vkanon
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Hi Everyone,
I'm looking to set up a system which will be used primarily for music and also for movies. Requirements are as follows:
- Usage will be 80% for music (2-3 hours daily) and 20% for movies (2-3 movies every week). We currently listen to movies on a set of PC speakers connected directly to the DVD player. I'm sure anything I buy will be much better so my preference is heavily weighted towards music as opposed to movie audio.
- The kind of music which will be listened to is Hindi film music on FM, Hindi film music mp3s (both new and old) and Classic Rock (Eagles, Clapton, Pink Floyd...) mp3s.
- The room is very large. It's an odd shaped room (almost L-shaped) measuring about 610 sq.ft. At its longest it is 42 ft and its widest it is 18ft. The attached pdf gives the layout.
- The living area, where the movies will be watched and the system will be placed, is about 220 sq.ft but without a right wall. The attached pdf gives the layout.
- My biggest worry is that I'm auditioning these systems in 225 sq.ft. sound proof room sitting directly in front of them. Whereas the room I'm going to be listening in is almost 3 times that size. Moreover, the listener will often not be in the middle of the speakers but way to the right. The music needs to be reasonably clear in the kitchen area too, even though the speakers are not placed there.
- On the speakers front, I've heard Polk Audio, Yamaha and Wharfedale. I have decided on the Wharfedale Diamond 9.5 as they are within my budget and I really liked the sound. Liked it enough to not want to audition any more speakers. The specs are available here
Product - Products - Wharfedale Hi-Fi
- Based on my review of the market, the recievers I have narrowed down are Denon AVR-1610, Yamaha RX-V475 and Onkyo TX-SR507/577 - more or less the bottom end from all three vendors. Service is important. Don't want to be stuck with a system whose spares are difficult to come by or whose servicing company changes every two years. I heard the Wharfedale's with the Yamaha RX-V475 and liked the sound. But I've been told that they will sound even better on the Denon 1610 since that is a better receiver for music. The specs for both the amps can be found here for Yamaha
RX-V465BL
and here for the Denon:
Denon USA | AVR-1610
The Yamaha has more power, which might be relevant given that the room is large. I think the Diamond 9.5s are 6 ohms and the Yamaha outputs 130W/ch against the Denon's 110W/ch at that impedance.
Net, net the question is this. In a large room, with music/stereo sound being the primary criterion, which receiver should I pair my Wharfedale Diamond 9.5s with? Should it be Yamaha RX-V475 or Denon AVR-1610?
Any help from the experts on this forum would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Vidyut
I'm looking to set up a system which will be used primarily for music and also for movies. Requirements are as follows:
- Usage will be 80% for music (2-3 hours daily) and 20% for movies (2-3 movies every week). We currently listen to movies on a set of PC speakers connected directly to the DVD player. I'm sure anything I buy will be much better so my preference is heavily weighted towards music as opposed to movie audio.
- The kind of music which will be listened to is Hindi film music on FM, Hindi film music mp3s (both new and old) and Classic Rock (Eagles, Clapton, Pink Floyd...) mp3s.
- The room is very large. It's an odd shaped room (almost L-shaped) measuring about 610 sq.ft. At its longest it is 42 ft and its widest it is 18ft. The attached pdf gives the layout.
- The living area, where the movies will be watched and the system will be placed, is about 220 sq.ft but without a right wall. The attached pdf gives the layout.
- My biggest worry is that I'm auditioning these systems in 225 sq.ft. sound proof room sitting directly in front of them. Whereas the room I'm going to be listening in is almost 3 times that size. Moreover, the listener will often not be in the middle of the speakers but way to the right. The music needs to be reasonably clear in the kitchen area too, even though the speakers are not placed there.
- On the speakers front, I've heard Polk Audio, Yamaha and Wharfedale. I have decided on the Wharfedale Diamond 9.5 as they are within my budget and I really liked the sound. Liked it enough to not want to audition any more speakers. The specs are available here
Product - Products - Wharfedale Hi-Fi
- Based on my review of the market, the recievers I have narrowed down are Denon AVR-1610, Yamaha RX-V475 and Onkyo TX-SR507/577 - more or less the bottom end from all three vendors. Service is important. Don't want to be stuck with a system whose spares are difficult to come by or whose servicing company changes every two years. I heard the Wharfedale's with the Yamaha RX-V475 and liked the sound. But I've been told that they will sound even better on the Denon 1610 since that is a better receiver for music. The specs for both the amps can be found here for Yamaha
RX-V465BL
and here for the Denon:
Denon USA | AVR-1610
The Yamaha has more power, which might be relevant given that the room is large. I think the Diamond 9.5s are 6 ohms and the Yamaha outputs 130W/ch against the Denon's 110W/ch at that impedance.
Net, net the question is this. In a large room, with music/stereo sound being the primary criterion, which receiver should I pair my Wharfedale Diamond 9.5s with? Should it be Yamaha RX-V475 or Denon AVR-1610?
Any help from the experts on this forum would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Vidyut
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