Hello everyone!

I've been thinking of setting up a 2.1 system for my Dad but I don't have any experience with that so any advice will be really helpful

Due to budget constraints (~USD $1200), I am looking at a 2.1 system that can also be used for home theater although I would prefer the system to be geared more towards music listening esp. vocals, jazz, instrumentals.


Some questions I have include:

What components would I need? Especially if most of my music is on CDs or mp3s. Would love to have more FLAC files but they are real difficult to obtain. I also normally watch .avi or .mp4 movies for home theater. From what I have read, it seems I'll need a player, an amp, speakers - is that it?

I currently have the Electro-voice Lotus ES225A Karaoke Mixer/Amp + Speakers leftover from a relative and I'm not sure if they're any good.

My living room is more squarish than rectangular, and its area is roughly 12 - 13 sq metres. However it opens up to the dining area to form a total of about 25 sq metres. Since it has to double up as a HT system, the speakers will have to be in line with the TV (the wall to wall distance from my couch to TV is about 3.3m) so whether I have enough space for speaker placement will be an important consideration too.

The Magnepan MMGs have really caught my eye although they aren't a must!



P.S. Sorry for riding on your thread spk984, but due to the post limiter, I've been unable to create a thread