It's time to start thinking about upgrading my trusty AVR100. It was originally bought to perform in music over home cinema but as the years have gone by, it's not played much radio/CD/MP3 in comparison to DVD videos.
I'm also really cheesed off with its non-ability to decode DTS (bass is pathetic), and 2-channel Dolby Digital is both quiet and full of digital noise and artifacts. So major improvements must be in these areas, in particular DTS.
Speakers are Acoustic Energy AE109s, AE100C, Boston Acoustic dipoles, and handling the bottom is a BK XLS200. The room's 9X15ft. My DVD player is currently an Arcam DV88+.
Not interested in HD, digital video connections or switching (prefer the direct route). Budget is somewhere in the region of a grand but if I should see massive improvements for a few more hundred quid, I reckon it'll be worth going the extra distance.
Some people have suggested Arcam's AVR300, but I understand that it still suffers from audio artifacts in DPL2, but DTS is an improvement. I'm looking for something that's going to blow my head clean off in the clarity/revealing department, not necessarily power. Good music performance is essential, but excellent music performance optional.
There's space in the rack for two units if a two box solution is necessary.
I'm sure that there's a whole bunch of you with the same needs as me. Any recommendations?
Thanks everso in advance
I'm also really cheesed off with its non-ability to decode DTS (bass is pathetic), and 2-channel Dolby Digital is both quiet and full of digital noise and artifacts. So major improvements must be in these areas, in particular DTS.
Speakers are Acoustic Energy AE109s, AE100C, Boston Acoustic dipoles, and handling the bottom is a BK XLS200. The room's 9X15ft. My DVD player is currently an Arcam DV88+.
Not interested in HD, digital video connections or switching (prefer the direct route). Budget is somewhere in the region of a grand but if I should see massive improvements for a few more hundred quid, I reckon it'll be worth going the extra distance.
Some people have suggested Arcam's AVR300, but I understand that it still suffers from audio artifacts in DPL2, but DTS is an improvement. I'm looking for something that's going to blow my head clean off in the clarity/revealing department, not necessarily power. Good music performance is essential, but excellent music performance optional.
There's space in the rack for two units if a two box solution is necessary.
I'm sure that there's a whole bunch of you with the same needs as me. Any recommendations?
Thanks everso in advance