My budget is 30K, can anyone suggest me a stereo amp with a matching speakers for this price.
My budget is 30K, can anyone suggest me a stereo amp with a matching speakers for this price.
My budget is 30K, can anyone suggest me a stereo amp with a matching speakers for this price.
If you have a PC then get an Asus soundcard at 8K and the Altec Lansing MX5021 speakers at 7K. Great combo and will deliver SQ better than anything else at just 15K. Invest the rest in an entry level HTIB from Onkyo or Yamaha and you'll have the best of both worlds.
Otherwise what supra has said is a good combo. Also, check with magma, he'll have lots of suggestions in that budget.
a lot of people recommend craftel based in Chennai - I would recommend the Norge 1000 Concerto Gold stereo amp paired with Norge bookshelves - bank for the buck around 20k. You can also try the Norge tower speakers - but i would say save the money with this combo and get a oppo 980 for plackback. It wont disappoint you.
What would you be using this setup for music or movies?
Depending on them options can be suggested.
Also if for music it further depends on your musical taste.
Do you know any shop in bangalore sells this Norge, So that i could go and have a first hand experience on this weekend
Hi,
Well for that kinda budget for stereo music, I'd say give Cambridge Audio (CA340SE),Marantz(PM4001/5003) a try for electronics and Wharfedale (9.1/9.2) and Mission (M32i) for speakers.
Will be the best possible setup for the money ! Also if you are looking for a or is open to Pre-Owned stuff,Since you are from Bangalore I can help you please PM me for further details.
Regards.
Wow! I have a PC and I got your point, But still i doubt whether it could match the sound clarity of a amplifier?
I have an HTIB from sony, but for music it as good as scrap
Thanks to all of you for your valuable suggestions, At last i pinned down to my first amp and speaker. I had an audition in vector bangalore. For amp i selected NORGE 1000 and speaker Wharfedele 9.1. I had audition of 9.2 as well, but i doesn't prefer extra bass produced by 9.2 and settled down for 9.1.
I bought speaker from vector and paid for NORGE 1000. Now awaiting for the delivery of amp. Mr Bajaj conveyed me a delay of 2 days in delivery of AMP. Eagerly awaiting for the system to go live.....
I planned to connect this AMP to my computer with following specification,
Mother board - Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL
Intel High Definition audio subsystem based on the Realtek ALC888 audio codec.
Advanced jack sense for the back panel audio jacks that enables the audio codec to recognize the device that is connected to an audio port. The back panel audio jacks are capable of re-tasking according to users definition, or can be automatically switched depending on the recognized device type.
Stereo input and output for all back panel jacks
A signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of 95 dB
Any further suggestions from experts appreciated
I use the mobo to send digital out directly to my receiver and sound in better wrt to bass and clarity. The HW implementation messes up the sound with a lot of interference from electrical signals. Pleas einvest in a decent sound card. Atleast a cheap maudio or even a Asus DX will be be a better bet than the onboard mobo sound card. (but do listen to the setup first - you might be satisfied). In reality any budget soundcard will sound better than onboard sound cards on the mobo.
One more thing to add - Use a good player like Foobar, XMPlay, or cPlay (the best of the lot).
Long term look to getting the Asus Essence STX, its the best and on analog out will beat everything else in sight (i.e. cost).
Also apart from what everyone has added for the soundcard and the media player and need for a good soundcard and media player, I would like to add that if you go for something like a ASUS essenceSTX, use the ASIO drivers. I am sure it would support it (Moserw can confirm it as I am not up to date with latest sound cards)
Basically using the ASIO drivers will bypass the use of windows kernel system which deteriorates sound a lot.
If you dont want to go through all these hassles as still use your PC as source, Magma's suggestion is best i.e. to use a decent DAC and use the digital out of your motherboard soundcard
Wow! I have a PC and I got your point, But still i doubt whether it could match the sound clarity of a amplifier?
I have an HTIB from sony, but for music it as good as scrap
Also apart from what everyone has added for the soundcard and the media player and need for a good soundcard and media player, I would like to add that if you go for something like a ASUS essenceSTX, use the ASIO drivers. I am sure it would support it (Moserw can confirm it as I am not up to date with latest sound cards)
Basically using the ASIO drivers will bypass the use of windows kernel system which deteriorates sound a lot.
If you dont want to go through all these hassles as still use your PC as source, Magma's suggestion is best i.e. to use a decent DAC and use the digital out of your motherboard soundcard