Speakers under 30K for Onkyo 503

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ADM
Neuling

#1 erstellt: 26. Sep 2005, 15:29

Hi Folks,

This is my first post here,But I have been following the posts on this alias for some time now and find that this is a very knowledgeable bunch that I am talking to!

I need your help in building a home theater on a tight budget. I already have the following:
--Onkyo TX-SR 503 7.1 AV receiver - which I bought from the US.(75 W RMS per channel)
--Sony ns50p DVD player -bought locally recently.

I live in Chennai and I am trying to buy speakers
from here. I have set myself a budget of 25-30k for procuring 5 speakers and a Sub.

I visited Audio people where I thought mordaunt short were good, klipsh was ok. But could not find 5 speakers and a sub within my budget.

I visited Pro-FX who stock polk audio,they did not have RM6750 in stock which was in my budget. but later I read reviews about it which were not so great.so dont plan to audition it.

Pro-musicals in chennai had Wharfedales , I took my receiver along and auditioned the Moviestar 70+ which I rather liked. The music sounded natural and the movie effects were quite good. The only missing aspect was that the Sub does not pack a heavy punch.

Never the less I am almost made up on the wharfedales,and I have read very good reviews about them. What I would like to know is are there any better speaker packages that I am missing out on which are inside of my budget. how do the homegrown brands like Sonodyne, Torvin, Pulz etc. and any other non indian brands compare with the wharfedales ?

One more thing is I might be relocating within India within the metros.I want good service support which buys me piece of mind.

Also do suggest if i should go for floors/bookshelves and a Sub first and then buy rears later.Is matching the components that way a trickly issue ?

Some thing about my tastes : Movies:Music - 70:30. I Like Dire Straits, Eagles,Bon Jovi,Aerosmith Kishore Kumar and some indi pop.

-ADM

abhi.pani
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#2 erstellt: 27. Sep 2005, 12:19

Your tastes matches mine....

BTW if you wanna go for floors + sub now and rears later, its always a good idea but you got to see if you get them in your budget. A decent sub would be around 12k (Sonodyne has a good one). Then the rest you can spend on floors.
Wharfdale, Polk, Mission, Sonodyne, Kef Coda/cresta are all in the range of 17k - 22k. You can check them out.

If you want to go for an HT package, Moviestar is a good one and apart from that you can check out Sonodyne Genie package. Its a very good HT package (around 30k only for 5 sats and a Sub).

SNV
Stammgast

#3 erstellt: 28. Sep 2005, 13:27

Hi there,

The best and a no compromise way to go about is to opt for
floorstanders, which would perform far better than the
sat/subs. Just go for good floorstanders now and at a later
stage as and when you wish to upgrade opt for center and
rears. Some floorstanders i would recommend :
mission m73i at 17k, monitor audio at 29k, tannoy f4 at 35k.
For music applications, you wont need the sub. Just add on
when you can.

regards

ADM
Neuling

#4 erstellt: 29. Sep 2005, 07:37

Hi Folks,

Thanks for the suggestions . BTW , I went ahead and picked up the Wharfedale moviestar 70+ , It seemed to be the best deal for watching movies with all the effects right away and also good with music too, I have hooked it all up. the speaker placement is not fully done though and they are just lying on some stools around the TV and furniture. But I am still enjoying the sound that comes from the entire system.( Dire Straits live 'your latest trick' sounded quite good esp. the saxophone )

I have deferred the idea of picking up floors for now , But do plan to do that in a few months time. my plan is to replace the existing front sats with floors and make the front sats as surround back speakers . May be they will be a pair of wharfedales or Monitors as suggested.

Meanwhile I need some help with the crossover settings. The crossover settings in my av receiver can be set till 150.
There is also a crossover setting on the Sub which I have set to midway as per the manual as initial setting. I want to understand some funda on what exactly I am doing by tuning both these settings and how to get the best out of it.

-ADM

gbharani
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#5 erstellt: 29. Sep 2005, 10:01

Good Buy ADM. Where did you pick up the moviestar (i guess pro music)... how much did they cost. also which sub did you buy...

diskspinner
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#6 erstellt: 29. Sep 2005, 10:38

Moviestar 70+ comes with a sub...so I guess he did not buy an additional sub.

gbharani
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#7 erstellt: 29. Sep 2005, 11:19

ok.. i did not know it was a package... how much does it cost anyway...

diskspinner
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#8 erstellt: 29. Sep 2005, 11:33

Around 29k for 5 speakers & a sub. Can be cheaper by 2-3k...

ADM
Neuling

#9 erstellt: 29. Sep 2005, 13:20

HI gbharani,

List price was 30500 I got it for 29K could not get it for cheaper than that,though I tried :-( and yes SUB is included - its a 100W SUB.

-ADM

gbharani
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#10 erstellt: 30. Sep 2005, 03:27

cool.... its around 26K abroad... so the price is not too bad.. how do you rate... if you can put in a small review on how you find it. have u played 2 channel music on it ?