A surprise combination
I needed to put together a simple sound system so that I could listen to music and watch movies on a flat LCD screen.
So I scrounged around my storeroom and found these "old" equipment that had since been replaced by newer ones in my home. They were still in pretty good condition:
1) Denon 3810 AVR
2) Mordaunt-Short CS-1 surround speakers
I did buy a new Wharfedale Power Cube PS8 subwoofer (8", downward firing) and an Audiolab 8000CDE CD player.
What surprised me was the sound the above system produced. Clear, powerful and sweet! I sure didn't expect the little Mordaunt-Short bookshelf speakers to sound so good; they were surround speakers used in my previous home theatre setup. What they lacked in the low frequencies were made up for by the sub.
Here is a picture of the simple setup.
No, choose the link with .jpg on the end of it, you're posting a picture, so you need to link to a picture, not a webpage.
hmm...let me try again...
The_Lhc, thanks for the pointer!
Sorry, made some mistakes in listing the equipment model.
1) the AV amp is a AVC 2530, not the AVR 3810. Never owned a 3810. It was an AVR 3802 that I accidentally sold away.
2) the subwoofer is the Wharfedale SW-100 8" downward firing, not the PC-8.
Information provided for sharing product experience:
Denon 4810AVR | Mordaunt-Short speakers | B&W 685 on STAV24 | Audiolab 8200DQ:8200P:8000CDE | Marantz CD5001 | Pioneer BDP-120 | Panasonic DMP-BDT320 | DNM speaker cables