I was reading your article on the subject and do agree with all the points stated.
The exception is I did a little mix-up job rather than buying a complete set available in the market.
I bought a Home Theatre amplifier which is actually a CKD brought from UK. The speakers are B & R German Make how ever the boxes are built in India by an engineer. The set contains two 1ft x .9ft x .9ft boxes making the main speakers, two small surrounds, and one small centre. ALL THIS HAD COST ME ONLY Rs. 11000.00
To add to this I bought a original pioneer dvd player @ Rs. 4000.00
The result is beautiful. I am enjoying a quality of music and movies which only the branded sets worth above Rs. 50000.00 can produce.