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[Darren]

OMG, the Yamaha RXV630RDS went for £71.00


Bargain

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

gosh so much to know and so much to choose!!

I wish I knew more about these and knew what was a good bargain!

Last thing I want to do is go ahead and buy some cheap speakers and find out they don't support Dolby Digital!!

 

[AsRock]

gosh so much to know and so much to choose!!

I wish I knew more about these and knew what was a good bargain!

Last thing I want to do is go ahead and buy some cheap speakers and find out they don't support Dolby Digital!!

Go a Hi Fi shop and listen to some gear hopefully you get some idea what kind of sound you like to that way as most good Hi Fi shops will have a room just for that.

SONY
Technics
Yamaha
KENWOOD
ONKYO
Maranze ( dont think i spell that right lol )
Ah all good brands and there is more of course, check some out have some fun . I love my ONKYO it's been dam good to me over the last 5 years that i have had it.

A newer one will even come with HDMI port(s) on it too were i use a optical cable and dot have to worry about a sound card doing 5.1 sound as the amp can do it which can save some possible hassles with some sound cards and driver issue's and suck.

BUT really any of the above should do the job easy for what you need it for and you could plug your TV and what ever else it to it and works out much better than doing multi speakers from a comp\sound card.

DD i have always thought of as crap i hate it even more so in the time when tape decks were in us as it would tent to remove the hiss that you wanted gone but remove other sounds too while at it.

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

Well I have been checking out a number of speakers and I found these to be the most impressive:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/TANNOY-MERCURY-C...kers?hash=item1c0b9bcc0a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

What do you think? They were an award winner for 2008 and they have great reviews.

I could buy 4 of them for a price of around 250 Euros now and then I could check out sub woofers and front speakers and receivers later on and keep an eye out for second have bargains!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Nice,you'd just need a centre/sub/amp then.

 

[AsRock]

Well I have been checking out a number of speakers and I found these to be the most impressive:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/TANNOY-MERCURY-C...kers?hash=item1c0b9bcc0a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

What do you think? They were an award winner for 2008 and they have great reviews.

I could buy 4 of them for a price of around 250 Euros now and then I could check out sub woofers and front speakers and receivers later on and keep an eye out for second have bargains!

I would not mind having some but they don't sell in the US . I be tempted to put them on spiked stands filled with sand lol. Maybe look around for a pair of TANNOY satalites. And just get a pair of F1's. Or just get 4 if you cannot get a good price on some sats.

Either way should be dam cool .

Nice,you'd just need a centre/sub/amp then.

He might not even need a sub with those or a center speaker. BUT if he did get a sub try to get one that matches them MIGHT be a challenge. Or is that just the old hi fi nerd showing lol. But a lot of people don't notice.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I'm using 4x mordaunt short ms902s speakers and i dont have a sub yet,these speakers are really quite bassy though.

I have my fronts on sand filled spiked (spikes on the top and bottom btw)stands too btw.

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

Sorry but I have no idea what TANNOY satalites are???

Are they speakers too or are they something different??

These speakers really are quite expensive tho! are they that much better than desktop speakers? The ones I got are great anyway, am I really going to notice a big difference?? or will it be little difference?

 

[Darren]

Well I have been checking out a number of speakers and I found these to be the most impressive:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/TANNOY-MERCURY-C...kers?hash=item1c0b9bcc0a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

What do you think? They were an award winner for 2008 and they have great reviews.

I could buy 4 of them for a price of around 250 Euros now and then I could check out sub woofers and front speakers and receivers later on and keep an eye out for second have bargains!

The Tannoy Mercury's are good, I've seen them for cheaper on another retailer, for example on Lambda-Tek they are £66.99.

Sorry but I have no idea what TANNOY satellites are???

Satellite speakers are just small lightweight speakers, most computer 5.1 speaker systems are satellite speakers! For example the Logitech Z-5500 consists of a subwoofer and five satellites. The quality of satellite speakers are not usually great and usually lack bass, generally speaking.


Edit:

has anyone got a good website for speakers?? That actually sell to Ireland?? That would be very usful!

Amazon sell the Tannoy Mercury F1for £94.90

I do not know which hi-fi retailers sell to Ireland specifically but these are some good ones.

SuperFi
HiFi Fix
Hifi Bitz
Stone Audio
Digital Direct

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

Ahhhh yes ok I understand the meaning now!
I much prefer the Tannoy build and for me the sound is nicer for my ears.

