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Just upgraded myself to second hand flat screen LCD (yep, Im going with the times!) and I am pretty disappointed with the built in speakers as there seems to be no bass compared to my old old old style TV.
If I turn it up to much, it just sounds like the speakers are knackered 🙁
So, having done some research, it looks like extra speakers are required.
I have a one bedroom flat, so don't need a huge expensive system. I'm wanting to keep it under £100, so I came across this ~ [url= http://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-wireless-sound-booster/p231608399 ]John Lewis Booster Box.[/url]
I quite like the idea of being able to just plug it into the headphone socket on the TV as that would disconnect the TV speakers, would the sound still be okay?
I saw some second hand stuff for around £50 which I thought might be okay too.
Any advise or pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated 🙂
It might not be 'extra' speakers that are needed, just better ones. A really good two speaker (2.0) system will sound so much better than an average 5.1 system.
I have a digital out from the TV go into my Linn stereo. Can't imagine speakers behind me would help in any way...
Rachel
I recently got one of these...
Very pleased with it too.
If you have an amp then for £100 you can get some decent sounding stereo bookshelf speakers.
imo i wouldnt waste money on soundbar or 5.1 if your on a buget
I just bought the JL wireless booster box, I couldn't get it to output any sound over hdmi or connect to iPhone over Bluetooth, so it went back! It was very big too, bigger than I was expecting.
If you can stretch to £200, see [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/an-opinion-on-sound-bars ]a good idea here...[/url]
DrP
DrP - that's what I linked to above. £170 now...
And I don't agree with comments of amps and bookshelf speakers - that's what I have just removed. They simply don't handle dialogue well enough.
And I don't agree with comments of amps and bookshelf speakers - that's what I have just removed. They simply don't handle dialogue well enough.
its a fair comment but depends if your budget is £100 or £200, if you can stretch to £300 you can get a decent 5.1 setup, but still bargin bookshelfs will beat it for music even at around £100, its all a compromise it just depends what you want to compromise on.
if you got bookshelfs then get a center if youve an av reciever.
If using it for music, or even banging on a film turned up to 11 then yes, an amp and bookshelfs (mine was a good Sony amp and Tannoy AV speakers) will do a great job but I just found the setup not too good when just watching tv.
[i]If using it for music, or even banging on a film turned up to 11 then yes, an amp and bookshelfs (mine was a good Sony amp and Tannoy AV speakers) will do a great job but I just found the setup not too good when just watching tv. [/i]
Hmm, we watch TV using the amp/5.1 all the time - works great. But requires that the amp is correctly setup; distance/heights of speakers etc. Is yours setup properly?
ie Speech though the centre speaker.
Sorry - I'm talking about my experience of a stereo amp/speaker setup against a 2.1 soundbar (as my link above).
