tomasulu Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 hi, any suggestion on an all-in-one surround sound (possible?) speaker/HT system mainly for TV/DVD listening? all-in-one for convenience and not having to route satellite speakers/wires all over the living room. i am actually thinking of the ipod hi-fi but input options are limited with only one digital in. budget is around S$1000.
hifiluv Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 hi, any suggestion on an all-in-one surround sound (possible?) speaker/HT system mainly for TV/DVD listening? all-in-one for convenience and not having to route satellite speakers/wires all over the living room. i am actually thinking of the ipod hi-fi but input options are limited with only one digital in. budget is around S$1000. dont quite understand all-in-one, u mean 3.1 system where the surround is being reproduced just by 3 speakers? Yamaha got i model, panel speaker, just add subwoofer, very neat. but dont know if its $1K. http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/av/products/digitalsoundrojector.html :)
tomasulu Posted April 4, 2006 Author Posted April 4, 2006 the yamaha ysp-1 is exactly what i had in mind! did a google on it and the reviews are generally favorable, considering its all-in-one surround sound capability. has anyone bought it/tried it out in sg? how much?
dbchoong Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 The Yamaha YSP-1 can be auditioned at KEC. Price not very sure, but I think could be a lot more than your $1k budget. There's an older model (think YSP-800) that goes for about $1.3k or so. ;D
Guest AT Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 YSP-1 is the older model. The latest is the YSP-800 (SRP S$1399) and YSP-1000 (SRP S$1999) with companion subwoofer YST-FSW100 (SRP S$299). I have the YSP-1000 along with the YST-FSW100. Seriously, you need a room with minimum obstacles. A square room would be perfect. Ideally to be placed in the centre. I'm having issues with the virtual surround sound because of placement and obstacle. Minimum listening distance is 2 metre and you need a metre or more behind you. If you have anything less, I won't recommend this sound projector speaker.
hifiluv Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 the yamaha ysp-1 is exactly what i had in mind! did a google on it and the reviews are generally favorable, considering its all-in-one surround sound capability. has anyone bought it/tried it out in sg? how much? but friend, got to study yr room layout, if u look carefully the system uses the side walls to "bounce" sound off, if u got an irregular room, it may not work that well. IMHO, if u want to do 5.1 or 7.1 its still best to either mount the surround or hv them on stand, the wires run can be "hidden" somehow. :)
tomasulu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Posted April 5, 2006 but friend, got to study yr room layout, if u look carefully the system uses the side walls to "bounce" sound off, if u got an irregular room, it may not work that well. IMHO, if u want to do 5.1 or 7.1 its still best to either mount the surround or hv them on stand, the wires run can be "hidden" somehow. :) sigh, my room is as odd-shaped as they come. but the idea of an all-in-one, pack-and-go-when-you-move surround sound system is very attractive... folks, any more good suggestion? is there a kinda compromised virtual surround sound system that uses 3.1 to produce 5.1/7.1 sound? at least i don't have to worry about hiding the wires of the 2 rear speakers.
DIRTRUN Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Yamaha Ysp-1, I think the model is called, one speaker solution but not cheap lo
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