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Posted: 00:50 - 19 Sep 2018 Post subject: |
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There was a guy on youtube saying he always likes to go for 100w per channel minimum with his AV and speakers just as a personal preference.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202437292492
Would something like that be good? |
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I have seen some crazy cheap amps on Facebook market place too. Amps that are 12-18 months old going for less than 25% of what they were new.
How many watts you need kinda depends on the speakers but also how big the room you are trying to fill is. My old amp was 120w per channel where as my new is 70w per channel I don't really notice any difference. My living room is 4x4m and I am never more that 50% volume. https://www.qacoustics.co.uk/blog/2017/08/14/beginners-guide-matching-speakers-amplifiers/ is a good write up on steaker to amp pairing.
I have found that I ended up upgrading my receiver before my speakers as the tech moves much faster on the amps with HDMI versions higher resolutions etc. My trusty KEF 2005.2 are still going strong after over 10 years of use! (well the sats are the Kef subs are shit) Amps are so much cheaper now than 5 years ago.
As for the 5.1 to 7.1 to atmos I guess its a toss up between how immersive you want the sound and your room aesthetic. I had to do enough work to get the Mrs to accept the 5.1. i.e I have no visible cables most of the speakers are not obvious (we have a fairly minimalist house) and the usage of the system has to pass the wife test, not requiring 20 buttons to get on and working.
Atmos sounds awesome but as I watch most of my stuff streamed from Netflix/iplayer/amazon the support for it is somewhat limited with the devices I use. This and the fact that I would need to find a way to hide even more speakers (and rerun more cables) has stopped me looking to integrate it. Its worth looking into your full systems compatibility as you may have to upgrade more components to get it working. https://help.netflix.com/en/node/64066
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I know I could pick up an old AV but as you say, the tech moves quickly and a 10 year old one for me wouldn't be helpful as I need 4K UHD with it.
The watts per channel is just one dude who said he likes to get around 100w minimum but that's just his preference.
Device wise, it's really down to my PC / Xbox One X and either playing un-touched Bluray remuxes directly from the PC or 4K / HDR discs from the One X.
I've always been a bit of a format snob when it comes to this stuff. I don't stream anything other than TV shows sometimes. If it's a movie, it has to be retail bluray and minimum 1080p to 4K. There's no way I'd watch a cam rip or something
My main concearn is hiding the wires and mounting speakers too. I keep looking at this room and wondering where / how I would do it. The room is 3.8m by 4m wide.
In my head, I have budgeted £1,000 for this setup, which looking at AVs on ebay last night and speakers, this should be easily achievable second hand. |
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Sounds like you would be best going all out if you are into your movies that way which I should have guessed by the 4K projector.
In my current room I ran all of the cables under the floor boards before I laid the engineered flooring and then mounted terminals on the skirting boards or channeled up the walls depending on the speaker location. I have something like this https://www.nexxia.co.uk/product-category/audio-wall-plates/architrave-wall-plates .
At my old place it was much easier as it was plasterboard walls so I just dropped the cables through a hole in the wall behind the speaker and ran them back to the amp in a recess in the underlay.
If you are looking at used doing it for £1000 should be easy.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 186 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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