TiVo : Cinema Sound

[Hom3r]

The best speakers are not in that price range, I've been told that top spec Lynn speaker are over £50,000

Mad money.

What you need to go to somewhere like richer sounds and test them, as some speakers are crap and expensive crap.

[jp1989]

50 grand :0 haha, that's a little out of my price range, if i had a spare 50k i would get a second hand Ferrari...haha

thanks i might have to do that

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by jp1989

Hey everyone! i was just wandering about something, basically I've built a custom home cinema (spent a fair bit of money i might add) but i now need some quality speakers/subwoofers etc. i have a budget of around 2 - 2,500 but i want to make sure i get a quality product that isn't going to blow out when i'm enjoying a film or saving the world while playing Call of Duty on my xbox! haha. so far i have had a look at these home cinema speakers and they have been shortlisted as a potential, but if anyone else has any other ideas before i spend a SMALL fortune on some new kit please do let me know, as saving money on this purchase would also be a bonus!

cheers

The speakers you choose wii depend on a lot of things. You need to match them to your amp both tonally and quality wise. For example you would normally have a 5.1 speaker set costing two to three times the cost of the amp. A £500 amp is not going to get the best out of speakers costing £3000, as higher quality speakers need an amp with better quality components to drive them correctly, so you would probably be wasting your money spending so much on speakers for a £500 amp.

Also, AV amps can be tonally different, and it's common practice to match amp and speaker pairings. For example, I have a Yamaha RX-V1900 amp, which is regarded as tonally warm sounding, so I have it paired with some Monitor Audio RS8s speakers which are tonally bright sounding and complement the amp.

I'd spend some time on the www.avforums.com and then go to a proper dealer who can demo, not Richersounds, who are mainly box shifters these days.

[jp1989]

thanks for that! i didn't take in to account the pairing up as you mentioned! mainly because i wasn't fully aware that this was the thing to do! i'm glad i asked now haha cheers for that, ill spend a bit of time on the AVforum

thanks again

[richard s]

I would just like to mention that if you get an AV amp of home cinema system and if they have a wireless connection to the speakers make sure that you dont have any energy lights bulbs near the appliance as the signal may well be interfered with.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by richard s

I would just like to mention that if you get an AV amp of home cinema system and if they have a wireless connection to the speakers make sure that you dont have any energy lights bulbs near the appliance as the signal may well be interfered with.

I think people are better off with wired speakers if quality of sound is the most important. If you can get good quality wireless speakers, you would be paying a large price premium for the wireless aspect.

[derekh]

I have a Yamaha amp connected via an optical cable, but I get a definate delay on the sound from the picture, which makes it impossible to use. Any suggestions on rectifying this??

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by derekh

I have a Yamaha amp connected via an optical cable, but I get a definate delay on the sound from the picture, which makes it impossible to use. Any suggestions on rectifying this??

My bedroom yamaha rx-v1500 connects via optical and there is no sound delay. What is the model of your amp and what make of TV do you have? Also, are you connecting the optical direct from the Tivo to the amp (i.e, not taking the optical out from the TV). Does your amp have HDMI inputs?

[Nanor]

Originally Posted by derekh

I have a Yamaha amp connected via an optical cable, but I get a definate delay on the sound from the picture, which makes it impossible to use. Any suggestions on rectifying this??

Most amps have the facility to set an audio delay in order to rectify lip sync issues. What model is yours?

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by Nanor

Most amps have the facility to set an audio delay in order to rectify lip sync issues.

I was going to mention that, but he says that the sound is already delayed from the picture.

[Nanor]

Originally Posted by passingbat

I was going to mention that, but he says that the sound is already delayed from the picture.

He did indeed, missed that point completely . My other thought was picture processing but again that goes out the window with the audio delayed already....

There was an issue with Tivo outputting the audio and video such that the audio was delayed and no amount of tinkering with your amp would fix this, it would obviously only make it worse. This used to drive me crazy but i haven't noticed the issue in quite a while, could it be this? Do you have the same issue with the Tivo connected directly to your TV for both audio and video?

[Selam]

Originally Posted by jp1989

Hey everyone! i was just wandering about something, basically I've built a custom home cinema (spent a fair bit of money i might add) but i now need some quality speakers/subwoofers etc. i have a budget of around 2 - 2,500 but i want to make sure i get a quality product that isn't going to blow out when i'm enjoying a film or saving the world while playing Call of Duty on my xbox! haha. so far i have had a look at these home cinema speakers and they have been shortlisted as a potential, but if anyone else has any other ideas before i spend a SMALL fortune on some new kit please do let me know, as saving money on this purchase would also be a bonus!

cheers

there is loads on places online you can look, have you tried eBay or gumtree? they can be decent but a lot of the time can be hit and miss depending on your requirements and budgets, i use the same guys usually for anything i need, especially for fitting in wall speakers and stuff they might be worth checking out if you haven't sorted yourself out and depending on where your location is but like i said they are good for home cinema installation in London and the surrounding area. i hope that was of help to you

cheers