I would like to thank the forum members for their valuable posts which helped me choose my setup and also learn a great deal about various speakers.
I would like to share my experience demoing some speakers in case it would be helpful to some one.I would say that i have had no prior experience listening to hifi speakers so my demo or review of speaker will only give my viewpoint and may not be of much help to others to see which speaker is better.
I have demoed KEF XQ30 , POLK RTI A9 , FOCAL CHORUS 826V , MONITER AUDIO platinum series PL300, MBL 101EMK 11, Klipsch THX and reference series
First i went to profx in chennai,here i demoed the kef, polk and focal speakers.
The kef xq30 had very good vocals which sounded very natural but did not have enough bass as though the bass was reduced to make the sound more natural.
Polk rti a9 did not sound as clear as the kef but had more bass.
The focal chorus sounded completely different from the kef as well as polk.It was very bright which made the vocals clearly understandable but set my ears ringing on some treble heavy parts of the song also the sound seemed unnatural to me.This may due to room acoustics as the room was not acaustically treated.
Among these three to the focal chorus looked most attractive in design.
Next i went to the audio people showroom in Chennai.I asked to be shown the best they had and was shown the mbl 101EMK 11.They had these speakers hooked to two mono bloc amplifiers one amp for one speaker.These sounded even more natural than the KEF which was the most natural i heard so far.But these were priced at 1.25 crore for a pair of speakers alone so they were out of my budget.
Then i heard the moniter audio PL300 which sounded the best to me they had incredible bass while maintaining clarity.They did not sound natural like KEF.They were more bright but were more fun to listen to.These also costing about 5 lakh for a pair were out of my budget.
Then i heard the klipsch thx which sounded good for movies but costed 3.5 lakh for speakers alone since my budget was 4 lakh for total setup i discounted them.
In the end i liked the klipsch RF 83 in this the vocals were as natural as kef speakers and it had lots of bass even without a sub woofer.The treble did not sound bright at all to me but this may due to the heavy acoustic treatment done in all the demo rooms of the audio people.For me RF 83 seemed to strike the right balance between price and sound quality and looks.At least to me the RF 83 looked very cool.In the end i got RF 83 based 5.1 setup and denon 3808 amp for 3.6 lakh total.I am still waiting for the installation in my home which will be done in a few weeks.Then i will thoroughly review it.
I hope that this will help some one while choosing speakers but use my opinion as a ref only if you are unable to demo the speakers yourself.
I would like to share my experience demoing some speakers in case it would be helpful to some one.I would say that i have had no prior experience listening to hifi speakers so my demo or review of speaker will only give my viewpoint and may not be of much help to others to see which speaker is better.
I have demoed KEF XQ30 , POLK RTI A9 , FOCAL CHORUS 826V , MONITER AUDIO platinum series PL300, MBL 101EMK 11, Klipsch THX and reference series
First i went to profx in chennai,here i demoed the kef, polk and focal speakers.
The kef xq30 had very good vocals which sounded very natural but did not have enough bass as though the bass was reduced to make the sound more natural.
Polk rti a9 did not sound as clear as the kef but had more bass.
The focal chorus sounded completely different from the kef as well as polk.It was very bright which made the vocals clearly understandable but set my ears ringing on some treble heavy parts of the song also the sound seemed unnatural to me.This may due to room acoustics as the room was not acaustically treated.
Among these three to the focal chorus looked most attractive in design.
Next i went to the audio people showroom in Chennai.I asked to be shown the best they had and was shown the mbl 101EMK 11.They had these speakers hooked to two mono bloc amplifiers one amp for one speaker.These sounded even more natural than the KEF which was the most natural i heard so far.But these were priced at 1.25 crore for a pair of speakers alone so they were out of my budget.
Then i heard the moniter audio PL300 which sounded the best to me they had incredible bass while maintaining clarity.They did not sound natural like KEF.They were more bright but were more fun to listen to.These also costing about 5 lakh for a pair were out of my budget.
Then i heard the klipsch thx which sounded good for movies but costed 3.5 lakh for speakers alone since my budget was 4 lakh for total setup i discounted them.
In the end i liked the klipsch RF 83 in this the vocals were as natural as kef speakers and it had lots of bass even without a sub woofer.The treble did not sound bright at all to me but this may due to the heavy acoustic treatment done in all the demo rooms of the audio people.For me RF 83 seemed to strike the right balance between price and sound quality and looks.At least to me the RF 83 looked very cool.In the end i got RF 83 based 5.1 setup and denon 3808 amp for 3.6 lakh total.I am still waiting for the installation in my home which will be done in a few weeks.Then i will thoroughly review it.
I hope that this will help some one while choosing speakers but use my opinion as a ref only if you are unable to demo the speakers yourself.