Critic my Home Theatre

[manny9]

Hi All,

First thanks for all the suggestion and comments. I am planning to upgrade my home theatre, currently I am having Onkyo HT-S6200 HTIB. Thought its a good system I really don't feel that I have good HT, in particular having issues with Center channel.

So the upgrade bug bit me and I have been reading a lot in this forum and other places. Based on my novice knowledge this is what I came up with, please provide your inputs and comments,

Room : Living Room
Measurements : 16'3'' / 13'9'' (including furniture others)
budget : 1.5 lacs including sub and AVR
Setup : 5.1

Front : TSX440T - FLOOR STANDER
Center : TSX250C - CENTER SPEAKER
Surrounds : OWM 3 Surrounds
Sub : PSW 125 or DSW PRO 550
AVR : Denon X2000 or 2313

I am getting Denon 2313 AVR at 50K (MRP 79K) as this model is getting discontinued from a local vendor, he has one sealed piece. Should I got for it?

I went to ProFx in Phoenix Mall Bangalore to audition these speakers and liked them. The original budget was 1 lac and now stretched 50K more. Somehow don't want BS, wanted to have a system which will go on for next 4 yrs at least....

Please let me know your comments....thanks

 

[sam9s]

^^^ Wow its surprising, to see how exactly your situation, matches mine.

1. Even I have Onkyo 6200 as my current HT.
2. Even I am in process of upgrading, with a dedicated room and projector based HT
3. Even I have decided to go with all polk speakers.

The only two different thing is the AVR and the surround.

1. AVR I bought is DENON x1000
2. Surrounds instead of OWM 3 I have opted for Polk TSx110B, as reviews for OWM were not satisfactory.

What are you using as display, projector or TV. I bought ESPON 2030 as my projector.

 

[manny9]

Thanks Sam, your post was the inspiration for my upgrade I thought about projector but don't have the budget for it now, also this is going to be in living room , I am still not convinced that i should have a PJ in living room....

Currently I have Samsung 7 series 40 inches LED TV - UA40B7000. Excellent TV and its been with me for last 3 years. May be in a year I will upgrade to a bigger TV or to a projector. Just waiting for 4K displays price to come down....

Ok I will check out TSx110B surrounds , that way they all will be in same series and I can have Timbre match (whatever that means !!!!)

Which Sub did you go for? I was thinking DSW PRO 550*so that I will have the flexibility to place anywhere in my room, but it cost 10K more than PSW 125

 

[sam9s]

^^ I went for PSW 125, here check my review on my Home Entertainment thread

http://www.hifivision.com/home-thea...t-theater-project-phase-1-a-7.html#post568938

I will also try and connect my Onkyo HTiB woofer with a Y split cable and see how it goes.

But I had my own reason to go for PSW125, even though I had a much higher budget ......

 

[sud98]

When you did the review of the speakers were they with the same receiver? If possible, do so as it would give you a good idea of the match and the power capability of the avr.

 

[sam9s]

NO receiver was DENON but not x1000 some other, wonder how much difference would that had made.

 

[manny9]

When you did the review of the speakers were they with the same receiver? If possible, do so as it would give you a good idea of the match and the power capability of the avr.

I did with Denon X3000 and as per the Profx guy and from internet looks like this is successor of 2313...I agree with you i will try to get audition done with the same AVR...

Other than that you think this setup is fine?

 

[manny9]

SAM : did you get a chance to check between TSX250C and 150C? If you think 150C is good enough I can save few bucks there...

 

[sud98]

I did with Denon X3000 and as per the Profx guy and from internet looks like this is successor of 2313...I agree with you i will try to get audition done with the same AVR...

Other than that you think this setup is fine?

I think the speakers might be better off with more power or you can buy lower spec speakers. For ex. 150c instead of 250c.

While specs are not a good indicator, the denon can output a max. of 100w per channel when all are running, so practically may be around 50-80 in mid-range.

Thats the reason I was asking for you to test with the sam avr, so you shouldnt feel underwhelmed. Also, in a typical living room, there is a lot of furniture which will absorb sound so you would need to make sure that it sounds great at lower volumes too.

 

[sam9s]

SAM : did you get a chance to check between TSX250C and 150C? If you think 150C is good enough I can save few bucks there...

No not with 250C, but with monitor audio centre, I thought 150C was better. also with the room dimensions I have 150C is more than sufficient. Case might differ with you if you have a bigger room

 

[sam9s]

When you did the review of the speakers were they with the same receiver? If possible, do so as it would give you a good idea of the match and the power capability of the avr.

NO receiver was DENON but not x1000 some other, wonder how much difference would that had made.

Oh I thought the Question was for me .... apologies ...

 

[manny9]

Sam, do you mind sharing the price for all the speakers and AVR? Just wanted to compare with the quote i will be getting in Bangalore...

 

[manny9]

I think i messed up the measurements. Its 16'3'' / 13'9'' wall to wall. The distance between the front FS speakers to sofa is 9 feet. One side is french window which leads to the sit out and garden and other side the foyer...pls suggest....