Currently I am going to buy 4 Tannoy Mercury's unless someone objects to this and gives a solid reason why I should choose something different?

Sadly I do not know of any online stores that deliver to Ireland. I normally buy from Komplett.ie but they do not sell these kind of speakers.

has anyone got a good website for speakers?? That actually sell to Ireland?? That would be very usful!

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

Hey again!

I just bought a pair of TANNOY MERCURY F1 CUSTOM (APPLE) speakers for 110 Pounds on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120453843978&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

They just ran out of stock so I could not get another pair
Sadly I don't see another pair yet so I suppose I have no choice but to wait

So once I see another pair I will snap them up as soon as possible.

So, since I might end up waiting a little longer than expected, I might as well buy something else while I am waiting.

I am not so sure tho on where to go next? I was thinking about a BASS?? or what ever is required?
Perhaps someone could advise me on what I should buy?

I found a cheap sub:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150359013960&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Is that any good?

Any help lads?? Cheers!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

you ideally want an active sub,that has an amp in it.

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

Active sub with an amp on it?? Is it possible to show me an example?? Or show me one that I can buy right off ebay!!
That would be most helpful.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Here ya go,not a bad price for a 100 watter either.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/LTC-ACTIVE-HOME-...kers?hash=item518bbe64e7&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

tigger

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

Perfect and great price too!! Thanks for that Tigger!

I will try paying for the TANNOY speakers and this sub woofer next week! At least I will have a 2.1 for the mean time.

Once I do get them, can I hook them up to my PC and use it as a 2.1 until the rest come??

 

[AsRock]

Perfect and great price too!! Thanks for that Tigger!

I will try paying for the TANNOY speakers and this sub woofer next week! At least I will have a 2.1 for the mean time.

Once I do get them, can I hook them up to my PC and use it as a 2.1 until the rest come??

If you have a Home theater to plug them in to yes... If not no. Get a Home Theater next so you have some thing to plug those sexy speakers into .

EDIT: if you have a amp plug them in to that and you will need a phono to 3.5mm plug on the end so it will plug in to the computers sound card

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

All I have is the Auzentech Prelude x-fi card. I ain't got a home theater or an amp.

I have never heard of a phono?? What in the world is it!

 

[AsRock]

All I have is the Auzentech Prelude x-fi card. I ain't got a home theater or an amp.

I have never heard of a phono?? What in the world is it!

well DO NOT plug the speakers directly in to it.

This is the cable im on about
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3449316


but if you do it that way make sure the Home Theater has a optical connection on it that you can use with the one on your sound card.

EDIT: I'm not sure about the one that comes with yours as it looks more like a Phono connection than a optical port lol. How ever the cable that comes with that on newegg looks like the one on my mobo and home theater.

 

[Mussels]

yeah i've never heard of those called "phono" before either, always referred to as RCA.

 

[AsRock]

yeah i've never heard of those called "phono" before either, always referred to as RCA.

Maybe it's more of a OLD or UK naming ?.. Which MIGHT of been adapted from the record player. But to me they always been called that.

How ever both are the same type cables unless it says Phono 3.5mm or a like..

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

I should buy one of those cables so I can use the speakers with my sound card then??

 

[Deleted member 24505]

You will need an amp to use the tannoys.then depending on the amp,you can use a analogue connection using a cable like above,or a digital connection using either a toslink(optical) or co-axial connection.

 

[AsRock]

The Optical ones are normally a black square with a little hinged door covering the connection or apiece of plastic that plugs in to it

 

[Irish_PXzyan]

Thanks for the help! I don't get how I still find it a bit confusing on what to do hehe!

I will figure all this out soon enough!

I suppse, instead of buying the sub, I should get an amp?
Now the question is...what amp should I get?? That is as cheap as possible!!

Any suggestions?

 

[AsRock]

Thanks for the help! I don't get how I still find it a bit confusing on what to do hehe!

I will figure all this out soon enough!

I suppse, instead of buying the sub, I should get an amp?
Now the question is...what amp should I get?? That is as cheap as possible!!

Any suggestions?

Yes get the Home Theater next.

I posted some brands here in post 57
SONY
Technics
Yamaha
KENWOOD
ONKYO

No Hi Fi shops you can goto ?. Give you more insight on what your looking for.. Even though i've known these brands to change how they sound over the years. But there is respectable brands. I got my ONKYO from RS about 5 years ago($250 at the time) and still going good. .

If i was looking i'd be checking more on this one from newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882115196