I am looking for 2.0 or 2.1 stereo system for my PC and budget is around 40K Max (Including Amp). My room size is 11 X 10 feet.
Me and my wife went on for audition at one of the Local dealer. We auditioned below speakers.
I was listening to these quality of speaker for the first time in my life and I am very new to the HiFi world (Earlier i had AL 4121 PC Speakers), I will try my best to describe how these speaker sounded to me.
1) MS Mezzo 2 - These were demo 1 year old piece and dealer is ready to sell them at 21K. He connected these to NAD 326 (34K after discount), and played few Bollywood numbers thru my mobile (HTC One X+) I disabled Beats audio while playing. These speakers have very good reviews in the forum, I don't know why but to us they sounded very harsh in upper mid and high range (May be due to fact that these are 1 yr. old) in fast paced songs like "1 2 3 4" from Chennai Express. Quantity of Bass was sufficient for our liking. For slow songs like "Titli" from the same movie speaker sounded very good.
Dealer said Mezzo's match better with CA amp and said he has 2 Year old CA 840a amp lying around and will sell it for 45K. He also said he has old stands for Mezzo 2 which he can give for 6.5K as per him new pair cost around 9.5K. He agreed to give me demo for CA 840a + Mezzo 2 (on stand) after few days. I will post my experience once i hear them again.
2) PSB Imagine Mini- These were again connected to NAD 326. They sounded very nice, laid back and vocals were amazing but sound stage was small compare to Mezzo 2. Bass was also perfect. Dealer quoted 44K for these after discount and are way out of our budget.
3) PSB Image T5 - These were again connected to NAD 326. Man we were blown away by their sound :clapping:, everything was perfect Vocals, Sound stage, Bass, Instruments everything, we couldn't stop smiling
. He quoted 57K for these after discount :sad:.
4) Q7000 - I saw this 5.1 set was connected there to ONKYO 525 and i asked him if he can play them, he agreed and played a scene from Van Helsing movie. WOW!! they were amazing, everything was crystal clear. He quoted 72K for these speaker and around 39K for AVR i don't remember exactly though.
He doesn't have PSB B5 or B6 for demo but he quoted 28K for B5 and 36K for B6.
I don't know if i will increase my budget or not but below are few of the questions i have.
Qustions
1) Is the price quoted from dealer are ok? for new and old stuff?
2) Is Mezzo 2 better than B5 or B6 ?
3) We liked PSB T5 a lot. So can i blindly purchase B5? since they are from the same series.
3) Is FS suitable for my room size? what if i shift them in my hall (13 X 19) in future.
4) Can i pair Mezzo 2/ PSB B5 / PSB B6 with NAD 316 which is priced lower for 24.5K?
5) Very important question... Should i drop this idea and purchase SWAN M50 (2.1 speaker) for now. And purchase either T5 or B6 later once i have sufficient budget.
I will really appreciate your view on this. Thanks in advance.
Me and my wife went on for audition at one of the Local dealer. We auditioned below speakers.
I was listening to these quality of speaker for the first time in my life and I am very new to the HiFi world (Earlier i had AL 4121 PC Speakers), I will try my best to describe how these speaker sounded to me.
1) MS Mezzo 2 - These were demo 1 year old piece and dealer is ready to sell them at 21K. He connected these to NAD 326 (34K after discount), and played few Bollywood numbers thru my mobile (HTC One X+) I disabled Beats audio while playing. These speakers have very good reviews in the forum, I don't know why but to us they sounded very harsh in upper mid and high range (May be due to fact that these are 1 yr. old) in fast paced songs like "1 2 3 4" from Chennai Express. Quantity of Bass was sufficient for our liking. For slow songs like "Titli" from the same movie speaker sounded very good.
Dealer said Mezzo's match better with CA amp and said he has 2 Year old CA 840a amp lying around and will sell it for 45K. He also said he has old stands for Mezzo 2 which he can give for 6.5K as per him new pair cost around 9.5K. He agreed to give me demo for CA 840a + Mezzo 2 (on stand) after few days. I will post my experience once i hear them again.
2) PSB Imagine Mini- These were again connected to NAD 326. They sounded very nice, laid back and vocals were amazing but sound stage was small compare to Mezzo 2. Bass was also perfect. Dealer quoted 44K for these after discount and are way out of our budget.
3) PSB Image T5 - These were again connected to NAD 326. Man we were blown away by their sound :clapping:, everything was perfect Vocals, Sound stage, Bass, Instruments everything, we couldn't stop smiling
. He quoted 57K for these after discount :sad:.4) Q7000 - I saw this 5.1 set was connected there to ONKYO 525 and i asked him if he can play them, he agreed and played a scene from Van Helsing movie. WOW!! they were amazing, everything was crystal clear. He quoted 72K for these speaker and around 39K for AVR i don't remember exactly though.
He doesn't have PSB B5 or B6 for demo but he quoted 28K for B5 and 36K for B6.
I don't know if i will increase my budget or not but below are few of the questions i have.
Qustions
1) Is the price quoted from dealer are ok? for new and old stuff?
2) Is Mezzo 2 better than B5 or B6 ?
3) We liked PSB T5 a lot. So can i blindly purchase B5? since they are from the same series.
3) Is FS suitable for my room size? what if i shift them in my hall (13 X 19) in future.
4) Can i pair Mezzo 2/ PSB B5 / PSB B6 with NAD 316 which is priced lower for 24.5K?
5) Very important question... Should i drop this idea and purchase SWAN M50 (2.1 speaker) for now. And purchase either T5 or B6 later once i have sufficient budget.
I will really appreciate your view on this. Thanks in advance.
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