Help - Very little Money left for speakers !!

[declanmonagle]

Folks,
I am new to the Home Cinema game but I have been following this + other forums with great interest for a couple of months now. I was originally going to buy the Sony DAV S500 Package deal which I know is a fine machine but from reading all the various posts I'm now considering the seperates alternative. My problem is the S500 suited my budget and seperates are expensive buggers.
I am now considering buying the Marantz dv4200 and the sr4200 and this eats considerably into my budget. I live in Ireland and I am looking at the Irish Richersounds site www.Richersounds.ie . Their cheapest speaker package is the Eltax Atomic 5.1 AV pack at £200 Irish which is equivalent to £255 Sterling.
Has anyone heard of these speakers ? - are they good, bad or ugly (there is no photo). Can anyone suggest a cheaper alternative, if from a British site I'll need to take into account the delivery charge. Also, as I have never bought this kind of gear before, do retailers usually supply some cabling for seperates or is that down to me ???
Any help appreciated
Cheers,
Dec..

[puddleduck]

You'll need to get some cabling unless you can talk them into throwing some in for free :)

For £225 I don't think you'll do much better.

[john316]

Here is a review taken from What Video & TV mag:

http://www.eltax.com/com/review/reviewenkelt.phtml?id=4

And here are some more product details:

http://www.eltax.com/com/products/prod-side1.phtml?serienavn=Atomic 5.1&type=2

[declanmonagle]

Cheers Lads,
Another quick question. If I do go for the below system (Marantz sr4200 + dv4200 + Eltax Atomic speakers)
will I lose anything when I connect it to my tv as it has only one scart socket available and no Audio outputs. What way can I connect the system to my TV to get the full surround sound when watching TV (or can I ??). Do I even need 2 connections ??

[stranger]

before you get the eltaxes get hold of a copy of What-Hifi mag. check the Hyperfi ads. for half price mission speaker sets.

[yj80]

Am I missing something ?

The Eltax Atomic 5.1 costs approx 255 EURO on richersounds.ie, which at the current rate of about £0.62p = 1 Euro, means that these come in at just under £160.

I think you've got your conversion rates "the wrong way round".

Check it out.


YJ


Always waiting to be proved wrong :confused:

[john316]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by yj80
Am I missing something ?

The Eltax Atomic 5.1 costs approx 255 EURO on richersounds.ie, which at the current rate of about £0.62p = 1 Euro, means that these come in at just under £160.
[QUOTE]

Have you added P&P to your conversion?

[declanmonagle]

Your right Lads, I shagged up the conversion !!!! Its roughly £160 Sterling
I'm living in Ireland so I would have no p+p bill. This is advertised for apparently half of its original price, so is this a good deal for a decent system or not ???
I hve read the reviews supplied by John316, but being a newbie I still dunno if this is good - is this Eltax being biased ?
(It looks smart though !!)

[stranger]

Declan,the ltaxes are a fair budget buy, but the missions are a couple of steps up in class. Richer sounds also do the same package as hyperfi or they will pricematch. the missions are also better for music as well.

[stranger]

justlooked up deals in latest what-hifi hyperfi mission cinema 70 £250.00 if you can go to a bit more for an absolute bargain richer sounds mission cinema 7 pack£380.oo.

[Philc]

There is a Mission Cinema 6 pack in the back of What Hi-fi for £199 and a 7 for £299.

[stranger]

the cheaper 7 has a 77c centre the other has a 77c1.