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Upgrading speakers/subwoofer

  • 10-03-2016 4:33pm
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    bmwguy
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    Hi I bought a Sony STRD550 AV receiver from you late last year as it has the capability to play everything through the speakers that is displayed on my tv through the HDMI ARC feature which my previous system could not do (TV, Netflix, PS4, YouTube, USB Connected devices, it all works)

    Speaking of my old system, this is a link to it below and I am still using the speakers that came with it and I am now looking at making an upgrade. Connectivity wise the Sony AV receiver is miles ahead but it is only as good as its weakest link and at the moment I believe that weak link is the speakers from the old system, linked below, you might be able to tell what they are from the specs in the link

    http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/HTS3020_05/5.1-home-theatre

    Now, I have no subwoofer connected either to my STRD550 so my question is, what will I get best initial improvement from, adding a subwoofer or replacing the speakers. Or both?

    I don't want to spend massive money but I dont want to buy anything cheap either that will not be a noticeable improvement. 

    So, good people at richersounds, what would you suggest I do?
    Have a look and see if you can tell the quality of speakers I have at the moment and what would be a decent step up

    Thanks


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    Richersounds.ie: Brian
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    bmwguy wrote: »
    Hi I bought a Sony STRD550 AV receiver from you late last year as it has the capability to play everything through the speakers that is displayed on my tv through the HDMI ARC feature which my previous system could not do (TV, Netflix, PS4, YouTube, USB Connected devices, it all works)

    Speaking of my old system, this is a link to it below and I am still using the speakers that came with it and I am now looking at making an upgrade. Connectivity wise the Sony AV receiver is miles ahead but it is only as good as its weakest link and at the moment I believe that weak link is the speakers from the old system, linked below, you might be able to tell what they are from the specs in the link

    http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/HTS3020_05/5.1-home-theatre

    Now, I have no subwoofer connected either to my STRD550 so my question is, what will I get best initial improvement from, adding a subwoofer or replacing the speakers. Or both?

    I don't want to spend massive money but I dont want to buy anything cheap either that will not be a noticeable improvement. 

    So, good people at richersounds, what would you suggest I do?
    Have a look and see if you can tell the quality of speakers I have at the moment and what would be a decent step up

    Thanks
    Hi Bmwguy, thanks for your post

    If you were replacing, to be honest most satellite speakers come as a package with a subwoofer included

    One pack I know that works well with the Sony would be the Wharfedale DX1 pack - http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/wharfedale/dx1-hcp/whar-dx1 - which we have available at £279/€399

    For something a little lower down, the Tannoy TFX 5.1 pack - http://euro.richersounds.ie/p-12034-tfx-51.aspx at £189/€259 are worth a look

    Have a look at these and let me know if you have any other enquiries

    Brian


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