SanthoshMD
New Member
Finally, my Home Theater 5.1 setup is complete. I am happy about the setup. Though I am not an audiophile, I still wanted to have a decent HT setup. After researching for the best speakers+Receiver. I have the below setup. I would like to thank the forum members for helping me in one way or the other in deciding the HT setup
1. Speakers : DALI Zensor 7 FloorStanders
2. Center : DALI Vokal
3. Surrounds : NHT SuperZero 2.1 Speakers
4. Subwoofer : BIC America F12
5. Receiver : Denon X2300
Here is my honest review.I am not biased towards anyone or any brand.
First, let me talk about the receiver. Previously I had Denon 1312xp HTIB. It was really good for the price point. I never had any problems for 3.5 years. Then the upgrade bug started hitting my head and I wanted to go for nothing but Denon as I really like their sound signature w.r.t. movies. I wanted to go for x3300, but it was costly and it was an overkill for my home usage. Hence settled with Denon X2300. I started liking this receiver now. It has more power/channel than my old denon and I can play FLAC files easily. It has support for DTS X and Dolby Atmos, Wifi + Bluetooth and these were the main criteria for purchasing the receiver.
Ran the Audessy setup for the first time and it was very easy. I can make out a difference in sound after the Audessy setup.
Now comes the separate Speakers. What can I say about DALI. As the name says Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries. They create speakers for Audiophiles and most now I know why most forum members are happy with DALL. I am very very happy with Dali Zensor 7. I can hear each and every instrument in the sound track and it is very crisp. These are very good for music and movies as well. The Z7 has enough power to through decent bass and Z7 goes till 40HZ. Offcourse for movies, you will definately need a subwoofer to get that extra punch to your heart.
Next comes the DALI Vokal speakers. I was blown away by this center speaker. What a clarity when watching movies. You can hear the dialogs very clearly, it feels like as if you are sitting in a big theater and hearing the dialogs.
Surrounds + Subwoofer : Initially I had bought only the fronts and center + Receiver. Thought of purchasing the surrounds speakers + sub later. Couldn't wait long as I had completely stopped watching movies+Tvshows due to the non-availability of sub and surrounds
. Again Researched for 2 weeks for surrounds and subwoofer in Bangalore. Went to few dealers auditioned JBL ES 240 I believe (12 inch). I was not at all happy with JBL subwoofer. I don't know the reason, there was no punch and distortion was present. Then went to ProFX auditioned for Polk DSW 660i. It was a decent sub. Thought of purchasing it as I didn't had any other options to audition. Thought I liked the SVS PB it was little on the higher side and no audition was available in HT Store. In the mean time I had my favourite subwoofer BIC F12 in mind but there was no place to audition in Bangalore. I started searching in this forum and luckily I got the contact no. in one of the old there here in this forum. Contacted him and his name was Santhosh as well from Prosonics and he had BIC F12 for audition. Went for audition and I was again blown away by this subwoofer. What a subwoofer !! This was the punch I was looking for in movies all these days. The punch is amazing and there is no boominess/muddy feeling at all when you setup and place properly. The sub creates a theatre kind of environment.
I was happy with the sub and purchased it. At the same time, he casually asked me whether I was looking for surrounds. I told yes and he said he had NHT Superzero speakers. The price was on the higher side for surrounds. Initially, I was not interested due to the price factor as investing more money on surrounds was not my intention. He told me to audition the surrounds as well. When I auditioned I immediately came to know why the speakers are on the higher side. What a speaker. Though I had never heard the company name before, later he told that NHT is a Very good brand in the US and it is true. They make some high-end speakers. I couldn't resist and immediately negotiated and purchased the NHT as well.
The surrounds speakers are well built and the gloss finishing is nice. It is made of wood. The size of speakers are small (mini bookshelf) but the sound it produces is amazing
The surrounds are very powerful and I can hear the surround sound clearly with zero distortion. With my earlier HITB surrounds, I used to go near the speakers to check whether the surround sound is coming properly or not. This is the difference a quality speaker can make.
Completed the 5.1 setup. I am highly satisfied with my setup. I would request new people who is interested to purchase a HTIB to go for separates instead of HTIB even it takes more time and money. Because at the end it is worth every penny and time.
