Depends on your budget and the size of your room, but these Tannoys are awesome. If you join the Richer Sounds VIP Club (free) and pick them up in-store, they will probably throw in the speaker cable. If you have a larger room and want something with more grunt, have a look at the HS101's. Personally, I prefer the timbre of these to the Bostons.
danpetre
15 Dec 15#13
this is entry level, so no atmos. for atmos you need a lot of speakers, this is 5.1 only
No8 to danpetre
15 Dec 15#15
None of the Sony amps are ATMOS enabled yet. You can get a fully enabled system that only needs 6 speakers.
Babbler to danpetre
15 Dec 15#21
Atmos is great if you have a room that you can set it up in. Cabling nightmare by looks of things. Not for rented accom :disappointed:.
danpetre
15 Dec 152#18
it takes care of the sound for all sorts of inputs. plug in your TV box, game console, Apple TV, Chromecast, firestick, DVD /blueray player, radio, CD player and output it to TV and speakers. so if you want good sound you don't have to buy a 5.1 system and a soundbar and get lost in cables and remotes. and a separate 5.1 while great for movies is not that good for music. I bought one AV receiver and use it with only a pair of speakers as music is more important to me. I could add more cheap speakers to go 5.1 if I had the space
oldskoolpug
15 Dec 15#16
Is this basically an amplifier ? Ie could I plug my phone into the front via aux and play music amongst other things?
rev6 to oldskoolpug
15 Dec 151#17
AV's do contain an amplifier.
It doesn't have an AUX input at the front, but you could use the USB port to access music on the device (phone, USB drive). Or you could use a 3.5mm male to RCA male lead but I found the volume is lacking.
Add speakers and away you go.
Superman80
14 Dec 15#5
Was thinking of upgrading my htddw880, anyone know if the speakers I got with this will be compatible and good enough, if not any recommendations?
rev6 to Superman80
14 Dec 15#7
They'll be fine.
danpetre to Superman80
15 Dec 151#14
it would work with your speakers but is not much of an upgrade. wait, save a bit more and get an AV receiver with network capabilities so you can listen to internet radio and stream music. if you decide to buy this one add a Chromecast to it.
pugit666
15 Dec 152#12
And dust at my house
RichoRocks
14 Dec 15#10
Ermm what does this thing actually receive then?
rev6 to RichoRocks
14 Dec 15#11
Audio and video.
Nirm
14 Dec 151#9
I have this receiver and it's wonderful! Purchased knowing full well it's only 4K pass through (i.e. receiver is not HDCP 2.2 compliant and will not support copy-protected 4K video content, which possibly includes some future SKY 4K content... then you simply connect SKY Q to a compliant 4K TV, less neat but problem solved). The receiver's aptX Bluetooth in conjunction with my Xperia Z2 aptX Bluetooth streams fantastic sound (basically as high res Bluetooth as you can get!)... For the money, this receiver is a no-brainer :man:
pixilincus
14 Dec 15#8
Great receivers imo (Sony), bought my first 5.1 in 2002, then an upgrade to a 7.1 in 2009 and still are both going strong after heavy usage. Will be upgrading to a Dolby Atmos compatible receiver once the prices start to drop more, though I am very tempted to pick this up for the low price!
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Not sure about you guys, but I only need to buy an AV receiver every 4-5 years, so need it to be future proof.
It doesn't have an AUX input at the front, but you could use the USB port to access music on the device (phone, USB drive). Or you could use a 3.5mm male to RCA male lead but I found the volume is lacking.
Add speakers and away you go.
http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/av-receivers-audio/str-dh750/specifications