reggaerahul
New Member
So, here's the story : I have had a Boston Acoustics Digital Cinema XS 2.1 for a year and half and had a bad habbit of keeping them on for a long time, there was a surge and it fried the board. Mr. Sharat (suggested from hifivision) was kind to help but its not fixed and the spares (the amp board in the woofer) is not easily available.
I was pretty happy with the system and mainly was using to hook it through optical out of my Tata Sky and I could distinguish the good difference when I used only RCA audio from TV vs the Dolby DTS input from the set top box.
I hear that the PCM version of whats coming out of the Tata Sky HD+ is only 2.0 channel and not uncompressed 5.1 which rules out many mini amps which only support PCM, So..
Requirments :
1. Mini amp with multiple inputs : possibly a stereo and single SPDIF is good.
2. Should have a remote. (Cos changing volume on Tata Sky or TV doesn't affect the output)
2. Set of budget speakers.
Options :
1. SMSL Q5 Pro (Id' get it from US) ~ $150 + Speakers (Dayton or Micca or extending budget Wharfedale 210) ~ 10-15K : But I lose on Dolby/DTS
2. Cheap Lepai amp ~ 5K + $50 DTS/Dolby decoder + same set of speakers. : I lose on multiple inputs.
3. Last option : Soundbase or a soundbar, don't know somehow I am not keen on these but don't want to rule it out. The Dennon and Cambridge Audio have some around 20-23K so I just buy that and done with it, but I am looking to gradually upgrade components, so may be not so great for music but really convenient and I believe the movie experience would be good.
PS : If anyone knows to get a the same Boston system mentioned above for used or cheap, that'd be the option too. I got it from Croma for 12.5K and when I went to fix it, the guy made it worse saying that their last stock was sold for 5K :sad:
I am based in Pune and would probably visit 4-5 shops I visited last year buying a floorstanders and a Sherwood amp for my dad, but the budget is not that much right now, and most of those shops stock very high end stuff.
I was pretty happy with the system and mainly was using to hook it through optical out of my Tata Sky and I could distinguish the good difference when I used only RCA audio from TV vs the Dolby DTS input from the set top box.
I hear that the PCM version of whats coming out of the Tata Sky HD+ is only 2.0 channel and not uncompressed 5.1 which rules out many mini amps which only support PCM, So..
Requirments :
1. Mini amp with multiple inputs : possibly a stereo and single SPDIF is good.
2. Should have a remote. (Cos changing volume on Tata Sky or TV doesn't affect the output)
2. Set of budget speakers.
Options :
1. SMSL Q5 Pro (Id' get it from US) ~ $150 + Speakers (Dayton or Micca or extending budget Wharfedale 210) ~ 10-15K : But I lose on Dolby/DTS
2. Cheap Lepai amp ~ 5K + $50 DTS/Dolby decoder + same set of speakers. : I lose on multiple inputs.
3. Last option : Soundbase or a soundbar, don't know somehow I am not keen on these but don't want to rule it out. The Dennon and Cambridge Audio have some around 20-23K so I just buy that and done with it, but I am looking to gradually upgrade components, so may be not so great for music but really convenient and I believe the movie experience would be good.
PS : If anyone knows to get a the same Boston system mentioned above for used or cheap, that'd be the option too. I got it from Croma for 12.5K and when I went to fix it, the guy made it worse saying that their last stock was sold for 5K :sad:
I am based in Pune and would probably visit 4-5 shops I visited last year buying a floorstanders and a Sherwood amp for my dad, but the budget is not that much right now, and most of those shops stock very high end stuff.
