Surround Home Cinema

[Maxitsu]

I want to buy a Home Cinama system. But i don't know whats good or bad.

I wanted something that runs DVD/CD/HD/Blueray and is compatible whit a PS3.
I prefer 2 wireless speakers.

From what i now its all expensive stuff. i would like to spend 500-1000€ on it.

In this price range, can i get something usefull? what should you buy if you had to spend money for this? I am prefer products from Bose, but what are my possibilitys?

 

[Robin]

To make it compatible with the PS3 you should go for a system which accepts optical input. Apart from that there's plenty of choice out there and I would definitely have a look at other companies offerings as well as Bose.

 

[TB]

I prefer 2 wireless speakers.

One thing to keep in mind with wireless speakers is they require power so you're still going to have wires run. Either that or some might run off of batteries but personally that would annoy me more.

My suggestion is to rethink if you truly don't want to have wires and if not, I'd invest in a good 2.1 system instead. Unless it's not easy to hide them (open room with the speakers in the middle, for example), wires usually aren't a big deal.

 

[bevo]

In all honesty Bose is a rip off. They are way over priced and for some reason people want to pay for that name. Wireless speakers are too not all that great. You still have to plug them into a power outlet, and the sound isn't really that good in any of them in your price range.

For your price range you might want to look at onkyo, or polk for speakers, and maybe a lower end denon receiver. I'm from the U.S. so I'm not really sure what kind of speakers they sell where you are, but stay away from Bose. They're just not worth the money you pay for them, and they really lack in the Bass department. The only decent Bose speakers I have heard, was back in the early 90's and they were about 4K a piece.

Maybe a line of RTia bookshelves from polk would work for you. I seem to always recommend polk to people, just because they're price for performance is really good, and in your sub 1000k range you could get a decent 5.1 setup from them with a decent denon, pioneer, or onkyo receiver. For a sub you could go with a used velodyne, or one of their cheaper new models.

Also don't count out factory refurbished for speakers. Most come with a good warrenty, and look and sound brand new. you could save 50% by buying factory refurbished. Every speaker I have except my sub is refurbished and I saved around 1500$ by buying them that way, and have a pretty decent system.