OT Discrete Surround Sound Speakers

["paul_watkin" <paul_watkin@xxxxxxx>]

It has been suggested by SWMBO that my current surround sound 
speakers are a bit on the ugly side and take up way to much space 
that could otherwise be occupied by furniture, therefore I am in the 
market for a discrete speaker solution.

I am considering the BOSE Accoustimass 10's and also KEF KHT2005 (I 
think that's the right one). And would be very much obliged if anyone 
could provide feedback on these choices or any other suggestions.

The current speakers are powered by a Sony Pro Logic Amp thatI bought 
ages ago when I was a student, this will be upgraded soon but in the 
short term asthetics are more important.

At the weekend I was in a HiFi shop in Windsor and was talking with 
the sales chap about the BOSE system and was told that it was 
completely useless for watching DVD's as the bass module was not 
active and therefore would not know what sounds were supposed to be 
produced by the subwoofer and which were just normal bass signals.

I am not sure I understand his logic, in that surely that processing 
would be done by any half decent modern AV amplifier which would have 
seperate outputs for each of the 6 speakers, or am I missing 
something peculiar about the way the bose system works/ is wired.

BOSE's own advetising materials suggest that the product is targeted 
at home cinema use but the shop didn't, they did of course have a 
solution to the problem in the form of Accoustimass 15 speakers for 
another 400 quid!

I wouldn't have bought them from him anyway as they are way cheaper 
>from
their Bicester shopping village outlet which also had some very nice 
Crestron panels on display.

The speakers will also have to double as HiFi speakers and capable of 
dealing with everything from Trance to classical, our movie watching 
habits are equally varied.

Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post

Paul

P.S. If anyone has any recommendations as to the best AV amplifier to 
go with them please let me know, ideally =A3400 to =A3600.

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