frogcarmichael
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I'm buying an amp and loudspeakers for living room. I have a budget of approximately 4000GBP. The room itself is a bit of an open plan and has a living area of 5ms by 6metre in an overall area of 9m by 6m.
I had decided to go with an amp and floorstanders, maybe something like the Rega Elicit and ProAc DT8, or KEFs
However having dug into the subject in more detail, with great help from all the posts on this forum, I have now managed to confuse myself!
I want to allow for room correction of some type. It seems that the influence of the room is very great on the performance of the overall system, so I want to make sure I'm helping that as much as possible. I can't do too much in the way of room treatment and I'm hoping that the large room size will reduce any problems with reflections etc. The side walls are curtained, the floor tiled, but with a rug – I feels quite lively, the main problem will come from the ceiling, which I can do nothing about.
Because of the thought on room correction, I had changed my mind from a normal integrated amp to an amp with room correction. This then led me thinking, if I am having room correction, am I better going with standmounts and a sub, rather than floorstanders?
Digging even deeper, I've seen several people suggest that for this budget active stand mounts would be better than passive stand mounts (the Darko guy on youtube is strong on this.).
As you can see, I have now confused myself!
So, now my cry for help!
This whole line of thought is being driven by room correction. Is it really that important? If not, I go back to a normal integrated amp and my floorstander plan. If it is then a 2.1 system seems far better suited.
Next question active versus passive. This is not something i really knew anything about until reading through this forum. For the sort of budget I have, am I going to get better performance from active, or passive. If active, can i still have room correction?. If active, can you still integrate asub?
I think I'm heading towards an integrated amp with room correction with a 2.1 system . If that is the case recommendations would be appreciated to try and reduce the amount of options I have.
To be honest the M10 from NAD seems a good choice. It fits with my source which will mainly be streaming , it has room correction, and seems to give good sound. I do, however, hear good things about Lyngdorf. I'm wondering whether this is a step I should take.
Any help trying to reduce option for me would be greatly appreciated!
Room correction – priority or not?
If no, then a floorstanders and a well matched amp
If yes, then NAD or Lyndorf?
If so, then which options for the 2.1 speakers?
Finally to confuse it all – 4000 grand for the whole set up – active or passive speakers?
I had decided to go with an amp and floorstanders, maybe something like the Rega Elicit and ProAc DT8, or KEFs
However having dug into the subject in more detail, with great help from all the posts on this forum, I have now managed to confuse myself!
I want to allow for room correction of some type. It seems that the influence of the room is very great on the performance of the overall system, so I want to make sure I'm helping that as much as possible. I can't do too much in the way of room treatment and I'm hoping that the large room size will reduce any problems with reflections etc. The side walls are curtained, the floor tiled, but with a rug – I feels quite lively, the main problem will come from the ceiling, which I can do nothing about.
Because of the thought on room correction, I had changed my mind from a normal integrated amp to an amp with room correction. This then led me thinking, if I am having room correction, am I better going with standmounts and a sub, rather than floorstanders?
Digging even deeper, I've seen several people suggest that for this budget active stand mounts would be better than passive stand mounts (the Darko guy on youtube is strong on this.).
As you can see, I have now confused myself!
So, now my cry for help!
This whole line of thought is being driven by room correction. Is it really that important? If not, I go back to a normal integrated amp and my floorstander plan. If it is then a 2.1 system seems far better suited.
Next question active versus passive. This is not something i really knew anything about until reading through this forum. For the sort of budget I have, am I going to get better performance from active, or passive. If active, can i still have room correction?. If active, can you still integrate asub?
I think I'm heading towards an integrated amp with room correction with a 2.1 system . If that is the case recommendations would be appreciated to try and reduce the amount of options I have.
To be honest the M10 from NAD seems a good choice. It fits with my source which will mainly be streaming , it has room correction, and seems to give good sound. I do, however, hear good things about Lyngdorf. I'm wondering whether this is a step I should take.
Any help trying to reduce option for me would be greatly appreciated!
Room correction – priority or not?
If no, then a floorstanders and a well matched amp
If yes, then NAD or Lyndorf?
If so, then which options for the 2.1 speakers?
Finally to confuse it all – 4000 grand for the whole set up – active or passive speakers?