Hi all, just came across your site recently after purchasing a pair of 2013 B&W 683's (series 1 I believe they're now called) and looking to upgrade the rest of my system.
I'm currently using a 10 yr old Sony AV receiver with 100w/ch (no optical input), fed from the analog out of an airport express via Ethernet. I'll probably replace this with a sonos due to their streaming services integration, and will look to use the optical out instead.
The system is in my living-dinning room and is also open to the kitchen, approx 12'x30'. Listening choices range from classical/U2/white stripes/blues, and enjoy it loud on occasion and is usually 70% music,20% TV,10% movies
I want to focus on getting as good 2ch as I can within my budget, but I may decide to go to 5.1 in the future, which complicates the path I take a bit. If I do I'll just use mid range in-wall rear speakers due to space restrictions and that movies are only about 10% for our TV watching. My budget is under $2000 and am trying to decide on the separates vs Integrated route and how I might add in an avr. I'm trying to work through these options
1. high end AVR for everything
2. mid range AVR for center/rears with front pre-amp outs into Integrated DAC/Amp with HT bypass for better 2ch performance
3. mid range AVR for center/rears with front pre-amp outs into separate dac into an Integrated DAC/Amp with HT bypass (not sure if a separate dac is worth it within my budget)
4. mid range AVR with pre-amp outs and a separate DAC/PRE/Power Amp units
5. mabe even combine an avr with a 2ch power amp, but would this need to be a high end for good 2ch quality, in which case the 2ch power amp might be out of budget
From reading up, it seems rotel is a good match for these speakers, but I'm not sure of the best way to go within my budget
thanks everyone
capall
I'm currently using a 10 yr old Sony AV receiver with 100w/ch (no optical input), fed from the analog out of an airport express via Ethernet. I'll probably replace this with a sonos due to their streaming services integration, and will look to use the optical out instead.
The system is in my living-dinning room and is also open to the kitchen, approx 12'x30'. Listening choices range from classical/U2/white stripes/blues, and enjoy it loud on occasion and is usually 70% music,20% TV,10% movies
I want to focus on getting as good 2ch as I can within my budget, but I may decide to go to 5.1 in the future, which complicates the path I take a bit. If I do I'll just use mid range in-wall rear speakers due to space restrictions and that movies are only about 10% for our TV watching. My budget is under $2000 and am trying to decide on the separates vs Integrated route and how I might add in an avr. I'm trying to work through these options
1. high end AVR for everything
2. mid range AVR for center/rears with front pre-amp outs into Integrated DAC/Amp with HT bypass for better 2ch performance
3. mid range AVR for center/rears with front pre-amp outs into separate dac into an Integrated DAC/Amp with HT bypass (not sure if a separate dac is worth it within my budget)
4. mid range AVR with pre-amp outs and a separate DAC/PRE/Power Amp units
5. mabe even combine an avr with a 2ch power amp, but would this need to be a high end for good 2ch quality, in which case the 2ch power amp might be out of budget
From reading up, it seems rotel is a good match for these speakers, but I'm not sure of the best way to go within my budget
thanks everyone
capall
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