ere106
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Evening all. Just to say that these forums are so helpful and I have really enjoyed reading through.
I am just about to move house and am looking to upgrade my AV system. Currently I have Denon AVR-X2400H with some old Cambridge Audio speakers - Sirocco S70x2 and S50. Music and movie split is about 50/50. Movies either 4K blu-ray or streamed through Netflix/Amazon. Other inputs include PS4 and Virgin media. Music includes vinyl (currently have Rega RP1 and Fono Mini A2D) Spotify and Tidal (so far just taking advantage of 44.1kHz rather than MQA).
So the music element is important and I am wanting a system that does music well. I would consider in the future having dual AV receiver and stereo amp, and so would want pre-out option to hook up to stereo amp. I also want some speakers that will do music justice, and so for now am happy to stick with smaller but decent 3.1 setup, but with future option for more surround.
The actual theatre area of the room is not massive, but the other thing is that at some point I am hoping to re-config another part of the house knocking two rooms to make a square 30m2 area and turn this into much better entertainment room, with possibly 7.2 or 9.2 setup. Realistically this is going to be some way down the line, perhaps 5 or 10 years.
So I guess one question I had is whether the new equipment I buy now should last that long (in particular AV receiver) or whether I should just focus on getting a good setup for the next 5-10 years and then look to upgrade thereafter.
Things I need now are therefore:
Speakers L C R
Sub
AV receiver
I was looking at KEF and the R series seems great. I do wonder about whether R3 are a little too big for the room, but otherwise they tick a lot of boxes. Add to them the R2C. Other options could be B&W 706s2 or focal aria/chora. I would rather have standmount + sub compared with floorstanding.
In terms of sub I was thinking BK but again not sure how big to go. And eventually will plan to have 2 subs and figure that the subs should last many years. So maybe P12-300SB but keen to hear thoughts.
Then as for AV receiver. I have enjoyed my Denon. Would want potential for 8K (although not really sure if I do need this, and certainly gaming is becoming less and less of an interest. 4k blu rays are really the primary TV enjoyment) and then at least 7.2 channels. If I went for KEF R3 I would want to make sure amp could drive them (and hence worry my current X2400H may struggle - although would appreciate thoughts on this).
So I was looking at:
Denon X3700H or X4700H
Marantz SR5015 or SR6015 (especially as general feedback seems that they are musical)
Yamaha RX-A4A
If lower power but more musical receivers would do the job then I am all for it eg NAD, Arcam. But don’t know much about these and assume that going to be much more pricey especially if looking at higher power.
Budgets:
Speakers £1.5-2k
Sub £500
Receiver £1-1.5k
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Room layout below - theatre area w3.25m h4.58m a14.86m2.
Thanks all and good evening!
I am just about to move house and am looking to upgrade my AV system. Currently I have Denon AVR-X2400H with some old Cambridge Audio speakers - Sirocco S70x2 and S50. Music and movie split is about 50/50. Movies either 4K blu-ray or streamed through Netflix/Amazon. Other inputs include PS4 and Virgin media. Music includes vinyl (currently have Rega RP1 and Fono Mini A2D) Spotify and Tidal (so far just taking advantage of 44.1kHz rather than MQA).
So the music element is important and I am wanting a system that does music well. I would consider in the future having dual AV receiver and stereo amp, and so would want pre-out option to hook up to stereo amp. I also want some speakers that will do music justice, and so for now am happy to stick with smaller but decent 3.1 setup, but with future option for more surround.
The actual theatre area of the room is not massive, but the other thing is that at some point I am hoping to re-config another part of the house knocking two rooms to make a square 30m2 area and turn this into much better entertainment room, with possibly 7.2 or 9.2 setup. Realistically this is going to be some way down the line, perhaps 5 or 10 years.
So I guess one question I had is whether the new equipment I buy now should last that long (in particular AV receiver) or whether I should just focus on getting a good setup for the next 5-10 years and then look to upgrade thereafter.
Things I need now are therefore:
Speakers L C R
Sub
AV receiver
I was looking at KEF and the R series seems great. I do wonder about whether R3 are a little too big for the room, but otherwise they tick a lot of boxes. Add to them the R2C. Other options could be B&W 706s2 or focal aria/chora. I would rather have standmount + sub compared with floorstanding.
In terms of sub I was thinking BK but again not sure how big to go. And eventually will plan to have 2 subs and figure that the subs should last many years. So maybe P12-300SB but keen to hear thoughts.
Then as for AV receiver. I have enjoyed my Denon. Would want potential for 8K (although not really sure if I do need this, and certainly gaming is becoming less and less of an interest. 4k blu rays are really the primary TV enjoyment) and then at least 7.2 channels. If I went for KEF R3 I would want to make sure amp could drive them (and hence worry my current X2400H may struggle - although would appreciate thoughts on this).
So I was looking at:
Denon X3700H or X4700H
Marantz SR5015 or SR6015 (especially as general feedback seems that they are musical)
Yamaha RX-A4A
If lower power but more musical receivers would do the job then I am all for it eg NAD, Arcam. But don’t know much about these and assume that going to be much more pricey especially if looking at higher power.
Budgets:
Speakers £1.5-2k
Sub £500
Receiver £1-1.5k
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Room layout below - theatre area w3.25m h4.58m a14.86m2.
Thanks all and good evening!
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