £6 of them!!)