Please recommend Home theater system Budget 25K
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technobhatt
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Onkyo 3500 is the best at this budget.
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nimmagadda
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Buying HT is one time investment so please raise your budget to Rs.32K and buy Onkyo HT-S4505
devilwearsprada
Active Member
Well, there are a lot of systems available in this Range:
Yamaha YHT-296 - Best For Music, but i personally felt it wasn't powerful enough for movies. Quoted at 30K, but could bring the price down to 29k.
Pioneer- HTP 071- Well, for the past years I have had a bad experience with it, and haven't seen much quality reviews.
Onkyo - HTS 3400/3500 - I found it to be amazing for its budget. I demo'ed almost every set, including JBL, Denon, Polk and Yamaha. But, found Onkyo to be the best on all points. It was perfect for my movies and sounded great for music.
Another correction the Onkyo-3400 does not have a USB Port, the 3500 Does(available at the same price as 3400 but without the BD Player)
I would strongly suggest to go for the Onkyo-3400 as:
1. In case you download better quality music(Flac etc.) or play 5.1 Videos of songs, the real difference would come out for music. I would give the YHT-296 a point above the Onkyo on this aspect.
2. The Onkyo-3400 pitches the other two down because of its Movie Performance. If you are a movie buff, and want an amazing experience out of your set for both movies and music. I would suggest you the 3400. You could save the money on 3500 and buy add-on's(BDP/ 14 Gauge Wire)
3. Considering the fact that I have also demo'ed the three sets together with the same quality files(mp3's) and a Blu Ray of the same movie.
The Onkyo 3400 seemed to be the versatile performer imho. The YHT-296/298 is pretty good for music but the Onkyo-3400 simply beats it on the movie front. Also, the real music sense would come off only with better files and not on downloaded music. Also, it does not only depend if speakers are of more watts or they are stylish, but yes the YHT-196 is outdated. Since you are looking for a budget Htib, The Onkyo -3400 is what you should buy right away.
Also about the ventilation problem - http://www.hifivision.com/reviews/35...00-review.htm
Yamaha YHT-296 - Best For Music, but i personally felt it wasn't powerful enough for movies. Quoted at 30K, but could bring the price down to 29k.
Pioneer- HTP 071- Well, for the past years I have had a bad experience with it, and haven't seen much quality reviews.
Onkyo - HTS 3400/3500 - I found it to be amazing for its budget. I demo'ed almost every set, including JBL, Denon, Polk and Yamaha. But, found Onkyo to be the best on all points. It was perfect for my movies and sounded great for music.
Another correction the Onkyo-3400 does not have a USB Port, the 3500 Does(available at the same price as 3400 but without the BD Player)
I would strongly suggest to go for the Onkyo-3400 as:
1. In case you download better quality music(Flac etc.) or play 5.1 Videos of songs, the real difference would come out for music. I would give the YHT-296 a point above the Onkyo on this aspect.
2. The Onkyo-3400 pitches the other two down because of its Movie Performance. If you are a movie buff, and want an amazing experience out of your set for both movies and music. I would suggest you the 3400. You could save the money on 3500 and buy add-on's(BDP/ 14 Gauge Wire)
3. Considering the fact that I have also demo'ed the three sets together with the same quality files(mp3's) and a Blu Ray of the same movie.
The Onkyo 3400 seemed to be the versatile performer imho. The YHT-296/298 is pretty good for music but the Onkyo-3400 simply beats it on the movie front. Also, the real music sense would come off only with better files and not on downloaded music. Also, it does not only depend if speakers are of more watts or they are stylish, but yes the YHT-196 is outdated. Since you are looking for a budget Htib, The Onkyo -3400 is what you should buy right away.
Also about the ventilation problem - http://www.hifivision.com/reviews/35...00-review.htm
asaldharan
New Member
I do not want to confuse you. For your budget, Onkyo S3500 would be suitable (28K at viveks). Yamaha, in chennai, only 196 and 298 is available. No dealers( listed in Yamaha website) have 296.
There is no big difference between Onkyo S3500 and S3400. S3500 has Wrat, USB ( can play FLAC format songs also) and manual Audyssey. S3400 lacks WRAT and USB. In price range, both are same only.
S3400 - 27K
S3500 - 28K ( If you bargain, price can be get down)
I recently bought S 3500 for 27K from viveks.
Better get a demo from viveks on S3500. But beware the salesman would probably show interest on other HT's only ( Sony and philips)
devilwearsprada
Active Member
Hi,
I own a Bose GSX 321 system for the past 4 years and for a HTiB it is great as the sound is awesome and has also 200 hours of recording...i now want to update my system to Boston Acoustics soundware xs 5.1 and Marantz NR 1402...from what I heard this is supposed to be a very good home theatre setup which would give you a good performance for movies as well as music....can anyone share their views.....how much would this cost? HiFi Mart shows the price for both around 48k....its high....anyone has any ideas where else in Mumbai I can get it cheaper.....also then I want to knock off the BOSE...don't have the space to keep 2 systems at home! Thanks
I own a Bose GSX 321 system for the past 4 years and for a HTiB it is great as the sound is awesome and has also 200 hours of recording...i now want to update my system to Boston Acoustics soundware xs 5.1 and Marantz NR 1402...from what I heard this is supposed to be a very good home theatre setup which would give you a good performance for movies as well as music....can anyone share their views.....how much would this cost? HiFi Mart shows the price for both around 48k....its high....anyone has any ideas where else in Mumbai I can get it cheaper.....also then I want to knock off the BOSE...don't have the space to keep 2 systems at home! Thanks
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