Nice stuff matey and i can see you like your Sony kit,Keff system only uses 2 speakers and gives a superb sound as if using 5.

To be totally honest i can not be doing with 5 or 7 speakers all around the house with cable everywhere,its like spaghetti junction behind my tv as it is.

The Bose system only uses one but £1200 is a little on the pricey side but i guess you get what you pay for and the Bose system Iphone/ipod touch system we bought from comet for around £200 produces a fantastic sound.

Not sure on the £1200 system because im not convinced it has all the connections i need but there is another one called a lifestyle 135 which looks right up my street.

the Bose system Iphone/ipod touch system we bought from comet for around £200 produces a fantastic sound.

We bought the same system (I think) from John Lewis for Christmas. Fantastic sound and unbelievable volume and clarity for such a small unit. For some reason JL are selling the black one at £169 and the silver one at £199. not sure why but they assured me they were the same product.

As for the Sony unit, I bought it purely on the premise that it was as good as the competition for someone who wasn't a hardcore audiophile, whilst looking neat by hiding all the buttons behind a drop down fascia. I certainly don't know much about cinema sound systems, but I watched District 9 on Blu Ray on Saturday and loved every minute of it. The neighbours probably didn't! I'm not a base merchant by any means, in fact other people's blasting bass really bugs me. But for movies I love the heavy building rumbles.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Bose will sound fantastic. But I probably don't associate the specific clarity of sound with movies and gaming as I do with my music, and they are a lot of money. Have you looked at the new wireless surround set ups for that type of money? No speaker wires in sight and more than adequate for front room cinema systems. Mind you, I assume you would need power outlets for each speaker which could be just as messy.

Edit: These could do the trick maybe? Says they are compatible with the lifestyle systems.

Edited by mrnelster (Tue 03-Jan-12 08:11:22)

I have a Logitech wireless surround system for my living room, it's great as you don't have the issue of the wires then and the sub woofer is out of this world so it's ideal for my bass heavy music. My sister has just bought a soundbar and that seems really good too, tempted to get one for my bedroom as don't want to really put 5 speakers around the room up there but like the idea of surround sound.

Supreme Commander 2? I got that last year and it was... ok. It wasn't bad - just a bit samey really.

Did you ever play Sins of a Solar Empire? That is a good RTS

I got it before Christmas but as an early christmas present I got me one of these:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-iiyama-prolite-e27...

I actually got it from Scan for £20 cheaper than it is now which is nice to see.

Bought a few games in the Steam sale which will keep me busy:

LA Noire
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dead Space + 2
Assassin's Creed + 2 + brotherhood.
AI War: Fleet Command (seems a little complicated but will try more this evening I guess).


P.S. Scout helicopter + laser painter + guided missles (can lock onto ground AND air targets) = me being a 1 man death machine!

Never joining you through battlelog ever again in that case unless I get an invite.

Sorry Starcraft 2, Supcom was ok for me, Supcom 2 demo didn't seem that exciting. Played Sins when it first came out but the AI massacred me and put me off.

Ah yea, I have Starcraft too - I like it a lot - not played online though lol. Screwed up my first play through upgrading [censored] units that I then didn't use but played through again and ended up with the most badass battlecruisers going

Yeah i was actually thinking of a wireless sound system but im not convinced that there would be any sound problems streaming sound through wireless.

Need to go to some shops and look around and i was going to go into Best Buy in merryhill shopping complex but that plan went out the window when there new Super store opened only about 8 months ago is closing down like all the rest of the best Buy outlets.

Shame because they had a lot of technical stuff in that shop and i actually purchased my Imac from there.

Problem with both the Bose systems i mentioned is they are only sold through Bose outlets and they are far and few between and quite a few miles from where i live.

I did go to the website and clicked on the store locator for the items and there was a Bose Store some 30 miles away,suppose to sell the product but when i checked there shop details the items im interested in were not there even when i searched the site and put both the product details in.

To be honest when i see something i like then find it a complete pain trying to find a shop that actually sells it then it kind of puts me of.

Also like the idea of streaming music around the house from my Imac or some other set up so i am in the market for something that does that.............Any ideas ?

Edited by time2die (Wed 04-Jan-12 00:24:08)

Mobile site link from iPhone:

http://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/home-and-personal-audio/...

Mail them a question from the Bose UK site and they will tell you if you can link the iMac to it. Would have thought so.