Venkat, Do you think phillips and onkyo are identical in sound/seperation quality? From my audition experience, onkyo is in a different league.
You could be perfectly right. I have not heard the Onkyo HTIB. I also respect Moser and lot of other who use Onkyo in this forum.
Madbull has auditioned over a dozen brands in Indian and abroad before he settled on the Philips. I have heard the Philips system at MadbullRam's place, and I think it plays quite decently.
All I was suggesting to the OP was two brands which I think, in the minds of our forum members, are on the top of the heap as far as HTIB goes. Obviously, as I have insisted many times before, the buyer
HAS to audition and go for what he likes.
Frankly, people like Moser and Madbull are far better in suggesting HTIBs as they use them on a daily basis. That is the reason I did not mention any model numbers. If it comes to the OP buying based on just a recommendation from here, I am sure Moser and others will give better advise.
Cheers