Which one to buy Sonodyne 2504/2605 or used Wharfedale 9.6

[kvinodkumar]

Hello All,

Can someone give quick assistance on which one to buy.
A new Sonodyne 2504 costing 20k+ or 2605 which is 30k+ or used 2yr old Wharfedale 9.6 which is 25k

As of now, I have an old Onkyo HTS3200. Will upgrade slowly.
Movies=60%
Music40%

Assistance is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Vinod

 

[koushik]

Hi Vinod,

Never heard Wharfy 9.6 but for movies Sonodyne 2605, I can say, is a great buy.
You can also consider good quality bookshelves as floorstanders are power hungry and if not provided with proper AVR, they will overwhelm your center channel.

Carry your AVR to the showroom to find the perfect match.

 

[kvinodkumar]

Thank you Koushik.

I'd like to know which one's better in comparision.

REgards,
Vinod

 

[karthick raja]

To me, 9.6 feels better than 2605 atleast in mids but source,amp and room of audition is entirely different though. Better take ur amp/avr to audition and compare with same source.

 

[koushik]

I'd like to know which one's better in comparision.

As I said earlier, I haven't heard Wharfedale 9.6 so could able to comment on it. I would suggest that take advice but don't buy anything without listening to it. So please carry your AVR and take auditions.

 

[jkarthik]

Dear kvinodkumar,

Please spend hours and listen to the mentioned speakers with your AVR before buying.

Also try to mate your AVR other than the mentioned speakers.

 

[elangoas]

Hello All,

Can someone give quick assistance on which one to buy.
A new Sonodyne 2504 costing 20k+ or 2605 which is 30k+ or used 2yr old Wharfedale 9.6 which is 25k

As of now, I have an old Onkyo HTS3200. Will upgrade slowly.
Movies=60%
Music40%

Assistance is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Vinod

I think you are better off with a BS than a large FS.... Your AVR isn't that powerful driving a FS like 2605/Diamond 9.6...

 

[kvinodkumar]

Thank you all.
Elangoas, i,'m going to upgrade though.
To what I see, we can drive them with the setup I have. Could you be more specific on why you state that?

 

[elangoas]

Thank you all.
Elangoas, i,'m going to upgrade though.
To what I see, we can drive them with the setup I have. Could you be more specific on why you state that?

Yes.. Your AVR can drive them...But it may not do enough justice to these FS is what i meant....

I had a Marantz SR 5200 AVR which has very similar spec to Onkyo HTs 3200.. It struggled to drive the Sonus 2605..Almost reached 80 - 85% on the volume to get any decent output... Hence the suggestion for BS...

 

[sound_cycle]

Watts that !

I am into the speed/ power thing as much as Clarkson and the next guy but I have to say

Volume to watts is a log relationship and not linear ie. if you want something 2x louder than say 100W you need 1000W.

I find that pairing the 2605s with a puny 45w per channel Marantz PM 6005 is not in the least like trying to tow a jumbo jet with an autorickshaw or something.

It works and IMVHO sounds decent (to cotton ears listening in a tube of a room and all that)

Assuming you are not planning to listen to classical in an indoor stadium or something like that I'd think an amp that does not need its own substation should work if you are considering the 2605s (and I am not saying that they are the worlds best or something see for instance this informative post http://www.hifivision.com/speakers/51335-entry-level-stereo-setup-4.html#post589387)

ciao
gr

 

[kvinodkumar]

Hey Sound Cycle,

I didn't quite understood what you meant and the link isn't working for me.
I have Onkyo 3200 which gives 110W per channel to what I recollect. Kindly explain.

Also, have you used both 2605 and 9.6? I need to know which ones better as 2605 new one is around 30K and 9.6 old is 25k.

Regards,
Vinod

 

[sound_cycle]

http://www.hifivision.com/speakers/51335-entry-level-stereo-setup-4.html#post589387

Although I do agree that better options can be had than Sonodyne, however they are beautiful to start the journey.
<snip>
I paid 9K for 1501 bookshelves 2 years back, first of all nothing comes in that price, and even with 15K you can not get anything much better. If we bring the 2605 in picture then the story changes substantially. They cost upward of 30K, and I will agree 100% that many many better offerings can be found for that money, but better speakers in that range are mostly bookshelves and not floor standers like the 2605. So the comparison is not quite right. At the same time if I had the option to spend 30K+ then I would rather buy a quality bookshelf than the 2605. An year or so back my decision would have been exactly the opposite (i.e. I would have bought the 2605s because they appeal to my fickle and frivolous kind, they are floor standers after all!), but now I know more and I have been listening to better sound (my very entry level Dali Zensor 1s).

So for me it is very simple: for the price paid 2605 are in simple words amazing speakers and are floor standers to boot, but you can have better speakers even though it is not exactly in the same category.

another post on a similar issue http://www.hifivision.com/amplifiers/46302-amp-sonodyne-sonus-2605-v3-2.html#post575185

Having put that out of the way

No I have not heard the 9.6 or the amp referred to in your post, however from my experience with the 2605 and a PM 6005 ("only" 45w per channel) I think that a 100W per channel should have no issue with the 2605 (or similar fs for that matter) - if your listening requirements are like mine ("normal" not driving wife at home/ the next door neighbors nuts volume in a average sized living room).

Watts ofc are not the only thing that you should worry about with an amp. And the thing you need to worry the most about is your room and after that about positioning your speakers within that room.

edit: hyderabad ?

ciao
gr

 

[koushik]

I was referring to this pair earlier -

Pioneer VSX-323-K AV Receiver

AND

Boston Acoustics A 25 Speaker

OR

http://www.hifimart.com/boston-acoustics-soundware-xs-5-1-190

 

[koushik]

^^ Sorry for the above post in wrong thread!

 

[kvinodkumar]

Thank you Sound Cycle.

I'm from Hyderabad. My listening is now Normal as i have 10 months boy!!
I like heavy/punchy base.

So, what would you suggest....
An old Wharf 9.6 for 25K or a new 2605 for 30+K
and
An old Wharf 9.6 for 25K or a new 2504 for 20+K

 

[dheerajin]

if you want heavy/punchy bass, the add subwoofer to it for exact requirement.

cheers
dheeraj

 

[kvinodkumar]

I'd like to know which one to go for provided they have listened to all 3 speakers. I'll add a sub if required.

An old Wharf 9.6 for 25K or a new 2605 for 30+K
and
An old Wharf 9.6 for 25K or a new 2504 for 20+K

 

[koushik]

Why don't you yourself listen and decide? Why are you relying on others decision?

What if I say that I have heard all A, B & C and liked speaker B. What will you do, you will go and buy it blindly?

 

[sound_cycle]

Thank you Sound Cycle.

I'm from Hyderabad. My listening is now Normal as i have 10 months boy!!
I like heavy/punchy base.

So, what would you suggest....
An old Wharf 9.6 for 25K or a new 2605 for 30+K
and
An old Wharf 9.6 for 25K or a new 2504 for 20+K

No idea about that but if you want to listen to the 2605s drop by

ciao
gr

 

[shibashis]

kvinod, my advise and this I have learned the hard way, when you are contemplating between 2 products, always buy the better of the two if you can afford it. If you go for 2504 you perhaps save a few buck, but if you can afford 2605 then do not think twice. Now your choice here is between 9.6, 2504 and 2605, if you are willing to consider some other options in this range then you will get great many and better choices. I have not heard the 9.6, but I did hear Wharfedale 10.X variant, and for me 2605 is perhaps a little better. I must insist that I have never heard them side by side, and not the 9.6 as well so take this assumption with the doubts that come with it.