Help me on deciding AVR and 5.1 speakers

[solairajesh]

Hi All,

I planned to set up a home theater in my room of size 17*13. I need the AVR/Speakers(5.1) which can satisfy 50/50 for music and cinema. My budget is 80K. Now I am totally confused with AVR and speakers choice.

My speakers choice are "Paradigm cinema 100 CT" and "Wharfedale DX1". I have seen the demo for "Paradigm cinema 100 CT" and I am really impressed with it. But I can see lots of positive feedback on "Wharfedale DX1" and I couldn't get demo for that :sad:. I need your feed back to choose any one of this.

Coming to AVR my choice is Denon X500/X1000. I really love Denon rather anything. But many confusions here... Will this suite the above speakers? or do they need more powerful AVR? Also I am getting many negative feedback on X series of Denon regarding service/complaints(this advice is from some dealers). Also I am not very keen about network features in AVR. Now skipping Network features and going with X500(Not having USB :sad will have any significant quality difference over X1000? Anybody using X500/X1000 please advice.

Another choice for AVR is Yamaha RX-V375 which have very positive feedback and having USB as well. I have demo for this but with yamaha 5.1 speakers(YHT299) and that was really bad. How yamaha V375 perform with any of my above speakers? Anybody who using this please advice.

I am totally confused now. Please help me with your suggestion on both AVR and 5.1 speakers.

Thanks,
Solai Rajesh

 

[raghu91]

Coming to AVR my choice is Denon X500/X1000. I really love Denon rather anything. But many confusions here... Will this suite the above speakers? or do they need more powerful AVR? Also I am getting many negative feedback on X series of Denon regarding service/complaints(this advice is from some dealers). Also I am not very keen about network features in AVR. Now skipping Network features and going with X500(Not having USB :sad will have any significant quality difference over X1000? Anybody using X500/X1000 please advice.

I have the X1000 paired with Wharfs (Diamond 121) and I'm very happy with it. I picked X1000 over X500 mainly for the network and the audyssey multEQ XT. X500 doesn't have them. I use the the network feature a lot (internet radio, airplay). I just find it convenient to play music from my phone or notebook over AirPlay. You can decide if that matters to you. Similarly, some people like Audyssey, some don't. I like it. You should audition and see for yourself if you like it too. At your place, if possible.

 

[RajithKumar]

Hi...having the budget of 80k very well u should go for X1000..u should definitely try for a demo..Being at Chennai u can contact PROFX - Chennai (Profx - Advanced Audio Solutions) for the appointment and can have a demo...
Check with Profx whether thay have the above speaker setup...otherwise their main dealing on KEF & Polk audio speakers.
Otherwise Check this at Reliance digital for options.

For X500 ,denon itself is having a complete package (AVR+Speaker package) ..
However u can check the options their at PROFX..

 

[solairajesh]

Thanks Raghu/Ranjith for your reply. Both are advising for X1000 but is there any big difference between X500 and X1000 excluding network features? Also one of the dealer where I went for audition told that X500 cannot power either up Wharf DX1 or Paradigm 100 CT. Do you have any idea on this? And can you comment on yamaha RX-V375?

 

[srajkmr]

"However, it also has a new OPAMP and DAC, where the X500 uses last years models. Both of these components are at the base of sound quality."

Above quote is mentioned on trustedreviews.com. Well, having said that, we can assume there will be some internal component difference between two.

Link: Denon AVR-X1000 review - Hands-on - Home Cinema Receiver

 

[solairajesh]

Anybody using "Paradigm cinema 100 CT" OR "Wharfedale DX1" please comment on this thread....

 

[SVS]

Hi,

You can also Check Marantz receivers. They are very good for both music and movies. Marantz and Denon are brands of D&M holdings. In my opinion Marantz is slightly better than Denon. For Speaker you can also check Boston Acoustics which again is owned by D&M holdings. So it should pair well with Denon as well as Marantz.