basic stereo setup?

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Hello !

What all have you heard ?
What have you 'liked' so far ?
Do you a preference ?
Kind of 'sound' ?
Looks of Speaker ? WAF i.e.
Room Size ?
Some details if provided, would help me & some senior members to assist & guide.
Where are you based ? City i.e. So auditions could be arranged, either at members house or @ audio stores - shops.

All the Best !

Try to audition one of these:
http://www.sonodyne.com/Studio%20SM-50A.html
http://www.sonodyne.com/Studio%20SM-100AK.htm

I have heard one of these recently, dont remember which one but I was pretty impressed with the sound one got for the money. A pretty matured sound compared to its entry level pricing. It is from their Studio line active speaker so amplification is in-built. Did not sound dry, boring or forward as associated with many studio gears, instead was pretty smooth, clean and laidback. The one that I heard was about 32k. Hope this helps.

anirvan schrieb:

Hi Guys, I am looking to assemble a basic stereo setup a integrated stereo amp- something like a NAD 315 or a Marantz and a pair of speakers. It would be great if I can wrap under 35k+- Need suggestions and advice. Anirvan

1> Budget?
2> Music Interests ?
3> Room size ?
4>location ?
5> Comfort level towards buying a Pre-Owned gear ?
6>any future plans for HT ?

Madhav-budgets around 30k+-
music is going to be mostly indian-
ghazals, classic, indian fusion ..
room size 14ftx14ft not purely a music room.
location -bangalore
Primarily looking for a stereo setup so not looking at a HT option
and can look into preowned stuff

bhagwan-all this while have heard denon+kef at profx
marantz + wharfedale , HK+jamo .. NAD + i think wharfedale some time back

abhi - shall look into the sonodyne gear soon- thx

thanks
Anirvan

Dude, considering what your room dimensions and taste in music are, I am going to give you the most non audiophile suggestion.
Your 14x14 room will sing at 80Hz and its 2xy2/3/4 etc frequencies(harmonics). Bad for any bookshelf type setup too.
Go get yourself a BOSE CineMate Series II Digital Home Theatre Speaker System. All you need to do is add a source, as the set even allows you volume control. Forget what everybody says, this set is really good and the best product BOSE has ever made according to me. Spread the sats 8 o 9 feet apart on the wall and absorb all back wall reflections by treating it with fabric covered 2in thick polyester fiber between the speakers, this will give you a deeper sound stage.
The only minor downside is that it is a single source setup, which if you can adjust to, then you are home and dry.
Deaf

Hi Abhi,
Went to check out sonodyne at forum but sadly thats shut.
Also gotto know that they are launching a new stereo amp SiA 208R
by end aug.
lets wait and see.
cheers
Anirvan

Anirvan, within your budget I do not think any other Sonodyne will beat their Active speakers. In fact they are hard to beat in general. I do not have idea about the recent entries but Norge and Lithos are two other brands that comes to my mind when it comes to high cost to performance ratio.

abhi.pani schrieb:

Anirvan, within your budget I do not think any other Sonodyne will beat their Active speakers. In fact they are hard to beat in general. I do not have idea about the recent entries but Norge and Lithos are two other brands that comes to my mind when it comes to high cost to performance ratio.

Abhi,
I *think* you mean high performance to cost ratio?? otherwise you'd be sending the fellow off on an out-of-budget chase!

bombaywalla schrieb:

abhi.pani schrieb: Anirvan, within your budget I do not think any other Sonodyne will beat their Active speakers. In fact they are hard to beat in general. I do not have idea about the recent entries but Norge and Lithos are two other brands that comes to my mind when it comes to high cost to performance ratio. Abhi, I *think* you mean high performance to cost ratio?? otherwise you'd be sending the fellow off on an out-of-budget chase! :D

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