A home cinema set up

rondeco

I'm converting my attic with the intention of making a little home cinema. I plan on doin this properly so I was hoping to get some advice from you knowledgable folk. What do I need to get cinema quality sound?

Will your typical home cinema system do? I have one in my sitting room and its crap. JVC make that included the dvd player.

Should I get a seperate dvd player, and then buy speakers? Or can people tell me what I should do.

Thanks in advance.

Slaphead07

rondeco wrote:

Should I get a seperate dvd player, and then buy speakers? Or can people tell me what I should do.

Thanks in advance.

I'm doing exactly this too but I've built up a home cinema in my living room over the years so I don't have to go out and buy all the bits.

Don't even think about those "all in one" cinema systems - they don't even come close to a proper HC setup (as I think you've found out already!). Get a good DVD player, preferably HD to allow some future proofing. Get a decent AV amp, www.richersounds.ie have a few good ones and look to http://www.lyrichifi.com/specials.htm for a set of surround sound speakers second hand, yes they're in Belfast but it's only a nice 2 hour drive from Dublin. Leave out a screen and projector for the time being (unless you've got a huge budget!) and concentrate on a good TV. Alliance Electric in St Gt Georges Street are IMHO unbeatable on price and service.
You'll need a few reels of decent speaker cable (say... 105 strand) and of course HDMI cable or component plus optical or coaxial for DVD to amp.

rondeco

Thanks slaphead. Really appreciate the help.