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Surround Sound for Average Joe
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 13-12-2007 21:45
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Hi guys,
Since I'm moving out of my parents' house and in a new apartment with my girlfriend I've been thinking about buying a Surround Sound system. I'm the kind of guy who checks pretty much everything before buying which probably is also the reason why I'm here now and got no idea about what to buy.
I've read hundreds of forum messages, but problem is that specialized hifi websites usually are .. well, too "experty". They can hear everything and are only optimistic about systems which cost 4000 £ - but I'm the Average Joe who can't hear much difference. I'm of course interested in a good system, but not just for any price.
Anyway, 2nd problem is that I have quite a lot of requirements:
1. Small speakers. My girlfriend hates those large speaker-things
2. Needs to be black
3. HDMI
4. Possibility to connect other devices to the speakers
4. And, if possible, wireless rear speakers. That would make it perfect.
Besides, I got a question:
1. I already got a hard disc recorder, so is it possible only to buy the speakers and connect them to the hard disc recorder? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-12-2007 21:55
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CrueTrue wrote:
Hi guys,
Since I'm moving out of my parents' house and in a new apartment with my girlfriend
I have no idea how a college student can possibly afford that, but good luck! massive move.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 13-12-2007 21:58
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I'll take the first one
CrueTrue wrote:
Besides, I got a question:
1. I already got a hard disc recorder, so is it possible only to buy the speakers and connect them to the hard disc recorder?
Yes- unless your recorder is very weird  |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 13-12-2007 21:58
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issoisso wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
Hi guys,
Since I'm moving out of my parents' house and in a new apartment with my girlfriend
I have no idea how a college student can possibly afford that, but good luck! massive move.
 It's her parents who own the apartment. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-12-2007 22:02
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CrueTrue wrote:
It's her parents who own the apartment.
some guys get all the luck
then again, if I get a certain phonecall in the next few days as I'm expecting to, I won't be able to complain either 
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 13-12-2007 22:06
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Crommy wrote:
I'll take the first one
CrueTrue wrote:
Besides, I got a question:
1. I already got a hard disc recorder, so is it possible only to buy the speakers and connect them to the hard disc recorder?
Yes- unless your recorder is very weird
Are you sure of that? |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 13-12-2007 22:16
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Nope - I don't know why I said it - we do have speakers, they're just not connected to the DVD recorder  ops:ops:ops:
They're connected to it through the TV |
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| MarcoPRT |
Posted on 13-12-2007 23:17
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issoisso wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
It's her parents who own the apartment.
some guys get all the luck
isso, leave Rod Stewart alone...
No, you can't connect the speakers to the DVD-recorder. I will advice you to buy an average sound card from Creative if you want to enjoy the music in computer without losing anything.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-12-2007 23:26
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MarcoPRT wrote:
[without losing anything.
the only way to do that is to buy a great pair of headphones. with speakers you'll always lose sound quality no matter how good they are
MarcoPRT wrote:
isso, leave Rod Stewart alone...
the poor guy can't even move much anymore, is senile and crapping his pants every three seconds probably. I don't really envy him
Edited by issoisso on 13-12-2007 23:27
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 13-12-2007 23:29
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MarcoPRT wrote:
issoisso wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
It's her parents who own the apartment.
some guys get all the luck
isso, leave Rod Stewart alone...
No, you can't connect the speakers to the DVD-recorder. I will advice you to buy an average sound card from Creative if you want to enjoy the music in computer without losing anything.
Music? Computer? I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about a home cinema for my television / DVD movies. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-12-2007 23:48
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CrueTrue wrote:
Music? Computer? I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about a home cinema for my television / DVD movies.
considering you wrote this:
CrueTrue wrote:
1. I already got a hard disc recorder, so is it possible only to buy the speakers and connect them to the hard disc recorder?
your post was very misleading
Edited by issoisso on 13-12-2007 23:48
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 14-12-2007 00:13
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In Danish, it's called a harddisk-optager. Directly translated, it's "hard disc recorder", but I guess a proper English term would be a DVD Recorder with hard disc? |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 14-12-2007 15:50
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That sounds to me like a DVD recorder with an in-built hard drive.
you would see in the description something like: DVD recorder with in-built 5GB memory.
i think you get the point anyway
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