Can somebody please review my HT combination?

Can somebody please review my HT comination?

Following is my current audio setup (bought in early 2005)
- Onkyo Challenger (package : HTS 570)
Onkyo HT-S570 - 5.1-Channel Home Theater System | Model Information | Onkyo USA Home Theater Products
Receiver : Onkyo HT R320
Speakers : SKF-320F (Front)
SKF-320C (Center)
SKM-320S (Surrounds)
SKW-320X (Active subwoofer)
- Replaced the front speakers with Space india Floorstanders : TWR 6 (Product6)
- Replaced the surrounds with the Onkyo SKF-320F (front speakers from the package)

Following is my video setup
- 47" Philips PF 9541 LCD TV
- Philips DVP 5986 DVD Player

Is there any aspect of it that you are unhappy with? At first glance it seems like better speakers would further improve your experience. You already have a great TV and a pretty good AVR. Also, if you listen to music on it, a dedicated CD player would provide better music playback.

Thanks particleman for your response. It’s a common scenario that everyone will be pretty satisfied and happy with their current setup till they try some other setup. So in general, I just wanted this setup to be reviewed / compared with similar setups especially the speakers. In simple terms, I was just asking for suggestions from audiophiles for getting the max from the receiver in terms of both music and movies. And one more doubt, is there any noticeable difference in performance if I upgrade the AVR and the speakers (is there any need to upgrade)

Don't fix what ain't broken.

Well put, change for change's sake would only be a waste of your money. If the system is performing satisfactorily then why change anything?

Franky speaking (not arguing), i am not much satisfied with the performance of my setup when i auditioned another setup. Lemme put my question straight away:

- If I replace the front speakers / the entire speakers with some other speakers like polk / wharfadale / infinity etc., is there any significant improvement in the performance (forget about my current setup). I had read lot of audiophiles telling / recommending X speakers are better than Y speakers... like that. Can somebody recommend the ideal set of speakers for the current AVR so that i can audition them to find the difference.

As particleman told, "At first glance it seems like better speakers would further improve your experience.", whether its going to give a significant performance improvement (may be i am using the wrong word, replace it with "significant improvement in sound quality") or in which way it improves the performance?

Don’t take this as an argument, I am just trying to find out whether choosing a particular setup than others (in the same class) makes an actual difference or is it in papers ..

Its a simple formula. You spend more, you get more. Of course if you upgrade your AVR or speakers or everything, you will get better sound.

Really?!

In that case I would have been still stuck with my 80s Sony HiFi and Dynora TV. Both are still working fine! For that matter there is even a tuner that my dad built himself during the early 70s still murmuring on.

I believe the more discerning listener you are, the more upgrade path you will take!

In the case of Sajith, with no offence meant bro, you have a fine system but, imho you can definitely do much better if you take the component route- may be in the future.

Best Regards.

Sajit,

YES would be my answer for all the above questions!

Whoa, hold on, unleash_me, I think you've taken him too literally . As I understood (and agreed with) it, RR is saying that if he is happy with the sound then why change anything. Of course now cmsajith has provided more feedback and now we can start recommending changes. I agree with you that better speakers will help.

@cmsajith:
Did not think you were arguing at all, after all only after a series of back and forth Q&A will we get to the destination. Now we need more information. What budget do you have in mind? Are you unhappy with sound for music and hence want to change only front 2 speakers? Or change all 5 speakers for movie sound as well? Would you like to invest in a better player, e.g. dedicated CD player?