Floorstanders Dynaudio Audience vs Monitor Audio Silver

Excite is actually quite costlier. Infact from the pricing looks to me that their entry level bookshelf itself will cost about 60 to 70k and the bigget bookshelf about 80k. So, Dyna's are getting even more costlier and there is a talk that they are targeted more for cinema , not sure though

Hi gopi,
For speakers go with which ever (dyn or MA) u prefer of the two. Either is more than competent.
Now the rotel u mention is the older power amp if i am not mistaken and now replaced by the RB 1050/1070/1080 @ 70wpc/130wpc/200wpc respectively.
What Pre will u use? On paper the rotels have flattering specs but in actuality they can be a trifle too noisy(owned a few rotels in the last decade) so bridging them is my last option.But the 120W is at 8ohms and it will almost double into a 4 ohm load. Power wise u will be OK as rotels are true in claimed power output. If u like the tonality go for it as it will give u the power for most speakers.
The best Rotel combo is the RC 1082/RB 1080. Int prices for the combo are about 85K but here its almost double that!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards

Please consider Monitor Audio, RS8 would be better for your room size, i am using the same. There will be other brands also which are better, but i have not experienced them.

There is one more member who is having RS6 or RS8, he wants to sell it, which is in a good condition, and you can see the pictures also, he is selling because he wants to move to a smaller room.

Vinay.

Vinay: I have given up on trying to use the smaller room for AV. I am combining two rooms to make a nice big AV room :-)

Well this is a breaking news, so it means you will have to catch a bigger budget, more aggressive planning, i think to do this work will take at least half a year, that is if you are planning to make a good theatre cum music room, which in turn shall mean that there will be no point in buying now the audio video equipments.

I am sure that a massive planning you will have to get into, which is going to be quite a tough task, please consider to share with members the game plan, and if you can call me over, i shall give you my inputs, but i tell you, that on table first there has to be a series of meetings, only then you can decide if you want to merge the rooms, because once you take the step forward, you can not reverse it, that reminds me the case of gangsters, you can join the gang, but can not leave it.

Vinay.

Vinay I believe his new speakers has already reached him... Usher Be-718

This is where the problem lies when the planning is not in order for a home theatre or a music room.

That makes me realize if the merging of two rooms takes place, then even the monitor audio which he is having will have a problem, or should i say that his full audio video gear could come under massive damage, because of the simple reason, that each set of gear is meant for a particular size of the room, and not to forget there will be queue of other related problems too.

That is why i always say that a lot of planning, etc is required to do this job, otherwise we could be somewhere in the middle of the sea, on a small boat, waiting to see if the sharks arrive first or the chopper arrives first to rescue.

That is a another story that the sharks would have got you first, and even if one is rescued, see the amount of damage done.

At the end of the day i have seen what i have gone through to achieve my mini theatre, i do not want others to go through, so that is why i am always there with the red flag, if i see something is going wrong.

Vinay.

hi guys, thanks for the replies. I think an audition yesterday has now changed
things for me. First the Quad 22L2 entered. It was for me instantaneously better than RS6. That warmth I needed combined with the energy and attack was there. The midrange I found to be better as well. Dyna's were nice. However, I wanted a bit more excitement to that composed neutral music. So, mostly I decided to go for the Quads. However, a Proac is now on sale and so, thats my next step for audition Will update my trials with more details later.

Hi gopi,
with what amp and cd player you listened to quad 22l2

Not really... the speakers are killer. In fact they are in a completely different class compared to the Monitor Audio Silver and such entry level stuff. I have the same and they are filling up a 27ftx15ftx10ft room with very very good quality sound and pretty significant sound pressure levels. Good equipment will merge with any room seamlessly. Mediocre equipment is what will cause all the trouble.

As much as I appreciate the level of hard work and attention to detail you've put into your home theater Vinay, what surreallistix has... the Odyssey Stratos, Odyssey Candela, the Usher Speakers are in a completely different performance class compared to a Monitor Audio HT and Onkyo receiver and many of the issues with monitor audio will not be relevant with this kind of equipment. They might bring in their own load of issues but definitely none of the bigger problems of entry level stuff like boxiness, tonal coloration and the like.