guys i really need advises here.
the budget is floating at circa-RM3k-ish. max i could go without complaints is RM3.5k

considering to get the Pioneer S-MS800 speaker set with Pioneer S-RS3SW sub and either the Pioneer VSX-819 or the Yamaha RX-V465.
i can't get an audition up here. no demo sets. so have to order blind from shops and hope that it sounds great in my living room.

i don't need dts-ma and true-hd, but think i'm gonna get hd audio support anyway. currently will output from my htpc either through coax or optical. would be used mainly for movies and maybe a little bit of mp3 music and rm radio.

which of the AVR you guys think would complement the S-MS800 and S-RS3SW sub better? the VSX-819 or the V465?
would appreciate any recomendations, pros/cons to the setup. thanks guys

the speaker and sub isn't that good issit?

then all the surround will be at the front on top of the floorstanders
i've auditioned both the vsx-519 and vsx-819 with the s-ms800 and s-rs3sw at eng hifi bukit mertajam. spent nearly 3 hours testing, retesting, calibrating, tweaking, auto-calibrating, turning the knob here and there, switching dvds in and out.

and walked away with the set and a vsx-519. vsx-819 is too much for the speaker and sub combo. vsx-819 sounds warmer though, but i kindda prefer the sound when the speaker paired with vsx-519 better.
excellent service from eng hifi. the don't bug me when i'm playing with the system. they just left me tweaking and listening until i'm satisfied.

the vsx-519 is at RM1050. but i got it together with the set. RM2350 including the speaker & sub

RM3k for vsx-819 paired with the speakers & sub.
only RM2350 for the pack with vsx-519


i'd be buying a new amp in the future. this is just a startup set.
my htpc don't even have a hdmi output. haha. right now i'm running vga cable to the tv.

right on! the lowest that i got for the 519 is RM1050. RM810 is seriusly cheap bro!
MCACC isn't really neeeded. after calibration, i find that i'm turning off the auto-eq (from mcacc) most of the time. sound with the mcacc turned on is fatiguing.

but hey, maybe that's me. hehe
at RM810, you could sell it off losing RM200-300 and get a better unit with hd-audio in the future.

azbro where did you got quoted 1019 demo set for RM1.6k?
in JB issit?

you got some serius good prices there bro. all are cheaper than market price.

everyone wanna get demo units now.

at that price, i'm sure it'll get snapped pretty quick.