Wow, i did not know that about HTiB Speakers... This is noted, although for the Price Range, we can only shell out around 20k.
Actually, the enthusiasts here are just guessing about HTiB speakers' effects on receivers. There are no experts as far as HTiB speakers are concerned. That's because no enthusiast is willing to spend time studying HTiB speaker performance.
If you're on a budget, you want value for money. Your choices fit the bill just fine.
This will be installed on our living room, i am using a 2.1 speaker for the meantime [Pioneer] and my family was able to watch a movie last night without any complaint.. i guess this is good enough for me for the meantime.
My bedroom setup only uses 2.1 computer speakers. Usual viewing materials are cable TV and avi files. They're perfectly fine to me ...
I plan to place the Center Speaker in the "Center" of the room,
i.e the Screen is 3meters away from the Person, the speaker is mounted on the ceiling around 1 meter away from the Person...... is this a good idea? so that i won't have to increase the volume too much.. instead of placing it directly below the screen...
Center speaker in the center of the room on the ceiling ...
No, that's not good.
The objective should be to produce an illusion that the sound from the center speaker is coming from the screen itself. In fact, cinemas have center channel speakers placed behind an acoustically-transparent projector screen to produce this illusion.
In the home, you have to place the center speaker as close to the monitor as possible to approximate that effect. That's why it's recommended that the center speaker be placed immediately above/below the monitor.
Budget as follows:
Around 20k - Receiver
12-15k - Center Speaker & Front Speakers [Floorstand] (total budget for the 3 speakers..not 15k each..x_x)
5k? - Rear Speakers [No idea on this yet, since i am more focused on the Front & Center Speaker]
Make sure your fronts and center speakers are bought as a set. They should all come from the same manufacturer and from the same model series.
Why? Because the objective is to voice-match fronts and center as closely as possible. The easiest way to do that is to buy from the same model series, so you have some assurance that the set was properly voice-matched by the manufacturer for you.
Rear speakers don't have to come from the same model series, since differences in voice-matching between rears vs. fronts & center aren't noticeable anyway.