McWillster
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Registered: 23rd Mar 09
Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire
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Thought i would ask you bunch of knowledgeable Gents what your advice would be on buying a surround sound system for my livingroom.
Never had one before, bit clueless as to specs of speakers and what quality they will be.
Not looking to spend a fortune and looking into buying second hand for now.
Came across this. Wondered what use lot thought?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CREATIVE-SURROUND-SOUND-SYSTEM-6-SPEAKERS-48watts-RMS-/190514480257?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopComponents_RL&hash=item2c5b8c4481
Or better yet come up with any suggestions as to what i should be buying.
Need to be able to have it posted as i live in the middle of nowhere in the Scotland. 
Just bought the bluray Band of Brothers boxset and want to get a half decent set up to plow through them! 
Cheers lads!
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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I think I spent about £1000 on mine but i'm happy as a pig in shit with it.
To be honest, Creative are a very budget brand and you massively get what you pay for.
Onkyo do great surround systems at reasonable prices (when I say reasonable, it depends on your budget) To be fair though you cant go wrong with some of the LG/Samsung/Song surround systems though if your not an audiophile as such. My mums got a Sony 5.1 system built around a DVD player and it sounds the bollocks, I reckon it only cost £140 or something.
If you like Bluray, you probably want something with DTS mind you.
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Matty SRi
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Something like the 1 you posted would be more suited for a PC, to listen to music and stuff. Would be better off getting a new setup with a built in amp with decent wattage to go straight into the blu-ray player you have
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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Get a similar Logitech system, they're amazing for the price.
Creative suck.
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
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Coz you've already got a Bluray player, this Onkyo system would be perfect:
http://www.richersounds.com/product/1-box-home-cinema-systems/onkyo/hts3305/onky-hts3305-blk
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