Baobab
Standard Member
I'm ondering if anyone can give some advice. I bought a Pioneer
Vsx-lx55 a few years ago, which drives my 2 B&W CM8s and 2CM centre speakers nicely. Finally it seems that OLED means I can upgrade my 8 year old Panasonic Plasma (I don't like LCDs), but the amp of course doesn't support 4K.
I guess one option is to connect Sky Q direct to the TV via 4K hdmi, then optical audio connection to the amp. However I also have an old PS3 and Apple TV, so its not ideal.
I've been looking at AV amp options - ideally something compact - and have come up with:
Yamaha RX-AS710D
Denon AVR-X2400H
Denon HEOS AVR
I'm really tempted by the last one (HEOS AVR) as the 3 speakers I have are brilliant and generally fine for me, and if I do expand it would be useful to use wireless. It also looks much tidier than traditional amps and I don't pump up the volume massively very often nowdays. But will I be wasting my B&W CM's with this 'simplicity over functionality' amp ?
Vsx-lx55 a few years ago, which drives my 2 B&W CM8s and 2CM centre speakers nicely. Finally it seems that OLED means I can upgrade my 8 year old Panasonic Plasma (I don't like LCDs), but the amp of course doesn't support 4K.
I guess one option is to connect Sky Q direct to the TV via 4K hdmi, then optical audio connection to the amp. However I also have an old PS3 and Apple TV, so its not ideal.
I've been looking at AV amp options - ideally something compact - and have come up with:
Yamaha RX-AS710D
Denon AVR-X2400H
Denon HEOS AVR
I'm really tempted by the last one (HEOS AVR) as the 3 speakers I have are brilliant and generally fine for me, and if I do expand it would be useful to use wireless. It also looks much tidier than traditional amps and I don't pump up the volume massively very often nowdays. But will I be wasting my B&W CM's with this 'simplicity over functionality' amp ?