Teufel Concept E 400 and Decoder Station 5 Comments

I'm confused about the price... the article mentions £283 but the price at the top shows £437.00 (Inc VAT). Have I missed something?

The latter price seems a little on the steep side when it doesn't do HD audio decoding on-board.

I'm assuming the price TR are quoting is for the speaker package along with the Decoderstation 5. So £283 + £154 = £437

From page 2 of the review:

"Teufel sent the new Decoderstation 5 along with the Concept E 400s, which will set you back an additional £154, although if you didn't need quite so many inputs, you could go for the older Decoderstation 3 for £111 instead."

@Jordan Russell

It's £283 for speakers AND £154 for decoder station.


I'm in a market now for new pair of high quality speakers for my computer, i thought about amp and bookshelf monitors, maybe then this is a better option? I've looked at Teufel website and they rock! TR Crew puhhleease give me advice. Local DENON dealer adviced me to grab a £1000 set of B&W CM1's and PM700ae amp, but isn't that an overkill to plug this magnificent speakers to a computer?

Thanks in advance.

@Jordan, from the article I gathered that the lower price is for the speakers+sub only, then you have to add in the cost for the decoder station, hence the higher price.

how does this compare to the Sony HTI-S100, i see that is only £379.99 at play and has wireless speakers...

Does anyone know how this one performs particularly with music?

Will the Motiv 5 Digital 5.1 loudspeaker set be better then this model?

OMG the stupid Panasonic Ad is getting in the way of reading the review!

So, the question is though, which Blu-ray deck would be the best paired with it? Philips BDP7300 Blu-ray Player (http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-cinema/review/2009/06/25/Philips-BDP7300-Blu-ray-Player/p3), Samsung BD-P3600 (http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-cinema/review/2009/05/03/Samsung-BD-P3600-Blu-ray-Player/p1), or the Panasonic DMP-BD60 (http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-cinema/review/2009/03/12/Panasonic-DMP-BD60-Blu-ray-Player/p4)?

As mentioned in the article these speakers won't decode the new HD audio sound tracks and I think all these players will internally. But is it possible to get any of these players to output the HD audio to the speakers in a format/and connection it will recognise.

@Randy - I'm confused as to why you're comparing an expensive stereo set-up to a relatively much cheaper surround set-up? Surely a more reasonable stereo equivalent would be something like a pair of Audioengine A5s? Is music your main priority or is it games/movies? If it's the former then I'd just get the A5s. I've auditioned a pair and they sound excellent with music. If it's the latter then these would seem to fit the bill.

@KevinB - Blu-ray players with 5.1 analogue outputs simply decode the HD audio soundtracks and send the decoded signal out through 6 phono cables (3 pairs). You just connect these to the 5.1 inputs on the decoder and voilà: HD audio.

I have what is probably a pretty simple question to answer (but it's been a long day). If I wanted to get True HD out of this system via a PS3 exactly what cabling would I choose. I understand a little bit about choosing linear PCM but would I simply use an optical lead from the PS3 to the decoder box?
If it does what I think it can then I'll glady give Tefel my hard earned shekels.