Hi all
Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere (this is my first thread on here as I only joined today) I have looked around briefly and haven't seen this specific issue discussed elsewhere in recent times.
In December I began looking into Home Cinema as I would like to improve my viewing experince at home. I currently have a Pioneer PDP-428XD Plasma TV, a Pace Sky HD box and an old Sony DVD Player. I also have a Nintendo Wii.
I had decided to buy a Panasonic DMP-BD80 Bluray Player, Yamaha DSP-AX863SE AV Reciever and KEF KHT 2005.3 Speakers. However when I started to search for these items earlier this week I came across the discussions on here about the poor availability of the (now deleted) Yamaha reciever and have been unable to find one anywhere.
I therefore begun looking into alternatives and this is where I started to struggle with the wealth of information and large gap in prices between What HiFi award winners. When looking for a different amp the alternatives seem to be around the £400 mark and have been trounced by the £600 Yahama in the WHF tests (Sony / Onkyo / Denon / Pioneer) and the next step up from these cheaper models (Onyko TX-SR875) is around the £1,000 mark which is a massive difference.
I then started to question my other choices as well as I tried to make my budget stretch as far as possible. Should I buy a cheaper amp and stick with the KEF's? Should I buy a more expensive amp and cheaper (Q Acoustics 1010i 5.1) speakers? Should I buy a more expensive amp with different speakers? How good is the Q-AV speaker system?
I was therefore wondering if someone could tell me:
What general rule of thumb should be used when deciding what % of your budget should be spent on each (Player / Reciever / Speakers) component?
What amp should I look at now?
Should I wait for the replacement Yamaha's to be launched?
Is there a noticable difference between Speakers & Style Speakers?
I don't have a budget set in stone but as you can see I had originally planned to spend about £1,500 on these 3 items.
Thanks in advance.
xx
Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere (this is my first thread on here as I only joined today) I have looked around briefly and haven't seen this specific issue discussed elsewhere in recent times.
In December I began looking into Home Cinema as I would like to improve my viewing experince at home. I currently have a Pioneer PDP-428XD Plasma TV, a Pace Sky HD box and an old Sony DVD Player. I also have a Nintendo Wii.
I had decided to buy a Panasonic DMP-BD80 Bluray Player, Yamaha DSP-AX863SE AV Reciever and KEF KHT 2005.3 Speakers. However when I started to search for these items earlier this week I came across the discussions on here about the poor availability of the (now deleted) Yamaha reciever and have been unable to find one anywhere.
I therefore begun looking into alternatives and this is where I started to struggle with the wealth of information and large gap in prices between What HiFi award winners. When looking for a different amp the alternatives seem to be around the £400 mark and have been trounced by the £600 Yahama in the WHF tests (Sony / Onkyo / Denon / Pioneer) and the next step up from these cheaper models (Onyko TX-SR875) is around the £1,000 mark which is a massive difference.
I then started to question my other choices as well as I tried to make my budget stretch as far as possible. Should I buy a cheaper amp and stick with the KEF's? Should I buy a more expensive amp and cheaper (Q Acoustics 1010i 5.1) speakers? Should I buy a more expensive amp with different speakers? How good is the Q-AV speaker system?
I was therefore wondering if someone could tell me:
What general rule of thumb should be used when deciding what % of your budget should be spent on each (Player / Reciever / Speakers) component?
What amp should I look at now?
Should I wait for the replacement Yamaha's to be launched?
Is there a noticable difference between Speakers & Style Speakers?
I don't have a budget set in stone but as you can see I had originally planned to spend about £1,500 on these 3 items.
Thanks in advance.
xx