In Malaysia, YES. But, you have other 'avenue' to get it at cheaper price. Once you walk the high-end path, it could probably be a path with no return. You already knew this 

Luckily in my case, my wallet is the ABS and EBD brake

Shall we pay Audio Perfectionist a visit when you are free?  Clarity MP opened its first branch in Malaysia at Jaya One. So, can check out Mark Levinson as well.

Here's some shot of my new HT room....with cheap point & shoot camera...

Equipments list:

AVR : Onkyo TX-NR808
Power Amp : Emotiva XPA-3
BD Player : Dune BD Prime 1.0
Speakers : Axiom M60v2, VP150v2, Mordount Short Avant 900 Series Surround speakers
Sub woofer : SVS PC12 Plus
Projector : Sharp ZXV9000E 720p digital projector
HDD NAS: IcyDock, Probox, Buffalo External, Twin Dockers

RM10k for a TT setup is average tbh

Anyway, went out early in the morning to bring these home:

One is not enough, so I bought two. (one is for my cousin)

Spent the rest of the day to add on some parts to my rack and many more hours in cable management + building those interconnects:

Took with a pretty old PnS. Wife took my camera out....

no doubt taukeh jchong and yours as well are the next 2 castles    sub 2 on the way ah?

Hello guys...here's my entry level noob HT in the living room. Still don't have proper speaker stands yet.

Fronts - Paradigm Reference Studio 10 v5
Center - Paradigm Reference Studio CC-490
Subwoofer - Rythmik Audio F12
Surrounds - Wharfedale WH2 Bipoles
AV Receiver - Yamaha RX V-1800
HD player - WDTV Live

Halfway building my small little man cave! more pictures will be up soon

Screen is just 92in fixed screen. Projector is related to JVC, same brand as your power amp

5 channel.

Anyway, when you are looking at amps don't just look at the wattage. There are many factors which impact the amp performance, including current delivery, capacitance, transformer size, etc.

Wah, poison me to get a pre-pro izzit?

Did they state the reason why monopole or direct radiating spkr is better? 

Here are the differences :

Direct Radiating Speakers
A direct radiating speaker outputs sound directly into the room towards the listeners. Surround sound effects in movies, music and games are most noticeable with direct speakers. In general, most people prefer direct speakers if they listen mostly to multichannel music. Direct speakers are placed at the sides or rear of the listening room behind the listeners.


Bipole Speakers
Bipole surround speakers have two or more speakers that output sound from both sides of the cabinet. If used as side surround speakers, the sound is output both towards the front and rear of the room. If used as rear surround speakers, they output sound in both directions along the rear wall. The dual speakers used in a bipole speaker are ‘in phase’, meaning that both speakers output sound simultaneously. Bipole speakers create a diffuse surround effect so the location of the speaker cannot be pinpointed. In general, bipole speakers are a good choice for movies and music and are usually placed on the side walls.


Dipole Speakers
Like a bipole speaker, a dipole speaker outputs sound from both sides of the cabinet. The difference is dipole speakers are ‘out of phase’, which means that one speaker is outputting sound while the other is not, and vice-versa. The purpose is to create a very diffuse and enveloping surround sound effect. Dipole surround speakers are usually preferred by movie enthusiasts and are also placed on the side walls.

For my room, I prefer bipole. This is not to say that I shunt dipole as a good dipole is not cheap for peasant like me. Try ask ronaldjoe about the price for Paradigm ADP3    I have experimented with different position for my bipole in order to get the best enveloping sound from it. The rear wall plays its part too.

Talking about Subwoofer and cables, my friend's friend just told him that by swapping to a higher grade powercords (costing few grands), this has instantly elevated his Velo sub performance by 30% !!!!!

Wow, like that all higher grade sub can 'tah pau' already. All you need is a top grade cables! The chap's sub locality in the room is unchanged. Hearing is believing. However, to each its own.
Thanks Htkaki for the Bi or Dipole info, now only I know its detailed function albeit heard them before 

Power cable does make a diiference whether it's good or bad.

Yes, there are different power cables for different purpose just like the Voodoo that I tested out. I have also tested NBS as well as many other power cords. The power cable being used has to commensurate with the equipments. That could be the reason why my RM1.8K cable sounded almost similar to the RM6.5K cable.

Reference level    Of course lah, such a high-end HT system 

Talking about volume, I found out that it ain't quite what I thought it to be. What I mean is that the volume level as a benchmark. I had auditioned cust's system at -5dB (same avr as mine) but it seemed to be about equivalent to -10dB of my system.  It might be due to room acoustic.

I seldom breach the -10dB mark except when I watched U2 360deg Rose Bowl, Bon Jovi, Sting Live in Berlin and Andrea Bocelli Live in Tuscany. It is around -5dB to -8dB since it is really loud.