sCythE roXx
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Texted Onkyo customer care in India and the Hyderabad local Onkyo showroom called back.
They quoted 25k for hts3400 and 54k for hts5400. I was expecting them to offer better on hts5400. I told him that Global Ebay is offering 38K and he was furious that no one will come to set it up and you will get no warranties. GEB price is inclusive of everything.
Now the price difference is huge for hts5400 while hts3400 is not. I will go and audition them over the weekend and maybe wait around Diwali for local electronics showrooms to come up with good offers.
So far I have had the best experience only with Reliance Digital on Banjara Hills in terms of buying electronics.
I will measure up my living room, but it is not a perfect rectangle. it's like a 12-14feet(viewing distance) x 20-22feet (wall with tv only on one half).
It contains both sofa and dining table and I have setup the tv and HT in the sofa area which is about 12" feet (distance) x 10" feet (area if TV & HT setup). The tower speakers sit next to tv while the rear ones are just on the wall back of my sofa, so hardly 2 feet from ears. I will need to draw it up.
Some questions/doubts:
- should the speakers be at 4-6 feet from ground which I have currently setup or on top corners of room.
- as the room is not a perfect rectangle (with a small L shape of 4 feet at sofa, which I have converted to recliner) is it advisable to just use 5.1 in same config or 7.1 is better for this big room (maybe layout/drawing will help, any easy tools for that?)
- The problem with 7.1 I feel is that the side surround will be near on one side like 10 feet and 20 feet on the other side. It will fill the room but the effect may not be the same.
- i dont have the patience to build my HT piece by piece, its mostly going to be a HTiB and the one which I can get a good deal preferably with EMI. I am still okay with starting at 5.1 and moving upto 7.1 if that makes any difference.
Going from 25k to 38k looked okay but 54k is not
.
Thoughts?
They quoted 25k for hts3400 and 54k for hts5400. I was expecting them to offer better on hts5400. I told him that Global Ebay is offering 38K and he was furious that no one will come to set it up and you will get no warranties. GEB price is inclusive of everything.
Now the price difference is huge for hts5400 while hts3400 is not. I will go and audition them over the weekend and maybe wait around Diwali for local electronics showrooms to come up with good offers.
So far I have had the best experience only with Reliance Digital on Banjara Hills in terms of buying electronics.
I will measure up my living room, but it is not a perfect rectangle. it's like a 12-14feet(viewing distance) x 20-22feet (wall with tv only on one half).
It contains both sofa and dining table and I have setup the tv and HT in the sofa area which is about 12" feet (distance) x 10" feet (area if TV & HT setup). The tower speakers sit next to tv while the rear ones are just on the wall back of my sofa, so hardly 2 feet from ears. I will need to draw it up.
Some questions/doubts:
- should the speakers be at 4-6 feet from ground which I have currently setup or on top corners of room.
- as the room is not a perfect rectangle (with a small L shape of 4 feet at sofa, which I have converted to recliner) is it advisable to just use 5.1 in same config or 7.1 is better for this big room (maybe layout/drawing will help, any easy tools for that?)
- The problem with 7.1 I feel is that the side surround will be near on one side like 10 feet and 20 feet on the other side. It will fill the room but the effect may not be the same.
- i dont have the patience to build my HT piece by piece, its mostly going to be a HTiB and the one which I can get a good deal preferably with EMI. I am still okay with starting at 5.1 and moving upto 7.1 if that makes any difference.
Going from 25k to 38k looked okay but 54k is not
.Thoughts?
As the cost between 5400 and 3400 as per USD is about 150USD = Rs. 7500, so i think dealers in India are ripping us. 