If anyone is looking to audition BIc F12 Subwoofer, Rythmic Subwoofer and NHT surrounds in Bangalore, you can contact - ProSonics - Santhosh 9341112580
Here are some snaps of my setup :licklips::yahoo:
1. Speakers : DALI Zensor 7 FloorStanders
2. Center : DALI Vokal
3. Surrounds : NHT SuperZero 2.1 Speakers
4. Subwoofer : BIC America F12
5. Receiver : Denon X2300
Here is my honest review.I am not biased towards anyone or any brand.
First, let me talk about the receiver. Previously I had Denon 1312xp HTIB. It was really good for the price point. I never had any problems for 3.5 years. Then the upgrade bug started hitting my head and I wanted to go for nothing but Denon as I really like their sound signature w.r.t. movies. I wanted to go for x3300, but it was costly and it was an overkill for my home usage. Hence settled with Denon X2300. I started liking this receiver now. It has more power/channel than my old denon and I can play FLAC files easily. It has support for DTS X and Dolby Atmos, Wifi + Bluetooth and these were the main criteria for purchasing the receiver.
Ran the Audessy setup for the first time and it was very easy. I can make out a difference in sound after the Audessy setup.
Now comes the separate Speakers. What can I say about DALI. As the name says Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries. They create speakers for Audiophiles and most now I know why most forum members are happy with DALL. I am very very happy with Dali Zensor 7. I can hear each and every instrument in the sound track and it is very crisp. These are very good for music and movies as well. The Z7 has enough power to through decent bass and Z7 goes till 40HZ. Offcourse for movies, you will definately need a subwoofer to get that extra punch to your heart.
Next comes the DALI Vokal speakers. I was blown away by this center speaker. What a clarity when watching movies. You can hear the dialogs very clearly, it feels like as if you are sitting in a big theater and hearing the dialogs.
Surrounds + Subwoofer : Initially I had bought only the fronts and center + Receiver. Thought of purchasing the surrounds speakers + sub later. Couldn't wait long as I had completely stopped watching movies+Tvshows due to the non-availability of sub and surrounds
. Again Researched for 2 weeks for surrounds and subwoofer in Bangalore. Went to few dealers auditioned JBL ES 240 I believe (12 inch). I was not at all happy with JBL subwoofer. I don't know the reason, there was no punch and distortion was present. Then went to ProFX auditioned for Polk DSW 660i. It was a decent sub. Thought of purchasing it as I didn't had any other options to audition. Thought I liked the SVS PB it was little on the higher side and no audition was available in HT Store. In the mean time I had my favourite subwoofer BIC F12 in mind but there was no place to audition in Bangalore. I started searching in this forum and luckily I got the contact no. in one of the old there here in this forum. Contacted him and his name was Santhosh as well from Prosonics and he had BIC F12 for audition. Went for audition and I was again blown away by this subwoofer. What a subwoofer !! This was the punch I was looking for in movies all these days. The punch is amazing and there is no boominess/muddy feeling at all when you setup and place properly. The sub creates a theatre kind of environment. I was happy with the sub and purchased it. At the same time, he casually asked me whether I was looking for surrounds. I told yes and he said he had NHT Superzero speakers. The price was on the higher side for surrounds. Initially, I was not interested due to the price factor as investing more money on surrounds was not my intention. He told me to audition the surrounds as well. When I auditioned I immediately came to know why the speakers are on the higher side. What a speaker. Though I had never heard the company name before, later he told that NHT is a Very good brand in the US and it is true. They make some high-end speakers. I couldn't resist and immediately negotiated and purchased the NHT as well.
The surrounds speakers are well built and the gloss finishing is nice. It is made of wood. The size of speakers are small (mini bookshelf) but the sound it produces is amazing
The surrounds are very powerful and I can hear the surround sound clearly with zero distortion. With my earlier HITB surrounds, I used to go near the speakers to check whether the surround sound is coming properly or not. This is the difference a quality speaker can make.
Completed the 5.1 setup. I am highly satisfied with my setup. I would request new people who is interested to purchase a HTIB to go for separates instead of HTIB even it takes more time and money. Because at the end it is worth every penny and time.
If anyone is looking to audition BIc F12 Subwoofer, Rythmic Subwoofer and NHT surrounds in Bangalore, you can contact - ProSonics - Santhosh 9341112580
Here are some snaps of my setup :licklips::yahoo:
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