Page 1 of Marantz SR5200, Pioneer DV545, and Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 package ...

Hello,

I`ve been doing my research into putting together my first system and came up with the above that I definitely want to look at more closely. It will be used for television, films and music. I`m going to go listen to the various things before I purchase but I was wondering if anyone had any opinion on this combination before I go? I`m going to look at the Mission m7 package and Mordaunt Short Premiers ... any opinions again?

Also, the Marantz receiver can be had for a very low £305 inc VAT and delivery but I suspect this is a grey import as it only offers a one year warrenty opposed to the domestic model`s two year one. Is there any difference between the domestic and import model other than the warrenty and price (cheapest domestic one I`ve found was £345)? If the difference is only warrenty ... do receivers have a tendency to break down much after a long period of working fine i.e. 1 year? I may pop down to Richer Sounds Nottingham to see if they`ll do a match ...

Any help would be greatly appreciated? Regards, Khai.

Sounds nice [drool] - hope you`re getting a multiregion version of the DVD player - don`t think it can be hacked...

Yep, getting it multi-region.

Anyone on the difference between grey imports and domestic models? £40 is a very nice saving ... if the difference is merely one year`s worth of warrenty I think I could handle that ...

The marantz sr5200 are £305 at the moment at http://www.hifijunkies.co.uk
and are uk ones with 2 years warranty.
Also one thing i got off them was ( that rarest of things: good customer service.) I phoned them tuesday for some advice on the Marantz receivers and one of their staff said that the one i really needed to speak to was busy with another customer and can we ring you back ! (well you can guess what my thoughts were "I WONT HERE FROM THEM"
Well to my suprise they rang me back when they said and spent 20 minutes or more giving me advice and answering my questions.

So with there friendly service:
Great price:
Free deliver using UPS, one of the best couriers:
They got my order yesterday for the gold sr5200.

BTW if it was QED you saw the sr5200, it was the uk one with its 2 year
warranty, i got in contact with them to confirm this. but by the time i decided which amp to go for they had put the price up on all the marantz range :(
I have also gone for the Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 package from QED, great price £276.33

I got Richer Sounds to do a price match and they beat it by a tenner. It turned up and it was the black one despite me specifically saying gold. So back it`s gone and it turns out that they don`t have the gold one at all. Went to QED who I got Richer Sounds to price match with and well hesitated for a few days whilst I played with DVD through mini-system and they upped the price in the meantime. So I like you ordered from Hifi Junkiez on Wednesday in fear they`d also up the price. I wonder who`ll get their SR5200 first?

I haven`t ordered my speakers yet as I haven`t found anywhere I can try them out in Nottingham. Still open to suggestions in terms of speakers ... I notice QED have the Diamond subwoofer now and some Wharfedale bipole rear speakers. Anyone got these?