adamslim;235281 Wrote: > Ha ha you may go the route I did - I had the full AV setup, configured > not to interfere with the 2-channel one, and I realised that I didn't > really care about the HT audio side and I moved to 2-channel for movies > too. As long as the screen is big (and mine is!), you get all the > impact from movies you want. I really enjoy movies every now and then, and I'm still delighted when I hear bullets hitting the wall behind me... so even if only for the rear channels I'll probably hang on to the HT setup a while longer. The center speaker is adding less to the experience (plus the fact that it is not really a good match for the L/R speakers, but that's an entirely different topic).
adamslim;235281 Wrote: > Since you're looking at buying boxes, why not consider getting a HT amp > that has a direct facility? You can add a power amp to it if you like, > for better quality (or even a DAC and power amp, if it has digital ins > and outs!). That would be much nicer to operate. > Although my best recommendation is to dump the HT: I found I could sell > the 'get rid of all those cables and boxes and just have one really big > pair of speakers' idea to the wife - sorted :) Well, I only bought this one about 6 months ago. Like I said, for 2 channel audio it was a huge improvement on my old receiver, so I thought I was making a step in the right direction... which I was, I suppose. I'm afraid that if I get (yet) another HT receiver, I'd have to spend serious money before I would get a big improvement and that I'd be considering a partial move to 2 channel audio in 6 months... again. Oh, and believe it or not: my wife actually does not really mind big speakers, even though the Kef speakers aren't huge (iQ7). Ceejay Wrote: > I have almost exactly this setup and it works very well for me. I have a > Transporter (and nothing else) feeding an Arcam FMJ A32 Amplifier, > driving 2 front speakers. Everything else feeds into a Denon 2805 AVR, > which drives the surround speakers directly and a spare input on the > Arcam. > > For this to work, as you've noticed, its essential that you are able to > fix the volume level (at a level of your choosing so you can balance the > channels is handy but not essential if your AVR can trim volumes, I > guess most can) on the 2-channel amplifier - quite a few have this > feature (sometimes called HT Bypass or similar). Good to hear! I was under the impression that looking for a 2 channel amp that can bypass volume control would be like looking for the proverbial needle... that's why the Parasound 2100 I linked in my initial post got my attention, since it explicitly implements this feature. Plus, it's not too expensive, which is nice too. Of course, it's a pre-amp, but I can get a good deal on a (used) power amp. But if I understand you correctly, there are more amps out there that have that feature? haunyack Wrote: > Might want to adjust your HT crossover/LFE if not using a subwoofer. > LFE has been known to blow out conventional speakers. That the nice part: that Parasound even has a low pass filter, so I could (in theory) even use a subwoofer for 2 channel audio. Or would that be a bad idea? -- teejay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ teejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9349 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39320 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
