Hi Sifus,

I plan to get a home theater with 65% for music and 35% for Movie, and i have limited choice on not more than RM2k

here are my choice :-

1) Yamaha :
Speaker :NP110 5.1 speaker set + Subwoofer (Yamaha)
Amp : Rx-v365 (Yamaha)
Price : 1699RM

2) Denon :
Speaker : SC-M51 5.1 set without Subwoofer (Denon)
Amp : TX- SR304 AV Receiver (Onkyo)
Price : 1999RM



Can someone suggest or do i have better choice on my budget ? appreciated your opinion and guidance

take the yamaha, is u wanna stop here,
cause u get the sub, especially when u want good movies and music, sub is important,

onkyo and denon are more expensive, due to brand, is u ask me which has better quality, i say they are the same, not significant difference.

Hi guys, just want to know your comment on CMY @Sunway , is it a trustable and good shop to go for ? anyone with bad experience ?

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Added on March 17, 2009, 9:55 pmThanks sonyman for reply ....Honestly, CMY just connect 2 speakers to let me listen (he told me he do not hv full set yet), the sound really clean ...specially on music ....

This post has been edited by officeBoy: Mar 17 2009, 09:55 PM

Normally .. hi-fi outlets which are not franchised i.e. individually owned by a towkey who is also a hi-fi/av audiophile can give a better service , honest advice and better price..agree or not?

Go with what you prefer.

For big big budget, denon should be better.

been there few times.not bad.ask richard for further discount.if you can cheaper price from other price ask him to beat that price.
overall good shop maybe because i'm kinda regular customer.

Hi Gatevalve,

i try to ask for full setup from Richard, but he reluctant to do that and said after setup then will be the time to decide to buy or not .....very forceful which i decided not to listen full setup from him ...

i heard on A&L in puchong, may be i can take a walk over there

That Richard is a real sweet talker!!! Almost end up buying the REL T1 sub! Luckily that time wallet only got Rm10.00 & CC no bring! I should say that fellow is very knowledgeable & know what he talk.

Yup , agree as he really a sweet talker with non-stop speed and never give chance to let other to talk .....

i should listen the whole set get setup then only decide ....who like to buy without knowing the sound quality.

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Added on March 19, 2009, 7:28 pmrecently there are some JAMO speaker selling in Harvey Norman...

any recommendation ?

This post has been edited by officeBoy: Mar 19 2009, 07:28 PM

officeBoy,

I think if you'd want to listen to the full setup. You might just drop in to Yamaha Office alongside Kelana Jaya.

The 365 + the speaker sets will set you up better that other HTIBs out there. For the price of cause.

Anyway have you listened to PSB LCRs? They will cost a little more, but worth the listen. I have a set of NSP110 lying in my room. If you're interested drop me a PM.

I'm interested....but in your 1800

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Added on April 30, 2009, 1:58 pmAnyway regarding CMY Sunway, my experience is quite good (with the Richard guy). I wanna buy QED SA XT speaker cable but he's out of stock so he ask me to try QED original and see if I like it. If I don't I can return later and exchange with SA XT. My piece of advice...don't buy QED original. Nothing special with the cable except nice looking only. So later I did exchange with SA XT and top up the difference. Go go buy SA XT...good cable

This post has been edited by arremie: Apr 30 2009, 01:58 PM

get a used NAD integrated stereo amp for few hundred, and a good pair of speakers such as diamond pro 9.1

NAD pairs very well with PSB speakers. Anyone want my Alpha set

Please don't leave your sweet PSB's in the store la .. post them at WTS thread. Your set are in great condition.
I cheer you to take pictures and post them at the 4Sale thread.

psb speakers are well sought after esp for amateur. Value for money and nice SQ. Post at WTS and it sld be sold off in no time.

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Added on April 30, 2009, 10:36 pmpsb speakers are well sought after esp for amateur. Value for money and nice SQ. Post at WTS and it sld be sold off in no time.

This post has been edited by htkaki: Apr 30 2009, 10:36 PM

I notice that most audiophile are recommending the REL T1. Even on the web, you can read most HT and audiophiles singing high praise about the REL T1. In fact Home Cinema Choice award it the Best Buy Award - Subwoofers of The Year 2007. An you almost end up buying it after you listen to it. Mind if I ask you what do you think about the T1?

Reviews are a little bit bias towards brit made stuffs. It does help easing the mind with those reviews. I would rely on my ears 70%/30% on reviews.
So your choice are the Velo / Klipsch / Rel .. why not give all of them an ear?

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Added on April 30, 2009, 11:01 pmYea, it's really a good set.

This post has been edited by s6xs9x: Apr 30 2009, 11:01 PM

I would love to try them all before I decide, but Miri is such a small town where there is no real HIfi shops.

So by selling my PSB, I can consider myself no longer amateur?

You're an elite all these while, just you managed to push your alphas to the next level.