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I'm preparing myself to buy Audio system for my TV. It will be used to listen music (pop, rock and alike), watching SD TV, watching HDTV and some Blue-ray movies. I'm looking into buying 6.1 system:

  • BD-S1067 (BlueRay)
  • RX-V2067 (amp)
  • NS777 or NS555 x 2 (Fronts)
  • NS333 or NS555 or NS777 x 2 (Backs)
  • NSC444 x2 (center front, center back)
  • YST-RSW300 (subwoofer)

I was thinking to buy same speakers for Back as Fronts due to not much place to put them. It seems easier for me to put 2 big NS777 in the back next to the couch (so i know they will stand still and won't be moved) then to put NS333 small ones on the floor that I will most likely kick by accident every now and then. I don't have much place to put the Back Speakers (NS333 I guess I could attach to the wall but it wouldn't be pretty) so that's why it seems reasonable to me to put exactly same speakers for front and back.

This audio system has to look nice and compose nicely with each other hence the Yamaha choice. The system is around 10000zł which is 2500euro or 3300$. Is this a good choice? Could it be better?

Also the system seems to support bi-wiring but HIFI guy from shop said that I won't notice any difference if I buy normal 2 x 1,5 mm^2 for backs and 2 x 2,5 mm^2 for fronts?

Room looks like this:

My room

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hi MadBoy, you may find some people here who will try to help you, but this site is intended for questions about recording audio, rather than home hi-fi setups. – Mark Heath May 5 '11 at 18:58
I understand but I tried to find related stack site for few minutes and failed to find appropriate one. Seemed like best place to ask for Audio questions. There's no Hifi specialist website. I've been using stack for ages now and thought it would be good idea to try it here too. – MadBoy May 5 '11 at 19:07
As Mark pointed out this question is off-topic here. – BenV Jun 6 '11 at 13:40

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I can't comment on the components you've listed, but I will say that the best thing you can do to decide between them is go to a HiFi shop and get a demo where you can listen to your own music and make up your own mind.

From my experience buying a HiFi I went to a shop and had a listen to several different makes of loudspeaker before I decided on the one I liked the sound of most, and it wasn't the most expensive. The shop should be able to switch seamlessly between speakers in order to let you compare them, and it's amazing what differences you will hear.

I don't know what HiFi shops are like in Poland but in the UK the ones I have been to have been staffed by people who are interested in HiFis and can offer advice as to which systems work well, knowing that if they are helpful and you are pleased with the system you end up with you are likely to go back to them in the future.

Regarding your point about attaching to the wall not being pretty I've helped a friend install his HiFi and we wall mounted the speakers (because he's got 2 young children and he didn't want to worry about them pulling speaker stands over) and to make it as neat as possible we used some d line trunking to hide all the wires. In another house where I've seen a 5.1 HiFi set up all the speaker wires were chased into the walls which meant there was no cabling visible anywhere.

Another thing to consider is the room acoustics - but that's an area I know nothing about.

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