AV Receiver and floorstanders (40K - 50K)

Hmm. I was also inclined towards Denons. The only thing bugging me is that they do not have HDMI in/out. Although I may not use it immediately, I would like to invest in a receiver which is kind of future proof from the HDMI pt of view.
Which are the other receivers in the 25-35K price range that offers HDMI ? I believe not too many.

Another Q. The Onkyo 674 is rated at 6ohm. How will it (if at all) have an effect when driving say Polk 8 ohm speakers ?

That should not be any problem.

You can also audition the Polk Audio speakers along with Denon as the same distributor/dealer deals with both those lines.

Maybe a tad out of budget... but I highly recommend that you at least listen to Monitor Audio Silver RS6 floorstanders (50K).

What Hi-Fi highly recommends the new Monitor Audio Bronze BR5. I think they cost around 32K.

But I liked the Polk Monitor 50s. I'm hunting for a cheap HDMI enabled receiver.

Hello there,

its my first post here So pardon me for doing any wrong by mistake. I would strongly suggest to buy british speakers as they are very good for precise sound and also gel together with most of AV Reciever. As you mentioned your interest which is more into music then I think you should look at receivers from Marantz or Harmon Kardon or Cambridge Audio they are into same category and sound is a bit warm not bright at all. But if you can afford extra money then Arcam is unbeatible.

Now in speakers I would suggest look at Monitor Audio or KEF and would also not discounting B&W 600 series which should come into the price range you mentioned.

i hope it helps.

Well you should check out Sony 1200ES which gives you a freedom of HDMi but not the sound. Else Onkyo 605 which does both.

Yes you are right Monitor Audio is great and sound really detailed compare to any one out there.

hi

I agree with qoolss , he is right on the AV receiver , the Harman /marantz sounds great then Denon and regarding the speakers harman and marant pair very well with JBL . E60 is a very good model from Jbl and their Centre EC 25 is also great . pair it along with E250 sub and E10 surrounds , they will blow you away.

Also Monitor audio sounds great , its more musical and as Mr.qoolss said all english speakers sounds warm and its good for music. for HT i prefer JBL

regards
mohan

try Denon , its a good receiver, and for speakers i will suggest Boston

How come no one ever talks about Jamo? don't they go really well with Denon, and are decently priced as well...
I've been thru a lot of posts but haven't seen a single comment on those. Just wondering - are they not comparable to Monitor, KEF, Polk Audio etc?

2nd question, if I had to choose one of the following floorstanding speakers under 50 k which would be most recommended?
- Monitor (Bronze or silver range)
- Elac (FS57/58) - I liked their sound quality, one of my acquaintance has complete elac set, with CC51, BS 53)
- Polk Audio (Monitor 70)
- KEF (IQ Series)
- MS Avant 914
- Wharfedale Diamond
- JAMO Anyone???

I'll skip DynAudio, Dali and B&W as they are too expensive. I guess they dont have floorstanding under 50k (correct me if I am wrong)

Please state your choice and or special comments on any of the above