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I wouldn't buy an all in one, you have a good opportunity to build a nice system here.
Buy a decent amp to start with and 2 speakers as your budget allows.
You can get some DALI Lektor II's for about £200
An Onkyo TXsr series for anything from £200 upwards (but look at the features differences carefully).
You can then build on your system and get a really nice sounding setup compared to the boxed pish you buy for £200.
Things to look out for in the amp.
HDMI switching
The usual sound decoding THX, DTS etc
Speakers, general rule of thumb is to go with 1 brand if you like them, I went for 2 brands.
KEF IQ50's for the front
KEF center
2 x Dali Lektors at the back
Dont worry about expensive cable just now, some QED stuff for about £1-£2 a meter will do you fine.
with any decent amp you will get a setup MIC make sure you use it.
Enjoy your new shiney system and say goodbye to boxed 5.1 systems for good.
If your speakers are new give it 400 hours or so and they will bed in, thats when you get the real sound.
Make sure you audition anything you think of buying.
Then buy a sub
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All you need is a mains supply and three audio 2.5 jack out sockets, all modern systems have them. I have just bought one of these built in Amp sub-woofers with 5 surround sound speakers, it sounds great. You can install the latest Realtek HD Audio driver and switch the sound from Movie to music when ever you want depending on what you are watching or listening too.
I plug my X10 mini into them too for MP3.
You can even just run these off the main black 2.5 jack connection without the other two audio jack leads.
I have to say they do sound good for what they are.
https://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/logitech-x-530-5-1-speaker-system-00777206-pdt.html
https://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/
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doh I meant about 40
Really it depends, its when the tweater and main dome's settle into their normal operating parameters.
But you should enjoy them from day one anyway 
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| Posted: 20:50 - 23 Dec 2010 Post subject: |
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At the moment and for what you use at present, i would buy a decent amp with 2 aux and floor standers off ebay, then hook everything up to it via rca ,,,,
In future if you go for a bigger tv, and blueray, you can start again .... sell yha current system for whatever ...
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Ok, perhaps one of the better all in one systems, perhaps 5.1. Mu brother when he got his new chavtv, sony fanboy ... got an all in one system for about 400 ... it has wireless rear speakers and a sub ...
It's good for his bedroom and perhaps is the best solution, i thought it was for your main living room ....
Best thing is to hear some ... or if you can't be assed faffing about, narrow it down to 2 or 3 and post in avforums all in one section for any comments on them, which should see a few comments from peeps who have one, and probaly use it for similar needs to your self ...
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Moslty crap imo, richer sounds FTW ... and thats after top notch advice from avforums. Also RS do 5 year warranty for 10% extra . ....  |
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I rasie you Tannoy dcr6T signature, ex demo of ebay 380 quid !!! .. sold by Edinborough shop ..
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| chris-red wrote: | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Digital-Multimedia-Theatre-Speaker/dp/B0006HBCL8/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1293451652&sr=1-3
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Pros: Fidelity, versatility, Finish
Cons: Imaging loose, rather large
Summary: I bought these speakers from OcUK three weeks ago, to replace my Logitech Z-560's, the amp of which having just expired after two years' use, having read extensively on the Internet about the impressive performance on offer at the price.
On opening the massive box ( I am a national
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Summary: I bought these speakers from OcUK three weeks ago, to replace my Logitech Z-560's, the amp of which having just expired after two years' use, having read extensively on the Internet about the impressive performance on offer at the price.
On opening the massive box ( I am a national champion powerlifter, and this git was still no joke ) and connecting the system ( as others have said, easy as pie ), I was very impressed with the presentation of the system - minimalist lines, understated and subtle. The size of the control unit surprised me - bigger than the satellites at about 7 inches high. Very nice.
On firing the system up, after making sure everything was working, calibrating the soundfield and sorting speaker positioning, I began to play through some of my MP3 collection - mainly electronic, with a lot of prog, tribal, techno, psytrance, with some acoustic rock, and a little soul, choral and classical thrown into the mix.
I was immediately struck by the overdose of midbass at standard speaker settings - a problem shared with my previous system. However, unlike the 560's, this unit allows full, individual control of speaker levels, including the sub, with attenuation to 0 being possible. Setting the sub to 2 bars of 20 produced a FAR more balanced sound, with a full and tight bass sound, with a precise midrange delivery, and open,detailed highs, without being too bright. Note that my setup is nearfield, with no speaker being more than 1 metre from my head - in a larger room, the highs would probably be less impressive, with the one driver setup not really being suitable.
