Hi Everyone,
I've spent the last 3 years with the following 2-channel analog setup, used for TV, movies, and music:
Preamp: RC-995
Amp: RB-1070
Mains: Paradigm studio 60's
Despite being a great 2-channel system, I spend most of my time watching TV, and movies. It's starting to bug me that for the same money, I could have surround sound during movies. I'm thinking of replacing the RC-995 with a used RSX-972 and adding some surround speakers. Plus, I'm also hoping the RSX-972 might actually sound better for movies, because I would start using the DAC in the Rotel, instead of the one in the DVD player.
So my questions are:
- How are the DAC's in the RSX-972? Would movie dialog be likely to sound better through a 972 than from the DAC in a mediocre DVD player fed through my current system?
- Has anyone else made this transition and regretted it? I listen to music so rarely these days that I can't imagine the 972 would be so much worse as a pre-amp (or even using the internal amps) that it would bother me. Movie and TV sound are more important.
- Will keeping my RB-1070 to drive the mains make a big difference in sound if I'm only driving 4 speakers total? I'm likely to keep a phantom center because I don't mind how it sounds.
- Is there any reason to consider the RSX-1055 over the RSX-972 if my main goal is sound quality for 5.1? I'm hoping to go with the cheaper 972.
Thanks for any thoughs you might have.
I've spent the last 3 years with the following 2-channel analog setup, used for TV, movies, and music:
Preamp: RC-995
Amp: RB-1070
Mains: Paradigm studio 60's
Despite being a great 2-channel system, I spend most of my time watching TV, and movies. It's starting to bug me that for the same money, I could have surround sound during movies. I'm thinking of replacing the RC-995 with a used RSX-972 and adding some surround speakers. Plus, I'm also hoping the RSX-972 might actually sound better for movies, because I would start using the DAC in the Rotel, instead of the one in the DVD player.
So my questions are:
- How are the DAC's in the RSX-972? Would movie dialog be likely to sound better through a 972 than from the DAC in a mediocre DVD player fed through my current system?
- Has anyone else made this transition and regretted it? I listen to music so rarely these days that I can't imagine the 972 would be so much worse as a pre-amp (or even using the internal amps) that it would bother me. Movie and TV sound are more important.
- Will keeping my RB-1070 to drive the mains make a big difference in sound if I'm only driving 4 speakers total? I'm likely to keep a phantom center because I don't mind how it sounds.
- Is there any reason to consider the RSX-1055 over the RSX-972 if my main goal is sound quality for 5.1? I'm hoping to go with the cheaper 972.
Thanks for any thoughs you might have.
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