Hi all, plan to buy home speaker for my LG TV.

I am looking at Samsung HW-Q60R soundbar, tested it and feel like not to the extend as a lower price of 5.1ch home theater system did.

Is there any recommendation for 5.1ch home theater system with budget below 2k?

Mainly for music and movie purpose, not a very high end user also.

Thanks.

What are your other speakers and how big is your room?

Unfortunately, you have to also cover your dining and kitchen area because sound travels as far until it hits the next boundary and then reflects back. So since there are no walls between your kitchen, dining and living area, the next wall is basically the back of the house - assuming nothing is behind your kitchen after that.

Returning to your question, the most important speaker to amplify in a multi channel setup is the Center channel, followed by the Left and Right mains. Preferably, you'd want at least a 3 channel amp. A good one that doesn't break the bank is the Emotiva XPA 3 Gen3. If you have deeper pockets, then there's a whole slew of multi channel amps that you can choose from like Parasound, Rotel, McIntosh, and so on.

You can use pro amps from Crown too, but as far as I'm concern - it's not optimal. Reason being pro amps usually have a very high input voltage, most receivers only has 2v out from their pre-outs and even then they start clipping at around 1.5v. So buying pro amps and not being to utilize the full range of its power is kind of like a waste of money (although they are much cheaper than mainstream amps). Furthermore, pro amps usually use XLR as their inputs and your 5011 doesn't have that. You could use a converter but that means you're driving up noise level even higher.

I don't like to beat around the bush. I tell you like it is. Harsh? Well, no offense but grow a pair please.

Yeah, KEF uses their own design of coaxial drivers. The design of coax drivers allows for wide speaker off-axis response, which is what translates to a "wide sweet spot" as you heard. The downside is that the treble response can be a little too bright for some people, but you seem to enjoy that kind of sound so looks like it's a boon to you.

You may check out the Wharfedale Evo series of speakers. Been really impressed with these speakers recently, really enjoy listening to them. Pretty well priced too, not much more expensive than a full set of Qx50 KEFs.
For now, get your room done with the basics first as was already mentioned. Choose your sofa(s), choose your wall color and any theme you'd like to go with in your room, get the lights done. The room acoustics part, well without a picture of your room, it is very difficult to say where to put what and how you should sit or orient your setup. I don't even know the size of your room.
When someone says something as absurd as this:
It should tell you to stop listening to the guy. Power cables will change the sound? Yeah uh huh. Sure. Pigs will also grow wings one day, it's just not their time for evolution yet. 

You may want to try Klipsch speakers too then.

Your room is on the small side, so placement of your sub is going to be critical. Will definitely need some heavy bass traps as well, pretty sure you're going to run into pretty significant room modes.
Actually I have a pair of Wharfedale Evo 4.2s. Bought it for my wife, put it in the bedroom as she wanted some good speakers for her music.

Yeah I bought my pair from Style Laser on discount few months ago during MCO.

I just want a HT room that is cozy with good sound and good visuals.

I do not think TGV or GSC style is good at all their sound is usually suck.
OHH. Ok thanks for the good explanation. So that's what the UMIK1 is use for that I read about when using minidsp? Right now I have already told my electrician to pull the wires, maybe next week contractor for ceiling will come to redo the ceiling.

My option so far for set up is

- KEF Q350 bookshelf (or should I get the tower version?)
- KEF Q650c center
- KEF Q800 dipole surround
- KEF in ceiling C130 atmos

I am getting from this shop call hoe huat. For receiver I have not decide, but they keep recommending me pioneer for some reason?

I not yet decide on sub. Not yet went and audition SVS. Someone also PM me to check out Rythmik and Starke subwoofers. You heard of them?

this set is quite expensive yo. but still a 2.5 way. not much diff than common floorstand.
wharfrdale evo is 3 way & ribbon will bring totally diff level to ur audio world

unless u have listen tannoy set before & really aim for it. then answer appear from ur heart

1 more point to consider is 8" not easy to push (perfectly), room size too

The Evo 4.2 is a more refined speaker than the Tannoy XT8, excluding bass presentation. But if you have subs, that's really a non issue.

go demo tannoy if seller allow

terus give up. no demo no buy

nowdays very worry penipu scammer case

beginning u mention good offer tannoy used set.
later become new in box unable demo. very suspicious

I almost never demo when buying. Just to have trust yourself sometimes. I had never regret it

Based on my own liking. I bought 2 pair of speakers so far without audition it. Listen to your heart

When I pay for something, first I will consider the purpose. This case, I want the speaker to be use for music and second in home theater. So it has to be a big enough speaker stereo that don’t require sub. Than will be aesthetic, need to have some matching to my room and the rest of the setup. Than comes the sound which is subjective. I like British sound that is why I don’t mind brand like KEF, monitor audio, q-acoustics, B&W. Most of them will be close enough. Review or not is just more of fun fact for me to find out

Hello, for 13k budget is there any better value of soundbar/surround sound system than sennheiser ambeo? Tq

Recently tested the ambeo at gardens, for what it is, to me the sound coming out of it is really good already. Actually i don't have the space to setting up proper ATMOS experience so maybe this is the one I'd buy for the time being. Thank you for the insight guys 👌🏻

For 13k, I would do:

- Wharfedale Evo 4.2 (pair)
- Wharfedale Evo 4.C (the 3 way version, WTMW design, NOT the MTM model)
- SVS PB3000 sub (or dual SB2000 Pro if you don't have the space and you're not willing to get another PB3000 down the line)
- Whatever left over change for the surrounds and in-ceiling speakers.

If you have to include a receiver within the 13k budget, I'd say go with the cheaper 2000 series subs from SVS (ported or sealed up to you), in fact get it second hand even.

The Starke Sound Echo is actually decent, but they're all still small satellite speakers. Still produces the same issue as the SVS prime satellite set, those satellites simply cannot go below 100hz. I had the SVS prime sats for a while too, they were okay but nothing amazing. But for about RM5k, they were of decent value though.