Hi AV gurus,
I have quite a large living room (6.6m x 6.6m) and need some help with suitable AV equipment & I’d appreciate any feedback with some ideas..
For the plasma TV I’ve shortlisted the Pioneer Kuro PDP-508XD. The actual distance from screen to viewer will be 5 metres so I don’t think the fact that the Kuro model isn’t Full HD 1080P should make much difference. Or given this distance, would I be better off looking at a larger Plasma ? My budget for the Plasma is around £2500 so don’t want to spend a lot more.
As Far as the receiver goes, I’m looking at the Onkyo NR905 and for speakers I’m thinking of the Dali Ikon 6 (5.1). The TV and AV kit will be to the left of the central fireplace, in a recess 0.7m deep by 3.1m wide. The main seating is 5m back and directly opposite this recess, so placement of rear speakers is a bit awkward. The only problem with the Dali Ikon’s I can see is that the rears are wall mountable, which isn’t going to work in my room. So unless these rears can be placed on stands, the other speakers I’m considering are :
B&W 684 Theatre
Monitor Audio RS6AV
However I’m not sure the Monitor Audio RS-FX Rear surrounds can be stand mounted or wall only?
Any other suggestions for suitable speaker and receiver combo ? Or does the Onkyo NR905 warrant a much costlier speaker package ? My budget for both is about £4k
For Dvd players, I’m waiting until there’s a decent choice of Blu Ray profile 1.1 products on the market, which should be soon, eg Panasonic DMP-BD30
TIA
Timosgb
I have quite a large living room (6.6m x 6.6m) and need some help with suitable AV equipment & I’d appreciate any feedback with some ideas..
For the plasma TV I’ve shortlisted the Pioneer Kuro PDP-508XD. The actual distance from screen to viewer will be 5 metres so I don’t think the fact that the Kuro model isn’t Full HD 1080P should make much difference. Or given this distance, would I be better off looking at a larger Plasma ? My budget for the Plasma is around £2500 so don’t want to spend a lot more.
As Far as the receiver goes, I’m looking at the Onkyo NR905 and for speakers I’m thinking of the Dali Ikon 6 (5.1). The TV and AV kit will be to the left of the central fireplace, in a recess 0.7m deep by 3.1m wide. The main seating is 5m back and directly opposite this recess, so placement of rear speakers is a bit awkward. The only problem with the Dali Ikon’s I can see is that the rears are wall mountable, which isn’t going to work in my room. So unless these rears can be placed on stands, the other speakers I’m considering are :
B&W 684 Theatre
Monitor Audio RS6AV
However I’m not sure the Monitor Audio RS-FX Rear surrounds can be stand mounted or wall only?
Any other suggestions for suitable speaker and receiver combo ? Or does the Onkyo NR905 warrant a much costlier speaker package ? My budget for both is about £4k
For Dvd players, I’m waiting until there’s a decent choice of Blu Ray profile 1.1 products on the market, which should be soon, eg Panasonic DMP-BD30
TIA
Timosgb