Greetings to all
I am planning to buy a stereo setup .my budget is 1.5 lakhs.My room size is 10x20.I mostly listen to old Bollywood songs ( Rafi , Kishore Kumar).Most of the times my source will be online music( Chromecast Audio). Please suggest good floor standers and matching amp.
thank you
Its a longish room and getting a adequate bass will be an issue. Your Sources will be your Achilles heel for the SQ I'd consider less bright setup for you.
Assuming 1.5L total budget you can have many options.
1. If you are going to stick to your streaming source consider amp with decent DAC on board or preferably dedicated midrange DAC. Out of dedicated DACs, Though Modi Multibit is VFM I'd prefer Arcam irdac for oldies. Combined with Acoustic portrait integrated amp it should be a great combo to drive most of the speakers.
Integrated amp with on board DACs Marantz PM 6006 or Cambridge Audio Cxn A60 can be considered. I'd prefer Cambridge Audio.
2. Major portion of your budget should go to speakers at least 70% so get the ones with softer tweeters.
Rethm Bhava with its 2.2 setup is pretty good for oldies, but getting a matching amp will be a bit time consuming. Audition whatever available in Hyderabad at USK, Vector systems, Cinebels etc. Decide the speakers and match the amp accordingly, there's no substitute for audition. You can audition Kef, Tannoys, Q Acoustics, B&W, Heco, Dali and decide what suits your taste.
3. Buying a good network player with DAC like Yamaha WXC 50, or Pioneer N50 or Marantz Network players coupled with suitable decent Analog amp from same brand could improve your source limitations, which I'd consider instead of Google Chromecast audio. Speakers matching will be easier for such mainstream brands.
4. I wasn't impressed with Powered Speakers but you can audition and decide.
5. A sweet sounding Vintage Luxman Amp coupled with good DAC can be a option too, but the service hassles associated with Vintage Amplifiers need to be considered as well.
6. As mentioned previously by other FMs Allocating a small portion of your budget to Room Acoustics and Speaker Cables/ interconnects will be lot more rewarding for you in the long run
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