[David Susilo]

personally, I'd wait for a short while, and squeeze the budget a bit for Pioneer VSX-925.

note: VSX-920 in Canada is NOT the same as VSX-920 in the US. The US version of VSX-920 is equivalent to the upcoming VSX-925 (Futureshop only)

 

[David Susilo]

I personally don't consider myself as an audiophile, but even with my modest (approx) $3.5k receiver/speaker system, I can assure you that you'll be able to hear the difference between (say) a $1k setup vs a $2k setup. It's when you start going to around $20k setup and higher is where the difference in sound is starting to get less and less (as the price go higher).

 

[David Susilo]

I agree wholeheartedly. I even go a step further by recommending in getting just a pair of PSB Image T5 and the cheapest 5.1 receiver and a basic BD player. Then add PSB Image C5, then the subsonic 5i and then another pair of T5 on later dates.

 

[David Susilo]

As much as I'm a Pioneer ******, Pioneer HTiB have always been... uggggh... [email protected] (I'm not talking about HTiB available in Australiasian region, only the ones available in the NA)