Need some help with audio/speaker systems

Ok, so currently I have a old sony analog receiver with 8 large analog speakers. They sound nice and all, but with the newer ps4 and other hardware I am getting, I would love to upgrade my speaker system on the cheap. As In, not $300 or more. (I am getting married after all lol) The ps4 only has an optical audio for speaker output. The ps3 has a analog output for speakers and then I had it hooked to hdmi for my tv. I know they have adapters for optical to rca but I figured I might just as well get a new speaker system.


I am having a absolutely terrible time trying to find what I am looking for. Amazon, newegg, and monoprice do not seem to have what I want.

Hopefully you guys can help me out here.

Here is what I want:

NO soundbars
NO dvd/bluray player combo speaker systems.

That was the only crap I could find, which is why I am asking for help.

What I want: (keep in mind I know barely anything about audio so maybe what I want is impossible)

- A digital Optical speaker system with (a receiver i think?) that has 2 or 3 optical inputs. Don't laugh cause I do not know, but maybe also have 1 rca input there as well would be nice. (I don't know if that is possible)
- At least 4 speakers
- A subwoofer would be nice but not mandatory.
- Price up to $250. I can do $300 but would prefer not to. Keep in mind this is my first digital system, so it will probably blow me away no matter how cheapo it is.
- Reliable/decent quality.
- 5.1 surround sound? It sounds like this is what I want but I don't know what all this stuff means.
- Wires are completely fine, I actually would prefer wired over wireless. (I have the office cord floor hiders.)
- It does not have to be new. I would be fine with a nice refurbished or gently used item.


Is this possible? Thanks for your time.

Edit: Forgot to mention I did find a $150 RCA system at walmart that has almost everything I wanted but it had only 3 speakers. (3 star avg reviews though), but I wanted to see a lot more options then just buying the first one I see.

I'm no sound expert by a loooooog shot but I have two of these and they work great. To me they sound better than Bose.

Amazon.com: Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX Certified Computer Speaker System (Black): Electronics

How's the receiver search going or did you not want to update it :/
Seems that is your handicap besides funds ?
I got a Yamaha RX-V471 still don't know how to hook the bugger up

Thanks guys. Jack those speakers are stereo jack only, not digital optical. Thank you though. Thrashzone I have to update my current receiver as it is analog, and only accepts rca. I want digital optical.

Yea just stating the obvious handicap

haha ya.

Thats the other thing I am dumb with and do not understand. Could I just buy the receiver I want and hook speakers up to it and do it that way? But I do not have any digital speakers I don't think. Or is there no difference and only the receiver matters? I don't know lol. I know how to use and set up my old speaker system quite well, (I even did custom wiring) but this is my first take at digital with audio.

I feel dumb lol I do not understand any of this. I tried searching on google and reading up on it. It just seems like there is conflicting info.

Yea
You may have motivated me a bit to look into mine a bit,
Very complicated devices
But yes I made sure mine accepted 2 wire speakers
Adapters are pretty cheap at radio shack
It's basically the same concept just a rca connector,
Signal will make or break it so if your receiver is still good it should work fine just not great,
Cheers.

You might want to rattle fireberd. cage. He is the sound person.

I remember what was my hold up not enough hdmi cables

I was asked by the thread starter to comment on this. I don't have a surround sound so I can't really help. Sorry.