Choosing speakers ??

good to hear that diamonds are better than jamos

anyway I am opting for the following setup

9.5 as fronts
9.CS as centre speakers
9.DFS for surround sound

AMP would be Denon 1907 ... i guess i don't need HDMI since its HDMI companion 1908 is almost 10K costlier

Regards,
Siddarth

well one should not forget that jamo is also a sister company of Klipsch, i hope ur'll have heard abt them jamo s606 has won the WHAT HIFI award in Uk, the article is mentioned in their site, Jamo speakers are very good too but offcourse always go for wat ur ears like Sound is a very personal thing..

cheers...

Siddarth:

Can you bargain hard with the dealer ans see if he will give you a 1908 for say 5K more than the 1907? Or ask him if he can give you a 1709? The 1709 is a new model and does have HDMI.

Cheers

Of course Jamo is good ... but that was my personal opinion ... i liked wharfedale over jamo but this may vary person to person

What would be good price for Denon 1907, 1908 and 1709?

Dealer has quoted 27K for Denon 1907 ... but again I didn't bargain at that time.

Regards,
Siddarth

If he has quoted 27K for the 1907 against a Amazon listed price of US$450, he is using a standard conversion rate of US$=60INR. So your 1907, 1908, and 1709 should have a listed prices of 33K, 36K, and 27K respectively. You should be able to able to get better prices.

I see ProFx listing the 1907 at 36.5K, so the 27K offer from your dealer is pretty good. ProFx seems to be using a US$=66 INR ratio. That is too high. Please make sure it is not a demo model that he is offering you. It must be a brand new unit.

See if you can get a HMDI model within your budget. If you sacrifice a few watts here and there, that should not make too much of a difference.

Cheers

Thanks venkat,

I am planning for setting up home theatre as shown below ... that's why I am not opting for HDMI receiver



Regards,
Siddarth

Hi,

I am about to buy Diamond 9 series speakers for setting up my home theatre.

FRONT - Diamond 9.5
--------------------------------------
Power Handling (RMS) : 30-150W
Nominal Imp. : 6 Ohm
Frequency Range at -6dB : 30Hz - 24kHz

CENTRE - Diamond 9.CS
--------------------------------------

Power Handling (RMS) : 20-120W
Nominal Imp. : 6 Ohm
Frequency Range at -6dB : 70Hz - 24kHz

SURROUND - Diamond 9.DFS
--------------------------------------
Power Handling (RMS) : 15-200W
Nominal Imp. : 6 Ohm
Frequency Range at -6dB : 70Hz - 24kHz


Considering my limited budget, I am not sure about the Denon AVR compatible with this setup.
Denon 1609 and 1508 do fit in my budget. Both are "75 watts per channel x 7 channels" AVRs ... at what impedance (8 ohms I guess), I don't know?

Is Denon 1609/1508 OK to drive the above setup? Suggestions please ...

Regards,
Siddarth

Go for the Diamond set-up u wont regret it, its absolute value for money, as far as the recievers are concerned, i dont have much idea but the denons in india are quite overpriced u should consider cambridge audio and onkyo also.

Thanks pakzadj for the suggestion ... i will look into cambridge audio.

But the thing is that I am not sure abt the AVR in terms of specs. I haven't found any good explaination as yet mentioning the AVR compability with any given set of speakers

-Siddarth