A few days gone by and I am still as clueless as I was when I started off. I got educated vee bit more, but going by this pace, I can make purchase only in another year or two.
If only I can meet an audio guru, who doesn't drill hole in my pocket before I speak out "H" in "Home theater". Rudra/Navin, are you listening, gentlemen?
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Ok 1st we need a budget. As someone else said this can be a bottomless pit so give us your best budget. Then we need you need. % of audio onlyuse, % of Home theater use. Type of music. Type of Video programs and lastly we need you decor considerations which we mysoginists over on the ICE forum call WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).
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Let me try to answer:
1) I don't know what is correct budget for a casual listener like me. 20K-30K excluding TV set? I don't need a purist profession audio but a good one for regular home usage. I hate unnecessary excessive bass (so audible in "V-groove"d Sony boxes).
2) I have not special choices for music. I can digest anything that is audible, but prefer soft music than heavy metal.
3) 35-65 usage in audio and video.
4) WAF : Not an issue as long as she likes whatever she hears and sees. But, then no sane married man on this earth can guarantee anything :-)
I visited Sony World and checked out Sony 5.1 HTIB at 15K and same system with 3 CD changer at 21K. I am also planning to buy 29" Wega. How good is that?
P.S.: Mods, can you move this thread to ICE?