bigred1624705847 Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Hi bigred The dates are In the thread already See you there at the entrace to MA 12pm 29th Jan Read the thread for the rest of the time and dates thks bro... where is MA? 29th should not be a problem... but still so far away... anyone wanna meetup any sooner... hehehe ;D
bigred1624705847 Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 i got the surround for $350 and i brought the Marantz SR8001 ($1660) Since this is my first HT setup, i tink the gurus here can give u better advice. It a never ending affair, i did my round of audition and end up buying 2.5 times my initial budget, so be prepared :D and i still dont have a cd player :-X thats a pretty good setup there... the 816 makes me drool... :P :P :P how does your surround sounds? does it balance out with the 816? lastly which svs sub did you get and how much? trying to see which svs is a good fit for the focal speakers.... :) thks....
rahul Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Cool... dont mind me asking how much did the surrounds cost? also which amps did you buy? stereo amps or A/V amps? ( cost will be great... working on my costings atm) my thoughts on amps: - Stereo amps are said to sound better than a/v amps for music, how much better are we talking about here? - a good a/v that does the job with good SQ for music cost pretty expensive, eg: Arcam.... - will this option work? get a decent stereo amp (how much will that cost? $800 to $1000???) for the 2 front speakers and get another a/v amp for the rest of the speakers (can i get a ok one for about $500-$1000???) your thought will be appreciated... thks :) Why dont you get Rotel 1070 AVR. Thats top of the range model from Rotel. It just doesnt have HDMI if you are into that. For 1800$ this is a steal. It is excellent for Movies as well as music. Should better than an average AVR+ average stereo Amp. Go audition it at Asia Sound along with Cobalt 826 (or similar speakers). Use the Paradigm Ultracube as sub. Its quite impressive.
Cestlavie Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 thats a pretty good setup there... the 816 makes me drool... :P :P :P how does your surround sounds? does it balance out with the 816? in the midst of moving house so dont really have time to properly setup and calibrate yet. if they dont sounds right then have to burn the already big hole in the pocket bigger :( lastly which svs sub did you get and how much? trying to see which svs is a good fit for the focal speakers.... :) got the PB12+, u can check the latest pricing of svs sub from Quest MO The cabinet of the V series nice man. Much better looking than the older S series. And this is a big plus point with my better half.
petetherock Posted January 17, 2007 Author Posted January 17, 2007 MA is at Ban Leong first level The amp Rahul mentioned is the 1067, I believe, but bear in mind it has no HDMI etc narrow your choices down to 2 amps, 2 speakers or so, so its easier to audition good luck
macnux Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 If you are buying new - Do TRY to buy AVRs with HDMI ;)
Tyer Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 I am also curious since I am using XR-55 for a while. If I wanna upgrade to a AVR with HDMI, what are the choices in the market now?
velocity1624705768 Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 Wait a while....hear that Denon will be launching the 4308 with HDMI v1.3 and Dolby THD/DD+ decoders built-in. Unfortunately, we may be hit with GST increase before the launch.... :( http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=788094&highlight=denon+4807
DJQ Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 ohh... hmmz by the time it gets here end of may???... heheh... :D
macnux Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 Wait a while....hear that Denon will be launching the 4308 with HDMI v1.3 and Dolby THD/DD+ decoders built-in. Unfortunately, we may be hit with GST increase before the launch.... :( http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=788094&highlight=denon+4807 2% ........ imho its worth payinng that additional 2% if that Denon is going to be good ......
velocity1624705768 Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 Yep....think that its worth it too but this thread suppose to be about beating the GST increase... ;D Anyway, we tend to get receivers about the same time and even earlier than the U.S. sometimes so there is hope that this could come in Mar or Apr. Anyway, a lot of the other competitors will be joining in the race too.
