realactivex
Active Member
Was reeling under a cash crunch. Hence had to abandon my plan of going for separates and ended up with an Onkyo HTS 3200 HTiB. Sadly, this is available in silver colour only.
I am not greatly impressed with this (please dont take me wrong.. it is a very personal opinion and prospective buyers reading this post- please take this comment with a generous dose of salt), maybe due to my mind block that this was some sort of compromise. (yes i know i need to get over this and enjoy my system without cribbing). I need to live with this for atleast another year.
I set it up yesterday and took quite some time. Though my listening experience is hardly a day old, i would want to comment on other aspects.
1. package: The HTIB comes in a 18 inch *18 inch *30 inch box (rough dimensions). It says that two persons are needed to lift it. However for short distances you could do it yourself. The box weighs around 15 kgs. It is very easy to take off the components from the box when you unpack. The passive subwoofer is around 5 kgs.
2. connections: The stock wires are pathetic. The strands are cut and soldered together to form a single lead and is hardly 1mm thick. I would not recommend it for the subwoofer -especially as the woofer is passive.
The front speakers have banana plug/screw system. All the others have the spring clasp system (press the button, insert the bare lead and release the spring lock). This can take in wires upto 2mm thick safely. Unfortunately- my leads were 22 guage :-( in anticipation of a bigger system. Therefore i had a lot of difficulty trying to fit these strands. I had to prune the copper.
The spring clasp connects are very close to one another. There is a serious chance of a short circuit. I would not recommend any cable bigger than 28 guage for this. The HDMI leads are again close to each other and if you have a thick connector (like mine) you can only use two of the three HMI input ports. You need to use separate connects for audio (coax or optical)
My hdmi IN ports were connected to the samsung Bluray Player and to the Pioneer DVD player. Audio in through Opt and coax respectively.The HDMI out
was connected to the epson 1080p Projector. The cable set top box was connected to the composite 1and the composite out connected to the panasonic plasma PV8. This was because i fugured i would be watching my movies on the projector and therefore i connected my major set up to the receiver's main ports.
3. Handling: The receiver is under 5kgs and the build looks good for the money. However it has very sharp metallic edges. You need to careful of the corners if you are working in tight spots. One good thing is that the receiver does not get very hot. You can comfortable place your palm on it without a burn.
4. Pictures: I shall post my Hometheater pictures tomorrow.
5. Initial set up: The speaker lengths have to be manually entered. There is an option for pink noise test to ascertain the level and positioning of the speakers. individual speaker levels can be set up. The volume knob goes upto 75 units (not dBs) and i have used it at level 45. Anything below that is barely audible. You will also have to associate the audio input to the corresponding video inputs (for eg: associate HDMI IN 1 to video signal from DVDP and opt in 1 to audio signal from dvdp etc)
6. Performance: As is typical of these systems, the mid and high was bright and the bass was low. I tried bass boost and audyssey equaliser but there were of limited avail. The dialogue clarity is pretty good. and the high freq effects like swords clashing etc are fun. However the LFE like thunder etc need to be better.
7. Price: I bought this from Modern radio, airport road bangalore and the customer service was first class. I got to take it home immediately.. no waiting. i paid 24,990 for this system and got an optical cable free.
I am not greatly impressed with this (please dont take me wrong.. it is a very personal opinion and prospective buyers reading this post- please take this comment with a generous dose of salt), maybe due to my mind block that this was some sort of compromise. (yes i know i need to get over this and enjoy my system without cribbing). I need to live with this for atleast another year.
I set it up yesterday and took quite some time. Though my listening experience is hardly a day old, i would want to comment on other aspects.
1. package: The HTIB comes in a 18 inch *18 inch *30 inch box (rough dimensions). It says that two persons are needed to lift it. However for short distances you could do it yourself. The box weighs around 15 kgs. It is very easy to take off the components from the box when you unpack. The passive subwoofer is around 5 kgs.
2. connections: The stock wires are pathetic. The strands are cut and soldered together to form a single lead and is hardly 1mm thick. I would not recommend it for the subwoofer -especially as the woofer is passive.
The front speakers have banana plug/screw system. All the others have the spring clasp system (press the button, insert the bare lead and release the spring lock). This can take in wires upto 2mm thick safely. Unfortunately- my leads were 22 guage :-( in anticipation of a bigger system. Therefore i had a lot of difficulty trying to fit these strands. I had to prune the copper.
The spring clasp connects are very close to one another. There is a serious chance of a short circuit. I would not recommend any cable bigger than 28 guage for this. The HDMI leads are again close to each other and if you have a thick connector (like mine) you can only use two of the three HMI input ports. You need to use separate connects for audio (coax or optical)
My hdmi IN ports were connected to the samsung Bluray Player and to the Pioneer DVD player. Audio in through Opt and coax respectively.The HDMI out
was connected to the epson 1080p Projector. The cable set top box was connected to the composite 1and the composite out connected to the panasonic plasma PV8. This was because i fugured i would be watching my movies on the projector and therefore i connected my major set up to the receiver's main ports.
3. Handling: The receiver is under 5kgs and the build looks good for the money. However it has very sharp metallic edges. You need to careful of the corners if you are working in tight spots. One good thing is that the receiver does not get very hot. You can comfortable place your palm on it without a burn.
4. Pictures: I shall post my Hometheater pictures tomorrow.
5. Initial set up: The speaker lengths have to be manually entered. There is an option for pink noise test to ascertain the level and positioning of the speakers. individual speaker levels can be set up. The volume knob goes upto 75 units (not dBs) and i have used it at level 45. Anything below that is barely audible. You will also have to associate the audio input to the corresponding video inputs (for eg: associate HDMI IN 1 to video signal from DVDP and opt in 1 to audio signal from dvdp etc)
6. Performance: As is typical of these systems, the mid and high was bright and the bass was low. I tried bass boost and audyssey equaliser but there were of limited avail. The dialogue clarity is pretty good. and the high freq effects like swords clashing etc are fun. However the LFE like thunder etc need to be better.
7. Price: I bought this from Modern radio, airport road bangalore and the customer service was first class. I got to take it home immediately.. no waiting. i paid 24,990 for this system and got an optical cable free.
To congratulate u :clapping:OR to console u?:sad:
