home cinema set up

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I am planning on buying a sony blu ray player to match my sony w5500. I love the tv but at times im unimpressed by the speaker. I have decided full surround would be inappropriate and to much hassle for the time being. All i want is two front speakers to run audio from my sky, blu ray, tv and possibly my wii. I was looking at B&W MT-1 speakers. Attractive, good all rounders and i could complete the set in the future. im lost when it comes to audio set ups and configurations. Do stand alone blu ray players support speakers at all or do you HAVE to buy an av (dont have the space for one). what wiring do you use between the speakers and box (coaxial optical?) lastly im guessing you can get the tv to direct all sound out put through speakers connected to another device? All help appreciated. tried researching the above but all i get is that for the best audio use hdmi between the boxes and tv completely ignoring the cables leading to the speakers

 

[Anonymous]

From what you say a home cinema in a box solution would be your brst option as the main unit is usually not so large and you get a single unit for blu ray and amplification plus speakers are usually small with a subwoofer.

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

Seems like you need one of these

 

[Anonymous]

xon501:From what you say a home cinema in a box solution would be your brst option as the main unit is usually not so large and you get a single unit for blu ray and amplification plus speakers are usually small with a subwoofer.

I had considered this but i rent. So whilst i might not have the space for surround now im open to it for the future. So i was going to buy separates that i could add to so that i end up with an av receiver and 5 speakers. i read that all in ones aren't that great and that the speakers cant be hooked up to a separate receiver sometimes.

when hooking speakers to a receiver what cable is used?

 

[The_Lhc]

meeto_1: when hooking speakers to a receiver what cable is used?

Speaker cable.

 

[Anonymous]

I use chord carnival SS it is a bit chunky for the rears so i use relativly cheap OFC cables for the rear bought as reels from ebay. if you want then you could buy an av amp and use it in 3.0 or 3.1 and then add surrounds when the time is right, all in ones are not as good as separates, I've tried them both and there is no comparison.