YHT 3072 comes with a HTR 3072 Receiver + 5 Small speakers and a powered subwoofer - for 39 K. So in additional 9 K, you can a complete package. Btw, the rated output of HTR 3072 2 channel driver is only 70 Watts. I dont see the logic to buy the same AVR that is already pre packaged with the HITB if performance is what you want. Thats why i said, get the HITB and retain the AVR and sell the speakers right away or later when you want to upgrade to good speakers. TAGA again is an entry level package and these entry level AVRs in my opinion just dont have the juice to pump up the pressure levels.
I have YHT 299 and the speakers are good enough for Movies and music in a small room of 100 Sq ft. Now i have moved to a different place, what is lacking the subwoofer and not the satellites. Higher frequencies are more directional and you need to focus the speakers towards you to proper imaging and sound.
Also, if you never had a speaker package before, you will never be dissapointed with YHT 3072. The reviewers and other members normally have a higher end gear and then compare the HITB with those gear and say, hey it didn't meet the expectation. Its like a BMW owners saying Toyota, Maruthi, Ford are all bad because its not like their BMW.
In Audio, Audition is the most important thing. In video , you can go by specs and measurement. Just providing your alternate thought so you can make informed decisions.
Now what i will recommend to spend more is to select a TV with more clarity and accuracy,. The Hisense for example is not an epitome of Image quality.
The point I agree over here is that audition is most important as everyone is likely to have different opinions basis their journey and gear they own.
I have traversed across the ht options as below
i) Started with a Philips 5.1 system in 2006 , was sweet sounding but I had no clue what it was supposed to do and was mostly used in all-ch stereo. Used this for about 9 years in different capacities and never in optimal positions and configurations , served me well (was purchased @3/4k from what i remember)
ii) Got myself an Edifier DA5000 Pro in 2010/11, price paid was about 11k and was really happy the way they sounded. Dont think it can get better than this at a budget. Only gripe was the center channel was always over-powered by other channels, had to reduce volume of other channels and elevate center channel volume and then it sounded good. This was used mainly with my PC setup in a 5.1 configuration via an Asus Xonar DX. This I used till 2017 after which I gave it away to my cousin and it still works perfectly as on day one. This was a clear cut upgrade over the Philips system
iii) I was longing for something better and in 2016 decided to look for an upgrade at a budget of 30-40k. I went ahead and auditioned the Yamaha HtiB systems at Yahama music center in Bangalore, to be honest was very underwhelmed by the presentation. It sounded similar or maybe a little better than the DA5000 Pro at almost 4 times the cost ( probably justified since the DA5000pro comes with no receiver and this has an receiver for all the media functionalities, but I was looking for something which was clear cut upgrade over the DA5000 Pro).
I went to pro-fx and onkyo, auditioned satellite speakers. The Polk TL-1600 seemed surreal to me coming from a DA5000Pro and seemed to be an upgrade though way higher than my budget. I got myself one which I happily used till early 2020
iv) Come early 2020, i got into bookshelfs and then floorstanders (wont go into details of this as there are many threads on the same). This was again a clear upgrade over satellites, although it was not as much as a jump from DA5000Pro to the Satellites.
My recommendation path is either you need to be willing to go through this journey, but if you are already at a budget of 70k odd , then it makes more sense to take it to 1L-1.2L and get a good AVR, bookshelfs/floorstanders fitting in your budget and a subwoofer. Its not that any of the above systems were bad, but as you said you end up hearing/reading about better systems and wish later on that you should have spent the extra 30-40k as you find something lacking in your system (although I agree this results in an endless pursuit).
Having gone through this path I feel if someone has a lot of expectations from the system (like how the OP mentioned he wants clear crisp dialogues so forth) then it makes sense to increase the budget by a good amount and buy gradually.
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