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If I get the two linked things, will this be alright to play Sky, PS3, and an HD media player through? Will I need to buy speaker wire and is it expensive?

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.html/ref=a...id=PCRQX7FSDF3C

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.html/ref=a...id=PCRQX7FSDF3C

 

good speaker wire always makes a difference, rather than the standard bell wire, and it doesn't need to be expensive

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If I get the two linked things, will this be alright to play Sky, PS3, and an HD media player through? Will I need to buy speaker wire and is it expensive?

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.html/ref=a...id=PCRQX7FSDF3C

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.html/ref=a...id=PCRQX7FSDF3C

 

Looks fine to me. 4 HDMI in and 1 out means you'd have one to spare.

 

You will need wire though. Measure the length you'll need and go to richer sounds, tell them the makes and ask what they'd recommend.

 

Goes from £1 to £10 a metre.

 

http://www.richersounds.com/products/hi-fi.../speaker-cables

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i'm not sure you've said about your speakers but they are i presume all the same brand /make.... i had to do an install at a friends house and he chose a 5.1 set up and tried using his old stereo speakers for the front pair. it did not work as the stereo speakers were to bright and did not contribute in the right way.

 

i'd second what Happy face said. Richer sounds are very good at helping out on this side of things.

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i'm not sure you've said about your speakers but they are i presume all the same brand /make.... i had to do an install at a friends house and he chose a 5.1 set up and tried using his old stereo speakers for the front pair. it did not work as the stereo speakers were to bright and did not contribute in the right way.

 

i'd second what Happy face said. Richer sounds are very good at helping out on this side of things.

 

yes, and I don't think the length of cable is a serious issue unless it is very long. The cables themselves are like anything else to do with hifi though, as canofbeans says, they have different audio characteristics but Richer Sounds too will prob help here. I have Jamo cables myself and I got them because they were [according to What hifi] a fairly neutral sound, you can't really set up a dem for cables in the shop. I like them by the way, I have about 6 metres of cable per speaker, I think they cost about 20 quid each [years ago] ie about 3 quid per metre.

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All set up with the exception of the speakers which arrived today. Ended up getting Cambridge Audio cable at 3 quid a metre on the advice of the lad in Richer Sounds. Just need to connect the speakers when I get in and I'll be surrounded by sound.

 

Trailing the speaker wire round the room was a monumental ballache.

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All set up with the exception of the speakers which arrived today. Ended up getting Cambridge Audio cable at 3 quid a metre on the advice of the lad in Richer Sounds. Just need to connect the speakers when I get in and I'll be surrounded by sound.

 

Trailing the speaker wire round the room was a monumental ballache.

 

that should be decent enough wire. How many metres did you need ?

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30! Plus the subwoofer cable it came to just over a ton. Bugger me.

 

well, it will be worth it. No point in spending a couple of hundred on a hifi amp [for instance] if you have shit cable, you just don't get anything like the potential of the amp with cheap cable.

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I know fuck all about this stuff, but you seem to be a man who does, so I'll take your word for it! Looking forward to firing it up anyway.

 

Knowing me, I've probably mixed a positive and negative up and the fucking thing will just explode.

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I know fuck all about this stuff, but you seem to be a man who does, so I'll take your word for it! Looking forward to firing it up anyway.

 

Knowing me, I've probably mixed a positive and negative up and the fucking thing will just explode.

 

dunno about that, I don't spend daft money but just like something decent.

 

What was that explosion I just heard :D

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