Help a newbie to buy a centre channel speaker

[photoprashanth]

Hi friends,
I have an old Onkyo SR-504 receiver connected to Yamaha NS7900 floor standers. I want to buy a Centre channel speaker. I was little DIY kind of guy and hence tried to use a chinese (F&D) 5.1 centre channel box by replacing it with some dainty speakers and tweeter for centre channel and surround speakers.

They never sounded good as I was (even now) ignorant of all that speaker parameters and cross-over circuits. Just bought some circuits from SP Road in Bangalore and soldered them.

To cut the story short.

Now I do not want to do any of that mistake again. I just want to buy a decent centre channel speaker which costs around 5K.

Before posting this here I searched around and found some links for

Wharfedale WH-2 CENTRE Speaker 5.9K/-
Sonus C2401 V3 (don't know the price)

Or something like
Yamaha NS-150 (which has both centre and surround) 7.9K/-

I just want to watch some blu-ray movies on my Panasonic V20 with decent 5.1.

I hope my question is not non-sense and someone might help me.

Thanks in advance.
Prashanth

 

[GeorgeO]

Why not audition a few speaker systems to get an idea of what you might like?

 

[spirovious]

With Onkyo,Tannoy,Q acoustic centres will sound good.Demo is the best solution.

 

[elangoas]

Sonus C2401 V3 (don't know the price)

Sonus C2401 V3 is around 6.5K

 

[photoprashanth]

Hi,
I will go for a demo, before that I wanted some kind of short listing considering my current set up and budget.

Regards,
Prashanth

 

[photoprashanth]

Went for a demo of Yamaha and Polk audio. Did not like Yamaha.. Polk was nice but out of my budget. I will try pre-owned if I could get a good deal.

Thanks
Prashanth

 

[hemantwaghe]

I have one massive Indian Speaker called J&B made by Jacob a reputed speaker maker

3 way with 2 6 inch drivers

want to sell for Rs 2500 plus shipping

 

[photoprashanth]

I have one massive Indian Speaker called J&B made by Jacob a reputed speaker maker

3 way with 2 6 inch drivers

want to sell for Rs 2500 plus shipping

Thanks for the offer. Let me know the size of the unit. Looks like it is quiet big for my liking.

Regards,
Prashanth