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Originally Posted by barathvajan Hi the room size is 18' x 11'. Its going to be placed in hall. Source would be DTH HD connection and BR players.
If sequired additional set of speakers (second output) will be placed in a 15 x 11 room.
Barath |
1) Given the room size and the width, Bose seems to be the ideal with around match-box sized speakers, considering that dedicating a space to the speakers will be an issue.
2) if above point is not a concern then you wont need big floorstanders for that room but just good quality book shelf speaker shall suffice.
3) Options that you may want to look at :
SPEAKERS
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Front Speakers
Picking good speakers are a must & usually we build the system around the speakers tonality & presentation. You may look at the book shelf speakers from following companies :
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Quad
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Monitor Audio
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PSB
--------> These shall remain under 32-40k
**You may also want to look at one floor stander which can still fit in well as its not too big in size and you wont need a speaker stand either for it. The speaker is -
Monitor Audio RX6. This speaker is a music lovers delight and has kept everyone happy with a very decent performance wrt movies as well for a room about the size you mentioned.
Pls note RX6 is a high quality speaker and should be around 82-85k.
**Approx Cost - 32-40,000 for Book shelf speakers such as Quad 11L2, Monitor Audio Bronze, PSB Image Mini
**Approx Cost - 70-85,000 for speakers such as Quad 22L2 & Monitor Audio RX6
Center & Surround Speakers :
You can ask the dealer to pair the front speakers with the center & rear/surround speakers of the same brand. Else you can also mix the brands with slightly cheaper range offered from -
Wharfedale Speakers. Do look at
Wharfedale DFS - which is an elegantly designed surround speaker at the minimal cost of about 14-15k approx, its aesthetics look better instead of the box speaker hung on the rear wall. You can pair it well with - Quad, Monitor Audio & PSB - but for rear speaker only. For the Center, try and keep the brand same as the front speakers, but if budget is really the constraint then you can look again on wharfedale center. But then hear the set up at the dealer's place first.
**Approx Cost for rear speakers - INR15-18,000
**Approx Cost for the Center Speaker - 18-22,000 depending on which brand you pick
AV RECEIVERS
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- MARANTZ
Now when we need Music & Movies both, we usually (not at any rule), advise to look at '
Marantz' AVRs which are known for their musicality & good performance in HT. You can look up models likes SR 5006 & SR 6006
**Reference link -
Marantz US | SR5006 - DENON
Denon offers commendable performance, more wrt movies in an HT set upand at the same time play music as well.Do look at the latest range of Denon AVRs (Audio Video Receivers) with your local dealers. You can look at models starting from 1612 upwards to 1912 ..and there on depending on how much you would you like to spend.
**Reference link -
A/V RECEIVERS | DENON US
Anything around 100w+ shall be good enuf to keep you future safe.
**Approx Cost - INR40-55000/-
BLUE RAY PLAYERS
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- Try getting your hands on an OPPO -
OPPO Digital - Universal Network 3D Blu-ray Players - Buy Direct from the Manufacturer
You can pick the Oppo 83. It shall be shipped directly to you hence shipping + duties shall be applicable.
- If you dont want to go that way, then you may pick any of the Sony's new offerings wrt BD Players, they have been reviewed well.
**Approx Cost - INR25-45,000 depending on what you pick. At the bottom most, Pioneer also comes with BD player worth INR6500 approx, which does the basic as is expected.
CD PLAYERS
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Considering the budget, you can look at the
Marantz CD6003 if available as it has been superseded by the new
Marantz CD6004. Marantz as a company is focused on the music & we have never found someone unhappy being a Marantz user.
There are other brands as - Cambridge Audio, Pioneer etc that you may want to look at as well.
Approx Cost - INR15-28,000/-
Have tried to advise above of a products and their approx range that shall fall between 1.5 to 1.75L depending on the choices you make.
You can mix and match either of the brand of speakers with the AVR mentioned & as a suggestion, do listen anything at the dealer's place before buying - preferably the same movie, the same scene for the movies, when you try various setups. And hear the same song again and again on various speakers that you test, so that you can hear the difference and pick what you like.
Some dealers usually crank up the volume which makes it all impressive & big but loses out grossly on in delicate details & performance of a system at low volumes, like how you & me may want to listen to our music after a long day of work in the evening hours.
All the very best.