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I am looking at purchasing an AV amp to accompany my Pioneer DV444 player and panasonic 32"ws tv. My maximum budget is £500 for speakers and amp. The room I shall be using it in is only about14` by 16`.
Idealy the amp should also incorperate a receiver, have DTS etc, also is Dolby Pro-logic 2 worth considering?
The amps I am currently considering are the Denon AVR-1602 (£299)and the Pioneer VSX-C300 which is designed to accompany the DV444 (£259), although I havn`t been able to find any reports for the pioneer model. I havn`t a clue about what speakers to go for. Is there any systems that might be worth considering? I have seen plenty of reccomendations for the Yamaha VS-10.
Any help/advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Bryn

Hi Bryn

i have been having the same dilemma myself and posted her about it a couple of pages ago. I was looking at the Pioneer 545, the VSX-C300S amp and the V-S50K speaker pack from Pioneer. I have just got a copy of What Hi-Fi sound and vision and there is a letter there asking the same thing about the amp but I cant find any reviews myself but they might be reviewing it shortly

I think I`ve changed my mind though on the player and the amp and am now going for the Marantz SR4200 or SR5200 and the 4100 OSE player.

The SR4200 gets a cracking review in What Hifi and gets Best Buy award. Definitely worth looking at and can be found here:
www.homecinemaheaven.com for £279.99

But back to pioneer.....
I have a similar sized room and was looking at the pioneer S-V50K speakers as they are fairly discrete.

You can buy the av package of pioneer amp and speakers from the above site for £449.99 leaving you a bit out of your budget. Listed in AV packages as Pioneer superslim. Justin who runs the place is a regular on
www.thedvdforums.com and like westy or clayts he is also great at helping and responding to queries. (sorry westy and clayts - not meaning to step on your toes) If you check their bargain forum it also also special deals for forum members.

If you decide to go seperately you could also try www.avland.co.uk as they also have some good prices.