Anyone critical of this is being silly. As an introductory set to use with an inexpensive receiver, its great value any way you slice it

I got two of these the last time they were on offer to replace some ageing Denon surrounds hooked up to my Pioneer 922 receiver - at the volume we listen at they're just as good as the Denons, but as I've bolted the two rears to a shared wall I've not tried cranking it up too far :smiley:

will this go into a TV by optical cable like a soundbar

Never having used any add on speakers before....do these need an amp or to run off a blu ray player or can they hook up directly to the tv?


Okay, just read and you need a blu ray :disappointed:

You'd need a receiver to drive these, plus a subwoofer as they're not designed to handle sounds down in the weeds (there used to be a matching sub to these, not sure if it's still available).

Nice find Bro..

Amazing deal tbh. Probably not the best in the world but for that money, great!

not sure how this works and what i need but heat :stuck_out_tongue:

I have these in my living room with a Sony receiver and a 7.2 set up. They are entry level speakers, but for the volume that I watch TV and movies at they are perfect.

They look and feel like a more expensive product and sound better than you'd expect.

These won't be my long term speakers, but I am very happy with them.

Tempted but the modern day a/v receivers are just too tall to fit inbetween the shelves on my tv stand.

Smart tv and Xbox one with sound bar and sub,? do I still need an amp

I got a set of these about a year ago when they were a similar price. I had previously hunted around for some half decent speakers and you literally couldnt find anything below like £100, even tatty 2nd hand ones on eBay were about £30, so I jumped at these.

I have a modest surround system, but I'm not exactly an audiophile. I have a Onkyo SR333 (about £130), the SSL100 speakers and a Yamaha bass (£5 from Gumtree!) but it sounds pretty good to me, it gets pretty loud and doesnt distort. I'm sure you can get much better speakers if you pay more, so if you've got £1000's to spend then buy some better speakers, but you want a good set of speakers on a budget then get these. You wont get better for £20, trust me.

Ye, same end result :disappointed:

Do these use speaker wire?

Coupled with the £5 pioneer sub this £25 set (not including av) is the perfect bedroom speaker set or a small living room.

I've reserved some locally, hope they aren't too heavy/bulky to carry on the train home!

I have the Sony STR-DN1040

I bought the 1050 a couple of months ago, plus a set of these and two of the subs when they were last posted, pairing the 1050 with my pre-existing tower speakers for the living room and my old Kenwood amp with these speakers and subs for the bedroom.

Anyone recommend a fairly decent but fairly cheap receiver to use for this to get surround sound from PS4? Certainly not looking for the best, just basic surround sound

Sounds like a good se tup.

I wanted the 1050, but the 1040 has 8 HDMI inputs which was a must for my living room as I needed 7 inputs.

These will connect to any tv via the usb

These are decent. For £20 I can't complain. I did go with a better sub that the packaged one.

I'm not an audiophile though & I ended up buying a mid range yamaha receiver for it because it was a bargain at the time.

£20. Not much to say but a good deal. I wouldn't buy a passive subwoofer for these but that's up to you. Buy an AV around the £200 mark and you should have a fairly decent entry level sound system. Eventually you might want to upgrade to something better, at that time you'll have more of an idea of what to do and what you like., feature and sound wise.

That's brilliant. Thanks for confirming this. :smiley:

I need to replace my old surround Bluray system (the bluray drive has stopped working) and have been looking at this for a while at £249: YAMAHA
YHT1810

This comes with speakers and sub. Would this be a better deal than the speaker set posted here, plus a sub and separate AV receiver? In other words could I buy these speakers, a sub and AV receiver for a similar output and sound quality as the Yamaha set up, but for less than £249? Or would I just be better off getting the Yamaha set up?

Cheers.

Most likely not. For that budget without going second hand or spending more the Yamaha 5.1 packages are hard to beat.

Cheap as chips. :smiley:

deal since last summer, bought in june, same price,I use this on my strdh750 + 2tannoy v4

Good enough for me. Cheers!

Completely different setup I know, but how would this compare to a Logitech z5500 alongside a matching budget sub and receiver?

Don't forget power output.

Good point but i imagine for most people looking at their first av system or a basic one, power output isn't going to be super critical.

how big are they?

Anyway bought it ..... looks good .....thanks.