Mungo

I currently have the following equipment:
Panasonic 50" plasma display (PD30?)
Sky+HD x2
PS3
Onkyo TX-SR313 receiver
KEF 2005 5.1 speakers
Old Sony 28" big-box TV (i know, but it still has a great SD picture)
Toshiba DVD player

I have the following rooms:
A largely square lounge where the Panasonic, PS3 and Onkyo are connected up, but currently with only 2 of the KEF eggs in stereo mode, plus the sub-woofer
A rectangular family room where the Sony is connected to the DVD player

Do I:
a) Get an installer to route cables for the 5.1 speakers in the lounge and go through re-decoration of the room, use this for most viewing and just let the kids live with the Sony 28" for the time being. or:
b) Replace the Sony with a modern 42" display and install the Onkyo and KEF stuff in the family room, and buy a soundbar for the Panasonic in the lounge and avoid all the mess/hassle of the speaker cable routing?

Budget is ~£1k

Thanks for the advice

john banks

What is the wall construction? Any access from above or under the floor? Any wireless speakers take your fancy?

DemonDave

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Evolution Stu

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Have you considered the stands for the KEF's?

Evolution Stu

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My room is similar with similar sized kit.





Ive moved it about a bit of late to enhance the soundstage as the front was a bit narrow, and utilised 2x more KEF's to run it in a Dolby Front High config as the 2 side channels were pointless in my small room.

Mungo

Walls are solid brick on all sides. Floor is engineered boards laid over underfloor heating. I'm guessing that "wireless" means that I can drop the chasing out from the amp to speakers, but I'll still need to power them?

I have the front pair on the KEF stands. They're not bad but still look messier than proper channelling and take up quite a bit of floorspace for the size of the speaker.

Mungo

Does your cabling run under the carpet?

urban

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I put my cabling under the carpet/underlay.
However, due to the quality of the cables used, in hindsight, I should have created a tiny little track in the floor to recess them slightly, as you can 'feel' them when walking.

scoobyverysoon

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Looks well that

Evolution Stu

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Yes mate, it's all wired with Tellurium Q Black.