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Hi Guys

After all the advice I have shelled out my notes for the LG3350e from DABS I`ve been waiting since 10th of Jan but I need the cheapest price.

I`m now looking to buy an amp as I`ve decided to buy the eltax moviemaxx speakers from richer sounds (anybody know how good they are?) . As much as I`d like to buy a Yamaha DSP-A5 I can`t afford one can anybody recommend a decent budget amp. I`ve been looking at the Sony str-de 445 but I dont know what it`s like and at £170 it`s right at the top of my price range. Any ideas?

Thanks

Drunkstudent

What features do you want from the amp?

Surround?
Pro-logic surround?
Digital sound processing (DSP)?
5.1 Surround?
DTS?

A couple people have said that the moviemaxx bundle is pretty s***e - but it all depends what you can afford. Have you checked out amp/speaker bundles like creative labs dtt 3500 and the teac powermax 2000. Theyre sort of meant for computers/budget home cinema.

both are available from jungle.com

Ideally I want the cheapest DTS system with a view to upgrading the speakers to match the amp later on. I`d rather not get a bundle as I think I might have problems upgrading later on. Is this wrong? Could I upgrade. I`ll take a look at the 3500 and the powermax. Thanks for replying guys.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 13th March 2001, 09:49

Another quick thought. The videologic digitheatre LC gives me the package without the decoder but as the amps are built in to the speakers presumably I could get a DD system for about £110. Then I might be able to upgrade by getting a dts decoder in the future. Any Ideas on this as I`m not sure how the digithatre speakers are compared to the eltax moviemaxx.

I must say that I have heard the movimax bundle is limited in quality.
Have a good read through the thread below, this might supply a solution for you?

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=223&Thread=25696

cheers,

www.anandtech.com do in depth reviews on a lot of technical gear, so you can check them out for info too (there is a logitech digitheatre DTS bundle too its about $399)

good bargain hunting....

Andy

Thanks for all your help guys. I`ve just had a small bonus from work so I`ve bought the eltax hollywood speakers as I saw a good review of them and I`ve coupled it with a sony 445 should be OK I think

Thanks again

Drunkstudent