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  • 10-10-2011 8:53am
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    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    Basically I'm looking for a bit of help....

    Were putting new floors in downstairs and I wanted to lay provisions for a surround setup.

    So was planning on spending about 400 or so on a home theatre setup, I dont have the spare cash to get this week before the floors go down.

    I was chatting to one of the lads in Harvey Normans as I grabbed a 50m reel of monster speaker cable, he was saying that normail lower end setups have different fittings and you'd be looking at a higher end setup.

    So I'm thinking what way to do this. I have a 40inch samsung in the backroom for xbox and pc, and there will be something similar eventually going in the front. I just have an old sony 26 inch in the lounge at the moment.

    So, I'm basically looking for advice on how to do this...

    I've done a bit of research and seen that you can get 7.1 channel amps, but is it possible to get 2 different zones on them?

    What would the best way to go with speakers?

    There both pretty much box shaped rooms.


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    Idleater
    Registered Users Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    By floor going down, what do you mean? Concrete or carpet?

    If concrete just see if you can insert a load of trunking to all the corners so you can add whatever wiring you want at a later date.

    After that, you'll have to prioritise your €400


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    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    Floors are wooden, so dont want to be having to mess around tacking and hiding wires once they've gone.

    The outcome after yesterday was looking to a higher spec setup to have the whole of downstairs hooked up to the one amp.

    So i was looking at some Jamo towers and satalites for the front room but was wondering what channels that would leave for the back.

    Would a subwoofer also count as a channel? If so that would only leave 2 channells for the back?

    Anxious to get started on this as, herself green lit the plan yesterday and dont want to hang around for her to change her mind! :cool:


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    Hifi Keith
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Hifi Keith


    Monster cables are generally way overpriced so hope you didn't pay too much for it. If wiring back to an av receiver (much preferrable to a home cinema blu-ray with integrated dolby imho) a 5.1 setup should be fine so wire to each corner and one centre speaker, your sub may take a phono input rather than speaker cables if powered


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