Sasha's Airdrawndagger sounded as enrapturing on this system as anything I have heard - the subtlety of the sound far exceeds my expectations, with dramatic dynamics sitting side by side with an enveloping soundstage and beautiful reproduction. On the lower setting, the sub was musical and smooth - however, the fullrange tweeters cross over at the mid 100 hz range, giving away the sub's location, although the sounds blended perfectly, given correct levels.
At high levels, the sub gives awesome dynamics, perfect for home cinema, or pissing off the neighbors, with a 32 Hz test tone still responding strongly enough to vibrate draws open and make the walls visibly resonate. However, it loses the musical quality that makes it so entertaining at more reasonable settings, with some port whistle and, at daft levels, clipping and mild resonance.
The sub's response rolls off slowly after about 60 Hz, according to my ears on a test tone sweep - however, output was still audible at default settings and half volume down to around 30 Hz. Below that, the resonant frequency of the driver manifested itself, with a 24 Hz tone sounding no lower. I would estimate the quoted 33 Hz response bound at around -10 db, in my smallish room. My 10 year old son could hear output at 19 kHz, although I myself could hear nothing above 17 kHz,almost certainly down to my ears and not the speakers. This is impressive, from a phase plug speaker - response from 160 to 19 kHz, with no obvious flat spots or rolloff from a sweep.
In home theater, these speakers delivered the depth and quality already touched on, with the LOTR:FOTR intro scene giving some real gut-churning LF sweeps and rumbles, although this required turning the sub level up. Dialogue is clear and well placed by the centre channel, with surround effects being reasonably well reproduced. Imaging was precise, as would be expected, but somewhat narrow, altough this is conceivably down to speaker placement. Adjustment is provided when decoding, but even maximum stage width still was less than ideal as far as I was concerned: however, this is a minor issue.
The piece de resistance was the analog sound quality, when feeding phono input from my turntables via a mixer into the direct jack input.
Quality through complex classical passages was breathtaking, for the price and purpose intended. The musical reproduction of the satellites was surprisingly good: smooth, open, and detailed, as with the digital media. Vocals, woodwind, and strings were all near perfect, without a harsh, monitor - like edge I disliked in the GigaWorks 750's. The crossover spoiled an otherwise strong performance when it came to brass, organs, pianos, and deep male voices - however, the quality was not compromised by this, and at the cost, it is a remarkably imposing system.
Overall, I would put these little speakers ahead of the Klipsch Ultras, with a more musical and less monitor - alike sound, far more flexibility and functionality with the decoder and upmixing control unit. That places them firmly at the head of their class, beating such offerings as Creative's GigaWorks 750's, and holding their own musically with far more expensive systems.
At the price they are being offered, I can recommend these speakers wholeheartedly to anyone who wants a versatile system, with input and decoding typical of a home theater system, but which is still musically impressive, whilst looking good and being relatively easy on space.
Read more: https://reviews.cnet.com/pc-speakers/logitech-z-5500/4505-3179_7-31115626.html#ixzz19JhGn6xA
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That was the push I needed they have been ordered 
It is not just for my PC it will do my Tele, xBox, PS3 etc.
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That logitech one is great i have it. Good quality sound and it can go bloody loud if you want it too. The sub packs hell of a punch, i had things vibrating off shelves when i lived at my mums and had the bass flat out when listening to some d&b.
Great for gaming, sound bloody awesome when your playing cod and the plaes or helicopters go over and you can hear them going from one side of the room to the other.
Oh and for best sound you want to be sitting in the middle of the speakers, makes it a much better experience.
Such a shame i've got to sell mine, neighbours whinge at any noise. So if i rig that up all hell will break loose lol.
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Haha got it today, it is awesome playing Black ops the explosions are fantastic.
A comparasion between the sixe of the old and new sub
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I'm soon going to be selling my system same as chris has just bought, just wondering what kind of money people would pay for it?
It's got a dent and a small hole in the grille on the sub, thanks to bad packaging when i bought it the plug punctured it (probably didn't help that the courier was heavy handed).
Just want to know what kind of reserve to put it on ebay for?
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