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Last month I looked at the Teufel Concept E400 speaker set,
which offered a complete surround sound solution on a budget.
Today I'm looking at a similar system from Onkyo. The Onkyo
HTX-22HD is, in fact a 2.1-channel system, but the optional
SKS11 pack brings it up to full 5.1-channel status, and both
parts of the puzzle still come in at under £400.  The big
difference between this Onkyo system and the Teufel one, is that
there is no need for a separate surround sound processor this
time around. Onkyo has built a pretty feature rich processor
into the active subwoofer. In fact the connection options and
codec support offered by the Onkyo HTX22HD are more impressive
than those seen on the Teufel Decoder Station 5.  The big news
is that the HTX-22HD is equipped to handle the latest lossless
surround sound formats found on Blu-ray discs. Unsurprisingly
that means you'll find some HDMI 1.3 ports at the rear of the
subwoofer - three to be exact, two