RE: Budget Home Theatre Recommendations?

[Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I should think you should *very* easily satisfy your requirements well
within that budget...

AV amps with perfectly respectable/adequate specs are unbelievably cheap
these days... (not the one *I* want of course! - top range Denon jobbie,
=A31300-odd!)

How about either of these as examples:
http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-receivers/sony/strdh500/sony-strdh50=
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- =A399
http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-receivers/sony/strdh510/sony-strdh51=
0
- =A3139

Freeview HD box:
http://www.richersounds.com/product/freeview-freesat-pvr/humax/hdr-foxt2/hu=
m
a-fox-t2-hdr - =A3300


5.1 speaker package - very far from being the cheapest available:
http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/tannoy/sfx5.1/tann-sfx=
5
.1-blk - =A3200

That's the lot for not much more than =A3600 - and if you were to buy *all*
the components from the same supplier, I'll bet you can haggle for a
furthe=
r
reduction, or at the very least some freebies thrown in...

BAH! - I should never have gone off looking at the Richer Sounds website...
- it's now giving me ideas, and the London Bridge shop is just 5 mins walk
from where I am sitting right now.... ;-)

Paul G.


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Neil Fuller
Sent: 22 December 2010 22:51
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Budget Home Theatre Recommendations?

My trusty old Toppy is beginning to creak a bit with the HDD making some=20
interesting noises!

I could just replace the HDD but this seems an ideal opportunity to
upgrade=
.

FreeviewHD arrives here in April (fingers crossed) so I need a=20
replacement for the Toppy

The TV is a 48"sharp LCD but at present, I use the built in speakers
for=20
the audio.

I also have a Popcorn hour with Blueray.

I'm looking to replace my very old HiFi with an AV amp with new speakers=20
(the trusty old Kef 104.2's are getting in the way!)

I don't need multi-room video feeds and multi-room audio is handled by a=20
7 zone sonos system.

My living room is L-shaped and just doesn't lend itself to a hi-end set=20
up so I don't want to pay a fortune.

So, knowing many on the list are enthusiastic home cinema builders, I'm=20
looking for recommendations for a FreeviewHD PVR, AV Amp and 5.1=20
speakers - Can I get all the above, with half reasonablespecs for, say=20
=A31,000? (and I'd be very happy to pay less but not much more!!)

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Neil


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