Speaker and freesat buying advice please

OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So I'm
looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a smallish
flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality sound.

Also a decent Freesat HD with the option to plug in a hard drive to record.

I'm on incapacity at the moment so I'm not looking for top of the range
expensive kit. More VFM.

Thanks

In article , Borg
scribeth thus
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So I'm
looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a smallish
flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality sound.

Also a decent Freesat HD with the option to plug in a hard drive to record.

I'm on incapacity at the moment so I'm not looking for top of the range
expensive kit. More VFM.

Thanks

Why not go for a decent pair of phones?. Some very good ones can be had for
around a 100 quid . As loud as you like no grief to the neighbours etc..

... Bit over that amount but these are superb

http://www.richersounds.com/product/...595/senn-hd595
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Tony Sayer

"Borg" wrote in message
...
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So I'm
looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a smallish
flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality sound.

Does your TV have external speaker sockets, in which case what will they
drive?

Most TVs have a headphone socket and phono outputs (low level) at the most.

These would require an amplifier as well as speakers.

Do you have a decent audio system for CDs &c.? If so, you could use that, if
the speakers are positioned either side of the TV.

--
Max Demian

On 20/04/2010 01:52, Borg wrote:
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So I'm
looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a smallish
flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality sound.


Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - 30W RMS
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/175418 - £40.74 inc VAT.

Pretty good clear sounding speaker set, sounds more HiFi than PC gaming
- definitely VFM!

--
Adrian C

Max Demian wrote:
"Borg" wrote in message
...
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So I'm
looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a smallish
flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality sound.

Does your TV have external speaker sockets, in which case what will they
drive?

Most TVs have a headphone socket and phono outputs (low level) at the most.

These would require an amplifier as well as speakers.

Do you have a decent audio system for CDs &c.? If so, you could use that, if
the speakers are positioned either side of the TV.



No stereo or music centre

I seem to have the standard red and white audio out jacks.

Borg wrote:
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So
I'm looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a
smallish flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality
sound.
Also a decent Freesat HD with the option to plug in a hard drive to
record.
I'm on incapacity at the moment so I'm not looking for top of the
range expensive kit. More VFM.

Thanks

Well, as you're on long-term sick leave and incapacity I didn't know if this
might be a bit pricey but then saw what the others were suggesting so I
thought I might as well throw in my tuppence-worth )

Just got these wireless speakers last week and they're brilliant
http://tinyurl.com/y49xs6f (link goes to dabs.com).

John wrote:
Borg wrote:
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So
I'm looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a
smallish flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality
sound.
Also a decent Freesat HD with the option to plug in a hard drive to
record.
I'm on incapacity at the moment so I'm not looking for top of the
range expensive kit. More VFM.

Thanks

Well, as you're on long-term sick leave and incapacity I didn't know if this
might be a bit pricey but then saw what the others were suggesting so I
thought I might as well throw in my tuppence-worth )

Just got these wireless speakers last week and they're brilliant
http://tinyurl.com/y49xs6f (link goes to dabs.com).




There interesting. I wonder if they would work as extended speakers.

Thanks

In article , Borg
writes
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So I'm
looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a smallish
flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality sound.

Also a decent Freesat HD with the option to plug in a hard drive to record.

I'm on incapacity at the moment so I'm not looking for top of the range
expensive kit. More VFM.

One of the pros on here has recommended these in the past:

http://cpc.farnell.com/pulse/pls0016...ack/dp/LS03357


Here's the post with more info:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk....8519300cc32f50

Although there's a volume control on the speakers, you'd need to make
sure that the volume level of the signal feeding the phono inputs varied
with the telly volume (the phono outputs on my telly do, others may
not).
--
fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

In message , Adrian C
writes
On 20/04/2010 01:52, Borg wrote:
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So I'm
looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a smallish
flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality sound.


Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - 30W RMS
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/175418 - £40.74 inc VAT.

Pretty good clear sounding speaker set, sounds more HiFi than PC gaming
- definitely VFM!

Spot the difference.

http://tinyurl.com/eBay-Logitech-Z323
--
Ian

fred wrote:
In article , Borg
writes
OK due to a health issue I'll be stuck indoors for a long while. So I'm
looking for some speakers to hook up to my Panasonic TV , Its a smallish
flat so Albert Hall loudness is not needed just nice quality sound.

Also a decent Freesat HD with the option to plug in a hard drive to
record.

I'm on incapacity at the moment so I'm not looking for top of the range
expensive kit. More VFM.

One of the pros on here has recommended these in the past:

http://cpc.farnell.com/pulse/pls0016...ack/dp/LS03357



Here's the post with more info:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk....8519300cc32f50

Although there's a volume control on the speakers, you'd need to make
sure that the volume level of the signal feeding the phono inputs varied
with the telly volume (the phono outputs on my telly do, others may not).


Have these got an amp built in then ?