Just after Christmas I bought myself a BluRay player and had been really enjoying the immense picture quality. It made me want more. The next thing, I thought, would be to get the best standard of sound available. So I started doing some research into home cinema systems. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I realised that I had to get myself a 5.1 speaker package and also an amplifier to decode the digital signal from my BluRay into 5.1. I went to richer sounds and bought the Yamaha RX-V365 (see above) and went for Yamaha Speaker set up too (NSP-270).

NS-P270

After about 3 hours of setting up the amp and speakers in my house, I sat back, stuck an episode of Band Of Brothers on and was totally blown away. I had heard surround sound before. But I was fooking amazed at how good my sound was. I totally didn’t realise just how much more of an immersing experience watching a movie is with this get-up. The last few nights I’ve been having a great time surrounding myself with sound. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Since getting the setup I have also connected my PC up to the 5.1 and also my Virgin+ Cable TV box. Amazing!

Wires and Plugs

Which kinda leads me onto my next point. I have everything in my life in one room. DVD, BluRay, TV, PC (and peripherals), Cable TV, Amp, 5.1, Router, Modem, Speakers and a Wii. I’m all out of plugs. I have two wall sockets on the side of my room where everything is. Connected to these sockets are two 1:4 sockets. With another 1:4 connected to one of the 1:4′s. That gives me 11 plug slots. On one of the slots I have a 1:2 adapter giving 12 plugs. Every one is in use as I type this.

My house is going to burn down.