Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
Ive just got a Kenwood KRFV 7030D only £200 and it absoulutley rocks, persronaly I think buying an amp and speakers is not much more expensive than buying these Sony all in things and are much more powerful. I dont want to knock sony`s kit but people should be aware of great amps like KRF7030d and how cheap they are now.
Anyone with similar views or does anyone totaly disagree??
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
too often the case mate
but people are silly and like simple things :)
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
I managed to pick up an Onkyo 777 for £400
Dolby 5.1
DTS
135W p/c
etc etc.....way too many functions to add
And it is the dogs doodahs.
I could have shelled out an extra £500 for its successor (which would have given 6.1)....but i think £400 is enuff.
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
Yamaha DSP E-800 which cost £300 when they first came out (now about £250) got £30 of cable for me centre bunged in so musn`t grumble.
The yammy`s connected to a £500 Audiolab 8000LX so I get the best of both worlds.
I found all the cinema amps I demo`d (up to £600ish) to be really poor at music.
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
Fecker`s got the right idea (and a subscription to what hi-fi i reckon). I`ve got a Sherwood RD6106 which was £200.00 and has Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1. I can`t recommend it highly enough for home theater but I hoped it would replace my hi-fi set up as well. I now have a rack full of kit in the lounge with my old hi-fi amp and CD player included. I wish i`d went down the processor route.
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
Depends what you`re looking for. I`ve got a lot of Sony kit going back 20 years (including many Beta machines) it delivers and keeps delivering. At present my home cinema stuff contains a STD-DB930 and an Hk215 which are both brilliant. The big one came from Richer Sounds and the litle one from the local Sony Centre. Cheap kit is fine,but if you`re in for the long haul go quality every time.
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
i have a yamaha rxv 396.its only dolby digital but i got it for £350 complete with speakers and sub
its the dogs dingle dangles
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
The Sony HTK-315 is a good buy. It`s not so much an all in one thing but an off the shelf Sony amp and speakers that they`ve flung into one box! I`ve got one and it`s good value for money a bit more powerful and has more features than the 215 as well.
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
I hate to cause a stampede as I want one myself, but Richer Sounds are offering the DSP E800 (mail order only) for 235.00!
But what about EX ES THX etc. etc. are these just gimmicks that won`t make much difference unless you live in a cinema?
Voles
RE: Dolby Digital!!! what amps etc have you got and how do you find them!
Norman .......
Doh ! Paid £300 for my E800, but s`pose I`ve had 9 months of pleasure from it missus.
The Yammy has a socket to add ANOTHER (aaargh!) processor for 6.1, 8.2, 27.8 or whatever (eg EX ES), but if you`re bothered about that now, I`d get something which supports that in the one box, won`t be cheap tho...
THX means nothing as the manufacturers have to pay Lucasarts loads of money to submit the item for THX testing. It`s just an arbitary standard.
Picture lots of Californian techies going "yeah wow, sounds great man , PASS"