To buy or not to buy

5 public posts in this discussion.

Post 1

Okay everyone I owned a speaker set made by Omni and was best speaker system i have ever brought and at the moment there is a brand new speaker system made my omni on bid and it has 5 hours away from finishing i was just wondering does anyone know if this is worth "20 ?

[img]http://www.apus.com.au/speaker/Omni/OMNI_690_2.jpg[/img]

BRAND NEW: OMNI 4500W 5.1CH HOME THEATRE SYSTEM for DVD Player (MA690)

MASSIVE POWER 4500W PMPO 5.1 Surround Sound

Powerful Wooden Subwoofer with LED Volume Display

Dolby Digital AC3, DTS 5.1Ch Surround Sound Ready

Engineered with Ultra-Low Thd for accurate, realistic sound

Audio Iutput (Suitable for)

5.1 CH DVD Player with 6 x RCA output

5.1 CH Audio from PC (optional connection cable required)

5.1 CH from Digital Decoder (optional) which connected with PS/2 or XBOX

Full Features:
OMNI MA690 Home Theatre Audio System
Compatible with 5.1CH DVD Player, PC with 5.1 Ch Audio output, XBOX or PS/2 with optional Decoder
Powerful 4500W P.M.P.O. 5.1 Surround Sound
5.1 channel Control: Front/Surround/Centre/Subwoofer

LED Volume Display
Dolby Digital (AC3), DTS and Dolby Pro-Logic Surround Sound Ready
Engineered with Ultra-Low Thd for accurate, realistic sound

Ported Cabinet For Extened Low Frequency response

Magnetic Shielded

Wooden Finished Satellite Speakers
Wooden Finished Subwoofer with Amplifier

All necessary cables included

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Post 2

My last Omni speaker system

OMNI MA800 PC SPK 5.1CH SURROUND SYSTEM
Specification
5.1ch audio input
5.1ch volume simultaneous adjustment
Center,surround,subwoofer channel level separate adjustment.
Standby /Mute function
Full remote control function
High-quality amplifying IC
Over heat, over current, short-circuit protection
Full magmatic-shielded design
Feature
L,R,C,SL,SR output power: 5Wx5 (RMS, THD=10%, Load=4 Ohms, f=1kHz)
SW output power: 30W (RMS, THD=10%, Load=8 Ohms, f=40Hz)
P.M.P.O.: 800W
Total harmonic distortion of Amplifier :<0.5%(each channel output power=1W)
Amplifier frequency response: L, R, C, SL, SR: 100Hz-20kHz±3dB
SW : 20Hz-200Hz±3dB

What i dont understand is my last 1 was only 800 watt PMPO so id be very tempted to find out what a 4500 watt would sound like LOL..

Post 3

they look crap!

Post 4

I can easily tell you since its power rating in PMPO - which is quite often a way manufacturers try and fake their system is better than it is. It is nowhere near that power rating.

Rule of thumb, if advertised with PMPO - they tell them to go f*ck off.

Also considering it's a 5.1 system for that price, it wont sound good. Probably as good as making your own speaker cone (if that's even humanly possible).
You'd be better off buying a premade 2.1 for that price which will sound infinitely better.

Oh and they used the word powerful. Take away $40 value.

Post 5

When looking at buying speakers you need to look at how many Watts they are RMS.

eg. My 125 Watt RMS sub boots :)