A new series on which I reflect on clearing out things form the past. Tonight it’s home cinema:
Well I should start at the beginning. I was a slow adopter to so called home cinema. In fact I’ve only ever had one attempt at this. The kit came as part of my old Sony 32″ CRT TV. I guess it was a little sweetener to soften the £1199 that it cost (Home Cinema kit was free). The TV has long since gone, but the system still remained – possibly due to fact that the rear speakers were attached to the wall. In its life it had probably been switched on less than 20 times, a few of these accidental when I couldn’t find the Wii plug.
So it’s 2012 and wife comes home with paint (£5 from John Lewis Clearance) and a few ideas about changing the room around. I thought about it and decided the Home Cinema was to go. So with a lick of paint, the holes in the wall have gone – the amplifier and speakers set will so go soon (probably to the British Heart Foundation shop in Acocks Green). In truth the room was never set up for the system correctly – the main left and right speakers had very little separation.
Not too sure if I’ll go down the amp route again, maybe next time something with just a couple of speakers (and maybe a separate bass unit) like one of the Bose multimedia offering (though probably not the Bose system).