Hi, I am looking for floorstanding speaker & AV receiver for the purpose of 50% HT and 50% music(any).
I did some audition on the following: (Pls comment) A. AV Receiver (Asia country) ------------------------------ 1) Onkyo TX-SR605 2) Denon AVR1906 3) Denon AVR2307 4) Marantz SR4001 5) Marantz SR6001
B) Floorstanding speakers --------------------------- 1) PSB Image T45 2) Audio Pro Level 9 3) Mordaunt Short 908i 4) Mission m35i 5) EPOS ELS 303
Current Setting: ------------------ I am currently using Arcam Alpha One amp with Yamaha DSP for the 5.1 channel Pro-Logic and having a pair of Mission bookshelf front speakers (>10 yrs old) + REL Sub (>8 yrs old) + Yamaha center speakers (>8 yrs old) and a pair of small Jamo rear speakers. No full HDTV, no HD-DVD but planning to upgrade later when HDMI/blu-ray/HD technologies mature and with a lower price.
I would like to seek some comments from the forum expert whether go for future proof HDMI or go for 5.1 DTS/DDS-ex which is sufficent?
For speakers, I heard that most of the speakers are manufactured in China nowaday like Mission, MS and PSB? Is that true and is that a key factor for buying speaker?