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hokers99
26-10-2001, 13:39
Hi guys

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong place to post this, but I am more familiar with the Bargain Forum.

http://www.tiny.com/uk/

Have a DVD/Speaker system on their front page made by Turando. Its very cheap for DTS at £299, and as this is very much my first foray into Home Cinema I am looking for an <B>entry level </B> system.

So this is cheap and the speakers look quite cool, but no-one seems to have heard of Turando. Is it worth me getting this? Any opinions?
Is this all I need as well, as someone I work with suggested that I would need an amp as well to get this to work properly.
I have also seen another system from Richer for about £320 or so, though this is (only) DD and the speakers are pretty ugly.


Cheers for your help in advance
Hokers
dwmoook
26-10-2001, 13:59
I got a complete DD/DTS system based around the Kenwood 5050 from Richer Sounds for about £360.00... This also means I can upgrade any speakers without having to replace the lot. I would personally always go for seperates over an all in one system but thats only my opinion.
hokers99
26-10-2001, 14:15
Oh right?
Can you tell me the pieces you got and what they're like?
Was it the Eltax Starlight and DVD8080SE combination? Thats £399 on the site at the moment...
whitty
26-10-2001, 14:16
A m8 of mine has a SONY HTK - 315. This is last years product and I think the new one is HTK - 375. Was well impressed with the sound and has DTS. £360. Nice
hokers99
26-10-2001, 19:26
Anyone else got some advice?
:) :) :)
hokers99
27-10-2001, 19:09
Please?
:)
Dr_Fruitbat
27-10-2001, 22:16
Listen to a demonstration B4 you buy anything.

Travel if ness.

HTH
Brunnen-G
28-10-2001, 04:19
The cheapest DTS speaker set up i can think of is;

Kenwood 5050 Receiver @ QED for £156.60 delivered
Eltax Stargate 5.1 Speaker System @ QED for £110 delivered

Total = £266.60 Not bad for full DD 5.1 and DTS compatability :)

Just make sure that any DVD player you get outputs both DD 5.1 and DTS through either the optical or coaxial output (some of the cheaper (less than £100) ones only output DD 5.1 for example).
RIDGMONT
28-10-2001, 16:48
The Sony HTK-315 or 375 are pretty poor for audio, unless some reasonably speakers are used as the front pair, otherwise mid-range is missing, I prefer the Yamaha solutions which is available at about £350.