all Wilson floor standers comes standard with wheel castors

i've tried at the shop removing the castors.....somehow the sound alters a little

and wilson do recommend the castors to be intact rather removed and replaced with something else.

those must be some special wheels...

it just looks out of place though..

Doesn't matter, has orgasmic sound.

Cable choreography..beautiful mess - subang area
wired with multiple pairs of Skogrand Tchaikovsky




This post has been edited by carcrazy: Nov 18 2014, 11:05 PM

sounds so wrong...

the correct term should be eargasm....

i trust my bank account would be a mess too if i had something like this...

And I thought the cables behind my system is a mess. Now I have a very good reason not to tidy up my "mess". Thank you.

Ur welcome GI Jie..hehe
His rack is otw actually. Room is kind of small. Future consideration on breaking down the walls.


This post has been edited by carcrazy: Nov 20 2014, 01:01 AM

Could someone sifus out there pls help me choose a beginner's AVR and bookshelf combo just to upgrade tv sound. Its for movies and light radio listening. Planning to use 2 bookshelf speakers and maybe a subwoofer for phase 1, then add-on a central speaker in phase 2. Not going for 5.1 as this is an apartment with space constraints. Budget for the AVR is RM2k and another RM1K for the bookshelves. Thanks a lot in advance.

What about treat yourself a pair of XLS Encore? You can add in a center XCS Encore when you are ready.

go most of ur budget to speaker (estimate 1600-1800) then balance for avr.

Thank you ktek for your reply, I was thinking 1.2k max for speakers. But what model(s) were you thinking about in that price range?

This post has been edited by Swivlev: Nov 20 2014, 04:59 PM

Xls encore ? Read some great reviews on it, but i'm afraid its not within my budget. Guess I need to find a suitable AVR first, and then take it from there. Do you know any budget AVr that has all the "necessary" functions in the Rm1.5-2k bracket?

yamaha 477, denon x1000, pioneer & onkyo im not sure the models

define "necessary"

i think unicorn electronics in amcorp mall are letting go some opened box but new yet discontinued mission speakers as they are no longer the distributor... rm1.2k for mv8e and rm1.8k for m34i if i am not wrong... just front floorstanders alone...

mv8e dates back a couple of years i think... but i think m34i is still listed on mission's site...

Thanks a lot.. Its a good starting point for me. Any users/ex-users of these models here care to share their personal experience ?

"Necessary".. honestly I am so clueless at present, thus the ''..''. So many features with a diverse nomenclature.. I was hoping to define that from feedback from you guys..

Thank you nm7 for the info on Unicorn, will drop by and see. On that point, I'd like to reiterate that im looking for bookshelf speakers and not towers or floorstanders. I managed to find a list of speakers below 1k? from a previous posting by fx20 at https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1995757/all. The few I have picked out are :

Mission M31i, Whaderdale Diamond 10.1, Monitor Audio BR2 and Aviano 1.

Can you/anyone tell me which is preferable? Much appreciated

speakers are very preferential... it can be top notch on paper specs but if you don't like it's sound, there is no point buying it...

you should go ask if you can at least listen to it even though it might be connected via different amp and players... if you then think that it all sounds the same and you cannot differentiate which to buy... then you look at what is of more value

a lot of things to us might be of necessary... but it might not be of necessary to you if you get what i mean... i don't think you want to spend money on un-necessary stuff...

so, at least i guess you would need to understand what can an avr do and then go from there and establish what you have in plans for it.. like how you plan to set it up... is it as simple as watching blurays with it or you have other bright ideas that you want to implement... those are factors that can play into the outcome of your choices...

Its to upgrade my existing Hdtv sound quality and have an internet radio. I watch tv (footy), very little movies and listen to light music: gospel, country and pop rock for about an hour a week. Nothing fancier..

cheers

This post has been edited by Swivlev: Nov 21 2014, 11:20 AM

i think nothing in the audio world is a hype... it just depends on whether you see the value in having it... things like audyssey ex room auto setup... some people think it's un-needed while some thinks it's the next best thing ever introduced in HT... all you will ever get is mixed opinions that is going to confuse you more...

AVR as a function itself is purely to allow the user to select the source, pass it through or amplify the signal it receives... anything on top of it like DSP filters and processors, input supports, network playback, are all features added to make things more appealing and keep products rolling out the door on a yearly basis...

you have to first decide on your priorities for the purchase or you can be easily lead to buy things that you did not intend to buy in the first place... from being involved for so many years... i think it's fair to say that there is no right or wrong.. you just have to trust yourself..and be responsible for your own choices...

let's overview a little more subjectively since you exposed your intentions a little and explore further

1) Its to upgrade my existing Hdtv sound quality
Are you referring to all sounds passing through your TV or maybe a certain something like your bluray player? Will it be a full time use of the HT setup or sometimes maybe for certain shows like maybe hong kong drama's you will just live with the sucky sound from TV?

This is more connectivity related as you might want to think about how your components are connected in terms of astro, gaming console, bluray, media player. Is ARC going to be involved (and if your TV has it) or you want to pass everything through the AVR and use the AVR's standby passthrough sometimes without having to turn on the AVR to watch astro for example. Things like that you might want to check and see if the AVR or your TV has support for it...


2) Internet radio
Will you be considering to preferably have this natively on the AVR or maybe spotify on your ipad through airplay or any smartphone and maybe use the audio jack or preferably a line level out converter into one of the AVR's audio input?

this affects if you need an AVR with USB, airplay or network support..

3) as for what it plays...
that like speakers you might want to go and listen to it and decide for yourself...

4) when you say listen to music, do you have a collection of music stored somewhere... do you like to play it via the AVR or you have another device to stream the music? if AVR, do you mind having the TV turned on just to play music or you prefer to have a remote on your smartphone that can decide what the AVR plays without turning the TV on at all?

this are things you have to think deeper about and then narrow down on your AVR's on which can fit your requirements and if there are not.. would you want to wait and save up more for one that can or compromise with what you can afford...

This post has been edited by nm7: Nov 21 2014, 05:01 PM