Thanks so much for your reply, its a shame about the reviews as they are what I went on when I purchased the speakers. can you or anyone else recommend any speakers system that would perform a lot better in the £600-800 bracket. I use them for pretty much for only films and tv with occasional gaming and music.
Unfortunately for a good movie experience at the volume you desire, you will have to up your budget.
With VAT, in the UK it makes the cost of goods much more expensive and this drives the junk market.
For true cinema live and the sort of volume that requires will put you in the 2500 to 3000 GBP bracket at least for a 5.1 system, for a modest system you could play at lower but reasonable volume will put you in the 1000 to 2000 GBP bracket.
Modern movies are very demanding of speaker systems, especially the subwoofer.
Another alternative is to purchase a single pair of speakers and then a sub, then a center and then the surrounds.
Another issue is that good subs are very hard, if not impossible, to come by in the UK and Europe generally.
The reason is because of the large number of terraced and semidetached houses, with such a large percentage of the population having shared walls, floors ceilings etc. Good subs in those situations are a recipe for neighbor annoyance, complaints and equipment confiscation. This is why US made subs rule, as apart form apartment (flat) dwellers, detached house are the rule.
This is a package you could look at, but I fear the sub will still not meet your expectations.
This KEF package should be on your short list, as well as the
Q300
I would also put this
Monitor Audio package on your short list.
However when watching movies with extreme bass special effects you are still going to have to curb your enthusiasm somewhat.
To really shake the walls and floor will be well beyond your budget, but all of my picks should give you a good movie experience.
