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Home Theatre - Help with advice/budget please
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30-01-2015 2:39pmHi,
I have bit the bullet and decided to do up the spare room into a bit of a Home Theatre setup, and a number of boardies suggested I should get onto you guys if/when I am considering purchasing my equipment.
So here it goes and bare with me as Im a total novice when it comes to this
Some info first: Room is 14ft x 14ft square. I aint got a massive budget and willing to settle for 'middle of the road equipment' with intention of upgrading say in 4/5yrs as I get more used to things, but nothing too cheap.
Projector: I know what I would like and its the new BenQ W1070+, but willing to listen if you have better suggestion.
Screen: I like the idea of those framed units..do you sell them?
AV: Help me out here please and suggest unit
Speakers:Help me out here please and suggest unit
Accessories:Help me out here please and suggest what i will need.
If you could link me some suggested equipment and prices that would be great and I can then dip into the savings.
Cheers T1
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Tinder Surprise wrote: »Hi,
I have bit the bullet and decided to do up the spare room into a bit of a Home Theatre setup, and a number of boardies suggested I should get onto you guys if/when I am considering purchasing my equipment.
So here it goes and bare with me as Im a total novice when it comes to this
Some info first: Room is 14ft x 14ft square. I aint got a massive budget and willing to settle for 'middle of the road equipment' with intention of upgrading say in 4/5yrs as I get more used to things, but nothing too cheap.
Projector: I know what I would like and its the new BenQ W1070+, but willing to listen if you have better suggestion.
Screen: I like the idea of those framed units..do you sell them?
AV: Help me out here please and suggest unit
Speakers:Help me out here please and suggest unit
Accessories:Help me out here please and suggest what i will need.
If you could link me some suggested equipment and prices that would be great and I can then dip into the savings.
Cheers T
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you on this.
Lets have a go at listing some products for you to have a look over and get a feel for whats out there.
Lets start with the A/V receiver:
Onkyo TXSR333 priced at £199.95 (Now £179.95 for VIP customers) Sign up by supplying us with your email addresss.
http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-receivers/onkyo/txsr333/onky-txsr333-blk
Yamaha RXV377 priced at 237.99 Euro (Inc Delivery)
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200458-rxv377.aspx?swapstore=1
Yamaha RXV477 coming in at 314.99 Euro (Inc Delivery)
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200457-rxv477.aspx
Onkyo TXNR535 priced up at 349.99 Euro (Inc Delivery)
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-12741-onkyo-txnr535.aspx
Yamaha RXV677 priced at 497.99 Euro (Inc Delivery) - If you want to spend that bit extra
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200624-rxv677.aspx
Sony STRDN1050 priced at 579.99 Euro (Inc Delivery) - What HiFi product of the year.
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200552-strdn1050.aspx
Speaker packs - I'll list a few different price ranges:
I would start around the Tannoy TFX 5.1 priced at 249.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-12034-tfx-51.aspx
Next up the Polk Audio TL1600 priced at 279.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-12817-tl1600.aspx
Tannoy HTS101 at 419.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-11261-hts101.aspx
Monitor Audio Mass 5.1 priced at 699.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200190-mass-51.aspx
Q Acoustics 2000i 5.1 priced at 899.99 Euro
http://www.richersounds.com/package/speakers/speaker-packages/pah01309
Projector:
The Benq W1070+ mentioned is fantastic. Priced up at 879.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200926-w1070.aspx
No others really around this price bracket and quality.
Next up would be the Benq W1400 priced at 1169.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200917-w1400.aspx
Projector Screen.
For a fixed screen you are starting at 277.99 Euro for a 78" one
http://www.richersounds.com/product/projector-screens-accessories/sapphire/sfsc171/sapp-sfsc171-screen
Next up is a 92" version coming in at 360.00 Euro.
http://www.richersounds.com/product/projector-screens-accessories/sapphire/sfsc203/saph-sfsc203
Then onto a 106" priced at 554.99 Euro
http://www.richersounds.com/product/projector-screens-accessories/sapphire/sfsc203/saph-sfsc203
All these fixed screen are special orders for ourselves, our online say unable to ship these but I'll check this out for you.
For a standard pull down screen you are starting at the Optoma 92" priced at 139.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-11803-optoma-ds9092pmg.aspx
Sapphire also offer a 106" pull down pried at 277.99 Euro
http://www.richersounds.com/product/projector-screens-accessories/sapphire/sws240wsf-asr2/saph-sws240wsf-asr2
Accessories:
You would require a projector mount if mounting on the ceiling starting from 39.99 Euro working up to the most popular the Sanus VMPR1 coming in at 99.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200143-vmpr1.aspx
You would also require speaker cable starting at 1.40 Euro per meter. How many meters do you think you would require?
You would also need a sublink cable to connect the sub to the amp.
Cambridge offer a 7.5m one coming in at 27.99 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-10538-aud100-75m-sub-cable.aspx
Also HDMI leads, depending on what other sources you are going to run through the setup. You would require one for each to the amp and then a single one to the Project.
QED Profile 1m HDMI priced at 29.94 Euro
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-12518-profile-eflex-hdmi-1m.aspx
QED offer a 5m also priced at 74.99 Euro (Depending on the distance from the project to the amp).
http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200847-performance-eflex-hdmi-5m.aspx
We also offer the Audio Quest range for cable.
Audio Quest 1m HDMI starting at 34.99 Euro
Audio Quest 2m HDMI coming in at 47.99 Euro
I know there is a lot of information listed her , so please have a read at the links and let me know what you think. Any questions please let me know.0 -
Excellent comprehensive reply Kenny and thanks a lot; loads to chew on to make up my mind.
One snag I might have that will eat into my budget but.......
Running cable from the ceiling projector to the AV unit might be an issue, so I might have to go to the extra ( not budgeted)expense of having to purchase the wireless kit for the Benq w1070+.
I believe the signal is not compressed over this wireless channel so I am not too concerned about loss of quality etc. as both devices will be in the same 14x14ft room.
My question but is (if you can help)...
Could I simply plug the HDMI output from my AV unit into one of the inputs on the projector wireless transmitter- hence making any device plugged into the HDMI ports on the AV now wirelessly accessible/toggle on the Projector?0 -
Tinder Surprise wrote: »Excellent comprehensive reply Kenny and thanks a lot; loads to chew on to make up my mind.
One snag I might have that will eat into my budget but.......
Running cable from the ceiling projector to the AV unit might be an issue, so I might have to go to the extra ( not budgeted)expense of having to purchase the wireless kit for the Benq w1070+.
I believe the signal is not compressed over this wireless channel so I am not too concerned about loss of quality etc. as both devices will be in the same 14x14ft room.
My question but is (if you can help)...
Could I simply plug the HDMI output from my AV unit into one of the inputs on the projector wireless transmitter- hence making any device plugged into the HDMI ports on the AV now wirelessly accessible/toggle on the Projector?
No problem at all.
I've had a little check and it seems that if you have your A/V amp connected to the input on the wireless transmitter then it will send what ever is connected to the amp to the projector.
Here is a link to the manual of the wireless kit:
ftp://210.65.248.241/esupport/projector/Wireless_FHD_Kit_UM_EN.PDF
The wireless kit is not a normal stock item for ourselves but we should be able to get one on a special order. I'm not 100% sure on the price but going by online its around 415 Euro - 460 Euro.
Hope this helps.
Any questions give me a shout.0