Help to decide which HT to buy

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PRATIK DOSHI

Audiophyte
Hi All,

I am living in Dubai.

My TV does not have ARC HDMI (Just basic 2 HDMI ports). My main purpose is getting hd sound (or maybe 5.1 discrete if that is not possible) through the 5.1 when connecting laptop (from where I will play x264/x265 DTS movies) and cable set top box and video on my TV.

Below are the HTs that I am considering. Please help me decide, out of the below mentioned, which one should I go for (price are quoted in USD but the purchase would be in local currency):

1. SAMSUNG HOME THEATER HT-F5550K (1 YEAR MANUFACTURER WARRANTY) $ 274

http://www.samsung.com/ae/consumer/t...m/HT-F5550K/ZN

2. PIONEER HOME THEATER PACK HTP072 + PIONEER DVD PLAYER DV-3052V + HEADPHONE SE-MJ711 (1 YEAR MANUFACTURER WARRANTY) $ 246

http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/6...072/specs.html
http://www.pioneer.vn/vn/products-de...oduct=DV-3052V
http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/4...J711/page.html

3. DENON AVR-X500 + SYS5.1 SPEAKER PACKAGE (SHOP DISPLAY MODEL WITH MANUFACTURER 1 YR WARRANTY) $ 314

http://www.denon.fi/fi/product/pages...ductid=avrx500
http://www.denonasia.com/ap/product/...esystems/sys51

4. DENON AVR-1311 (OPEN BOX NO WARRANTY) + SYS5.1 SPEAKER PACKAGE (MANUFACTURER 1 YR WARRANTY ON SPEAKERS) $ 274

http://www.denon.fi/fi/product/pages...ductid=avr1311
http://www.denonasia.com/ap/product/...esystems/sys51


Regards,
Pratik
 
rojo

rojo

Audioholic Samurai
Hi Pratik! I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar with any good sources of audiophile gear who ship to Dubai. Of that list of choices, I suppose option 3 is probably the best, but that's not saying much. You would get much better sound if you could find mains that go down to 80Hz or lower and at least a 10" subwoofer. Do you have any sources where you could buy JBL speakers? Or if you could find a source for the Andrew Jones designed Pioneer speakers (larger than the home-theater-in-a-box satellites you found), that'd be worth considering.

The Denon AVR-X500 receiver isn't bad.

http://www.thomsun.com/en/member-companies/by-sector/electronics.html shows a list of retail outlets in Dubai. It looks like they sell some pretty good stuff. Maybe you could go have a listen. Try to limit yourself to bookshelf speaker size or larger for your front stage (left-center-right). Satellites like you have in your list are probably OK for the surrounds, though, if you're on a limited budget.
 
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PRATIK DOSHI

Audiophyte
Thanks. Between Denon AVR-X500 & AVR-1311, which one is better?
 
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