diamond 10.1 is not latest from wharfedale, but good in value (approx 900rm) for a 5" speaker. the shape is quite attractive and long depth with 2 ports behind.

xls encore is 6.5" give better bass if u have the space

master chef has revealed the recipe

if u want simple system that works, look for denon dm39 (old), ceol (newer), marantz melody series.
price is slightly above 2k
it come with cd, fm receiver and a pair of 2 way spkr. some got usb and network function to streaming files.
the original spkr can be upgrade to better bookshelf in the future.

i play songs using marantz melody receiver everytime when the main setup is under work progress.

another option, do u like flat sounding? plenty of studio monitors can be obtain at 2k budget.

This post has been edited by ktek: Jan 18 2015, 01:58 PM

Sifu2 sekalian, will speaker wires that overlapping each other affect sound quality?

currently mine is all mess

flac will dependent who was the one doing encode from pcm to this format. also look at the sampling rate and bit rate to match with dac (sound characteristic).

audio cd, the sampling rate already fix std 44100khz 16bit. will look at the dynamic range compression (loudness)

subwoofer rca is count as 1 type of pre out.
so u see back panel, got 6x rca port writing pre-out with marking front L--R, side L--R, center, subwoofer

not to confused with pre-in (another function)

car audio accessory sell rm5 per meter is a good starting point

This post has been edited by ktek: Apr 15 2015, 11:14 PM

congratulation on new gears and welcome to marantz family
it will take some time to run in the amp & spkr

This post has been edited by ktek: Apr 20 2015, 05:13 AM

The pm6005. Perhaps adjust the distance to rear wall

This post has been edited by ktek: Apr 21 2015, 11:27 PM

heating industrial use multipole connector

a quickie for u is optical cable transmit data, not sound wave.
u cannot use optical without decoder at speaker side.

rca is left--right, does not mean the amplifier unit cannot produce surround. dsp inside is a sound field processor which split out the stereo sound from rca to surround channel.

front height surround is ok, be sure u reverse the phase to avoid cancellation

This post has been edited by ktek: May 29 2015, 09:43 AM

yes. flip them