Re: Budget Home Theatre Recommendations?

[Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Denon AV processor I was playing with the other day was =C2=A36k
IIRC a=
nd that didn't even have any amps in it... ;-)

Phil

Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...

On 23 Dec 2010, at 10:00, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I should think you should *very* easily satisfy your requirements well
> within that budget...
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> AV amps with perfectly respectable/adequate specs are unbelievably
cheap
> these days... (not the one *I* want of course! - top range Denon
jobbie,
> =C2=A31300-odd!)
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> How about either of these as examples:
> http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-receivers/sony/strdh500/sony-strdh=
500
> - =C2=A399
> http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-receivers/sony/strdh510/sony-strdh=
510
> - =C2=A3139
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> Freeview HD box:
> http://www.richersounds.com/product/freeview-freesat-pvr/humax/hdr-foxt2/=
hum
> a-fox-t2-hdr - =C2=A3300
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> 5.1 speaker package - very far from being the cheapest available:
> http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/tannoy/sfx5.1/tann-s=
fx5
> .1-blk - =C2=A3200
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> That's the lot for not much more than =C2=A3600 - and if you were to
buy =
*all*
> the components from the same supplier, I'll bet you can haggle for a
furt=
her
> reduction, or at the very least some freebies thrown in...
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> BAH! - I should never have gone off looking at the Richer Sounds
website.=
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> - it's now giving me ideas, and the London Bridge shop is just 5 mins
wal=
k
> from where I am sitting right now.... ;-)
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> Paul G.
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> -----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?
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> My trusty old Toppy is beginning to creak a bit with the HDD making
some=
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> interesting noises!
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> I could just replace the HDD but this seems an ideal opportunity to
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> FreeviewHD arrives here in April (fingers crossed) so I need a=20
> replacement for the Toppy
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> The TV is a 48"sharp LCD but at present, I use the built in
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> the audio.
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> I also have a Popcorn hour with Blueray.
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> I'm looking to replace my very old HiFi with an AV amp with new
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> (the trusty old Kef 104.2's are getting in the way!)
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> I don't need multi-room video feeds and multi-room audio is handled by
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> 7 zone sonos system.
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> My living room is L-shaped and just doesn't lend itself to a hi-end
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> up so I don't want to pay a fortune.
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> So, knowing many on the list are enthusiastic home cinema builders,
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> looking for recommendations for a FreeviewHD PVR, AV Amp and 5.1=20
> speakers - Can I get all the above, with half reasonablespecs for,
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> =C2=A31,000? (and I'd be very happy to pay less but not much more!!)
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> Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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> Cheers
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> Neil
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