'Ola, ran a few searches about this but to no avail.
For the last few years, I've been running one of those all-in-one 5.1 kits, which has served admirably, and migrated to my HDTV setup.
The problem is, I don't see how I can upgrade from here, as frankly I know sweet FA about amps/recievers (especially enbarassing considering I studied cybernetics for 3 years :S)
Basically, at the minute I'm rocking:
-Acoustic Solutions Surround Kit (Not sure of the model, but it's beech, has a sub with built-in DTS/Pro-Logic II decoder, has 5 speaker outs, a stero RCA in and an optical in).
-Samsung LE26R14B HDTV
-XBOX 360
-Nintendo Wii
-Sony PS2 Slimline
-iPod Dock Connector
That's at home, here in Halls the Speaker Kit's at home.
Generally, I want to run everything into a control centre so I'm not endlessly swapping component video and optical leads around every time I want to change system. I bought one of those Joytech ones, but it rapesthe signal form the Wii.
The other thing I want to do is make my sytem more modular, moving away from the all-in-one kit to something I can upgrade piecewise as I choose. The main reason for this atm is so I can run a 2.1 system in Halls, where space is a bit limited.
From my meagre understanding, I need 2 speakers and a sub (obviously) and then a reciever/amp/decoder of some sort, preferably one that can handle THX as sound's pretty important to me, if possible this would be able to decode 2.1/5.1/7.1 as well so I could use it back home on my full kit. Being able to take 3-4 component/optical inputs and feed them all into one TV output would be nice as well.
In short, what do I need? Preferably as cheap as possible without being unreliable, though I can keep an open mind on price.
Cheers.
For the last few years, I've been running one of those all-in-one 5.1 kits, which has served admirably, and migrated to my HDTV setup.
The problem is, I don't see how I can upgrade from here, as frankly I know sweet FA about amps/recievers (especially enbarassing considering I studied cybernetics for 3 years :S)
Basically, at the minute I'm rocking:
-Acoustic Solutions Surround Kit (Not sure of the model, but it's beech, has a sub with built-in DTS/Pro-Logic II decoder, has 5 speaker outs, a stero RCA in and an optical in).
-Samsung LE26R14B HDTV
-XBOX 360
-Nintendo Wii
-Sony PS2 Slimline
-iPod Dock Connector
That's at home, here in Halls the Speaker Kit's at home.
Generally, I want to run everything into a control centre so I'm not endlessly swapping component video and optical leads around every time I want to change system. I bought one of those Joytech ones, but it rapesthe signal form the Wii.
The other thing I want to do is make my sytem more modular, moving away from the all-in-one kit to something I can upgrade piecewise as I choose. The main reason for this atm is so I can run a 2.1 system in Halls, where space is a bit limited.
From my meagre understanding, I need 2 speakers and a sub (obviously) and then a reciever/amp/decoder of some sort, preferably one that can handle THX as sound's pretty important to me, if possible this would be able to decode 2.1/5.1/7.1 as well so I could use it back home on my full kit. Being able to take 3-4 component/optical inputs and feed them all into one TV output would be nice as well.
In short, what do I need? Preferably as cheap as possible without being unreliable, though I can keep an open mind on price.
Cheers.