Comparability of 5.1 speakers Philips HTS2500 and Yamaha Rx-V457

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Hey, people

I have the offer to buy the Yamaha RX-V457 receiver and I was wondering is it compatible with the speakers from Philips HTS2500 home cinema system?

 

[Petherick]

Hi
The Philips speakers may work except the subwoofer. The reason is that the sub is passive (has no amplifier in) and the Yamaha is designed to use an active sub.
I suggest you try to budget for other speakers. Maybe if you buy them at the same time as the amp you can get a discount.

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

All in one box home cinema speakers are generally fine for the surround sound aspects, but as Petherick says, you need to budget for a separate powered subwoofer and ideally some decent front speakers as well. The all-in-one-box centre speaker should be fine as well.

Most all-in-one-box systems use the subwoofer case to house the pwoer amplifier(s) for the entire system, which is why the control unit that sits under your TV can be so small.