Darthfunk Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 If you have an exsisting receiver and don't mind waiting then wait till 3rd or 4th quarter to see those new HDMI 1.3 receivers. If you don't have a receiver and need to get one now, just get it. There is no loss in not getting a HDMI 1.3 receiver where a HDMI 1.1 receiver can also do then same job (some 1.1 may not). Seriously the whole HDMI 1.3 is confusing and misleading alot of people out there.
macnux Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 Neither do you want to get a MD/Betamax/HDCD/SACD kinda standard equipment which may be neither here nor there ....... Earlier HDMI equipment do have some compatibility issues .......
zapp1624705742 Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 If you have an exsisting receiver and don't mind waiting then wait till 3rd or 4th quarter to see those new HDMI 1.3 receivers. If you don't have a receiver and need to get one now, just get it. There is no loss in not getting a HDMI 1.3 receiver where a HDMI 1.1 receiver can also do then same job (some 1.1 may not). Seriously the whole HDMI 1.3 is confusing and misleading alot of people out there. I think the feature to look out for in amps be it 1.1 or 1.3 is can it process 24/96 5.1 signals to 7.1.
Darthfunk Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 I think the feature to look out for in amps be it 1.1 or 1.3 is can it process 24/96 5.1 signals to 7.1. Hmm good question not sure if it can work on my Yammy. ???
petetherock Posted January 19, 2007 Author Posted January 19, 2007 Its a bit OT, but no worries Thats why like Darth said, if you need one Now, get the best you can or wait (and it can be a long wait) until the formats stabilise. In the intermediate period, there can be a lot of compatability issues, so having ethernet or a RS232 input for upgradability is useful. No one can tell how a HDMI 1.1 device syncs with a 1.3 or 1.4 because despite the promises, no one has done it yet. On another note Sherwood has an amp with 1.3 out.
SiriuslyCold Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 i thought it was just announced - not really "out" as in someone could buy it today. could be wrong tho...
bigred1624705847 Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 since you guys on the topic on amps... - how does the Rotel 1067 compare? - how impt is it to get an amp with HDMI? Or maybe a better question is what are the consequences or features/functions i cant do with a HDMIless amp compared to one with HDMI? Would it change anything if my LCD has 2 HDMI inputs? cheers ;D
petetherock Posted January 19, 2007 Author Posted January 19, 2007 HDMI is a new technology which essentially combines audio and video into a single cable. New sound formats are being transmitted through it. Type HDMI into google, or this forum and heaps will spill out. In fact there is a thread on HDMI 1.3 which will answer a lot of your questions. The Rotel can be audition at the same shop as your JM Labs, which seem to be your speaker of choice - if you like it, go for it bro, forget KEF if it doesn't sound good even if its cheaper, you will regret that. Rahul has also heard it, but use your ears. Personally I don't have HDMI and since my amp is less than 1 year old, I will wait for the format to settle first. But if you need an amp, its a useful feature, which allows video switching, upsampling and upscaling. P
petetherock Posted January 20, 2007 Author Posted January 20, 2007 I have narrowed my own list of speakers as well. I will auditino MA RS or GS in a HT setup - I called Edward first to confirm an appointment, although I agree he is not the world's friendliest salesperson Totem - thanks for your poison SC JM Lab Cobalt series - thanks for your poison Synthesis and Quest ;) I will do this probably on 29th Jan Monday after 1pm. SC, Quest, Gerald will pm you guys.
petetherock Posted January 20, 2007 Author Posted January 20, 2007 Hi bros We had one fruitful session of auditioning a week back. If you wanna come, listen, make friends and makan, let me know, so we can try and meet up and help each other. Just pop your names into a list for that week. 29th Mon - MA, totem, JM Lab 31st Wed B/w CM series. Maybe the saturday too, will see. I would like to keep it compact so you get to listen to your ideal setup. SC counting you in on totem day. better put your name down for your poison!
petetherock Posted January 21, 2007 Author Posted January 21, 2007 For Monday 29th Jan meet outside Monitor Audio (Ban Leong ground floor) 1pm -ming1881 and me PS: please bring your fav recordings / DVD/ demo material that you know well.
ks Posted January 21, 2007 Posted January 21, 2007 Hi bros We had one fruitful session of auditioning a week back. If you wanna come, listen, make friends and makan, let me know, so we can try and meet up and help each other. Just pop your names into a list for that week. 29th Mon - MA, totem, JM Lab 31st Wed B/w CM series. I dunno how much are the totem and JMLab, but did u try Vienna Acoustics, Quad, Spendor, Epos? For VA, the cheapest floorstander wud be Bach. For Spendor, the cheapest floorstanders wud be the S6e? For Quad, the 22L For Epos, M15.2 or M22 I wud guess most of these r in the region of 2k.
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