suku_patel_22
Active Member
Hello all,
Welcome to my journey to my first home theatre.
I started off around 10 years back with Edifier Studio 7 (R2700) and was quite happy with it for music, but it was always lacking in movies and dialogue delivery, however with the limitations in my home, I wasn't in a position to install a complete home theatre. Meanwhile, I got myself JBL SB250 soundbar for the bedroom, but I was still not content with the sound.
Fast forward to few months back, late 2022, and while I was planning my living room and was planning to get a Samsung Q990B soundbar, my friend suggested that instead of spending a lakh on a soundbar, I could get a proper 5.1 system and that would serve me better for my usage. With that in mind, I started exploring home theatres.
My initial plan was to get Denon 550BT with Taga 607 package. That would have been the route I went, but due to the lack of space, I have to go with bookshelves. I ditched the plan early on and started exploring bookshelf systems, and as I would be doing the interiors of a new house, decided to upgrade to 5.1.2 instead of 5.1.
While I was in Chennai for some personal work, I visited ProFX with my wife and experienced a demo of my first home theatre. Denon X1700H paired to Polk ES15 (LR), ES30 (C) and ES10(S) along with Polk HTS10. I found the surround experience amazing but the sound signature very bright and fatiguing.
I started looking for warmer speakers, which led me to Q Acoustics. I was honoured to get in touch with FM @zhopudey and he graciously allowed me to come over and hear his Q Acoustics set-up. I loved his set-up, and was sold in the idea of Q Acoustics.
However, due to the placement of the sofa, against the back wall, I was unable to plan an effective (read WAF approved) way to mount the surrounds.
I then decided on increasing my budget a bit and started checking out Wharfdale Diamond 12(for the bipolar surrounds) and Elac Debut 2(fr it's on-wall OW42).
I visited Hifimart to audition for Wharfdale Diamond 12.1, and fell in love with them as soon as it was turned on. It was a stereo setup with Audiolab. On his and my friend's suggestion(he already owns a Marantz SR6009), I started exploring Marantz SR5015 vs Denon X1700H.
Finally, folks, here I am with my set-up, which has already been delivered to me
Receiver: Marantz SR5015
Front stage: Wharfdale Diamond 12.1 and 12.C
Surrounds: Wharfdale WH-DFS
Atmos: Wharfdale WCM-65
I am yet to buy a subwoofer and have currently finalized on a REL HT/1003 MK II, after auditioning SVS PB-1000 Pro and Rel HT/1205. I would like to thank @Nitin K for guiding me along and sharing the contacts for good deals on REL.
Currently, as I haven't yet moved into the new place, I got cheap 20 ₹/m cables from local hardware and have hooked up only LCR and intend to hook up the surrounds, high on the back wall (not ideal, but that's what I can do) shortly.
I have been blown away by the performance in music and in dialogue delivery. With both Edifier studio's and JBL soundbar, there was a lot of echo in the room, which has gone away with Marantz+Wharfdale. Maybe this is what AVR's bring to the table. I thought I would need to get the REL, but the small Wharfdales do pack a punch. I can hold off for some more time.
As they say, HT is rabbit hole, I started off with the intention of spending 1L, and have spent significantly more already.
This is just the start, and I will keep posting more details as I set things up.
Some pics:
Boxes boxes
Wharfdale Diamond 12.1
Wharfdale WH-DFS
The front stage. I know it's cramped, center is off-center, but this is the best what I can do at the moment.
This is a start, more to follow
Cheers
Sukumar
Welcome to my journey to my first home theatre.
I started off around 10 years back with Edifier Studio 7 (R2700) and was quite happy with it for music, but it was always lacking in movies and dialogue delivery, however with the limitations in my home, I wasn't in a position to install a complete home theatre. Meanwhile, I got myself JBL SB250 soundbar for the bedroom, but I was still not content with the sound.
Fast forward to few months back, late 2022, and while I was planning my living room and was planning to get a Samsung Q990B soundbar, my friend suggested that instead of spending a lakh on a soundbar, I could get a proper 5.1 system and that would serve me better for my usage. With that in mind, I started exploring home theatres.
My initial plan was to get Denon 550BT with Taga 607 package. That would have been the route I went, but due to the lack of space, I have to go with bookshelves. I ditched the plan early on and started exploring bookshelf systems, and as I would be doing the interiors of a new house, decided to upgrade to 5.1.2 instead of 5.1.
While I was in Chennai for some personal work, I visited ProFX with my wife and experienced a demo of my first home theatre. Denon X1700H paired to Polk ES15 (LR), ES30 (C) and ES10(S) along with Polk HTS10. I found the surround experience amazing but the sound signature very bright and fatiguing.
I started looking for warmer speakers, which led me to Q Acoustics. I was honoured to get in touch with FM @zhopudey and he graciously allowed me to come over and hear his Q Acoustics set-up. I loved his set-up, and was sold in the idea of Q Acoustics.
However, due to the placement of the sofa, against the back wall, I was unable to plan an effective (read WAF approved) way to mount the surrounds.
I then decided on increasing my budget a bit and started checking out Wharfdale Diamond 12(for the bipolar surrounds) and Elac Debut 2(fr it's on-wall OW42).
I visited Hifimart to audition for Wharfdale Diamond 12.1, and fell in love with them as soon as it was turned on. It was a stereo setup with Audiolab. On his and my friend's suggestion(he already owns a Marantz SR6009), I started exploring Marantz SR5015 vs Denon X1700H.
Finally, folks, here I am with my set-up, which has already been delivered to me
Receiver: Marantz SR5015
Front stage: Wharfdale Diamond 12.1 and 12.C
Surrounds: Wharfdale WH-DFS
Atmos: Wharfdale WCM-65
I am yet to buy a subwoofer and have currently finalized on a REL HT/1003 MK II, after auditioning SVS PB-1000 Pro and Rel HT/1205. I would like to thank @Nitin K for guiding me along and sharing the contacts for good deals on REL.
Currently, as I haven't yet moved into the new place, I got cheap 20 ₹/m cables from local hardware and have hooked up only LCR and intend to hook up the surrounds, high on the back wall (not ideal, but that's what I can do) shortly.
I have been blown away by the performance in music and in dialogue delivery. With both Edifier studio's and JBL soundbar, there was a lot of echo in the room, which has gone away with Marantz+Wharfdale. Maybe this is what AVR's bring to the table. I thought I would need to get the REL, but the small Wharfdales do pack a punch. I can hold off for some more time.
As they say, HT is rabbit hole, I started off with the intention of spending 1L, and have spent significantly more already.
This is just the start, and I will keep posting more details as I set things up.
Some pics:
Boxes boxes
Wharfdale Diamond 12.1
Wharfdale WH-DFS
The front stage. I know it's cramped, center is off-center, but this is the best what I can do at the moment.
This is a start, more to follow
Cheers
Sukumar
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