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Robtrader
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Hi All,
Im hoping you guys in the know may be able to help me through a problem I have..
A while ago, under in my opinion bad advice from a high street top end shop, I constructed a system for both 5.1 Home Cinema and Quality Audio, as well as asthetic qualities.
The system I have is as follows - Arcam DV137 DVD/CD, Arcam AVP700 Preamp Processor. Front Speakers are Bang And Olufsen Beolab 6000, Centre is 2 x Beolab 4000 Rears are 2 x Beolab 4000 - with a B+W PV1 as the Sub. OK, Ok, I know I made a mistake on the B+O...
Anyhow - in the world of DVD's the system was great for movies, however - I have now moved onto Blue ray, through my Playstation. For music the system has always sounded wrong, the Sub way too powerful for the Beolab 6000's. Recently I purchased a Little Dot MkIv SE Headphone amplifier, and a set of Denon AHD5000 Headphones - played through my Arcam CD player I became in instant Audiophile - and have been on a quest ever since to get my speaker system up to a similar sound standard.
So, I want to upgrade the system and hopefully make the best out of a bad job, keeping the Arcam Preamp for use Home Surround through the Playstation, and also getting myself a kick-ass sound on the Audio by replacing the B+O 6000's for some decent floor speakers. (probably putting the 6000's to rear, and making a 7.1 system)
The problem is, there do not seem to be many choices as far as Active speakers are concerned. My price range is pretty flexible, well, up to 3000 for the speakers, but will consider more if its worth it. So my thoughts are this - Do I:
1) Find a decent set of Actives and plug them straight it.
2) Work on getting some Passives, perhaps running them separatley through a separate amp from the CD player - but would I lose the b+w sub this way? This would also be a pain for the surround, as the passives would not run on the same system as the rest of the speakers.
3) Making a radical, costly change to the whole system.
I would really appreciate some thoughts and advice from you guys in the know. Music wise, I listen to many types - Rock, Electronic, pop, dance, classical, ambient, and my room is fairly modest sized. I dont have to worry about any neighbours as next house is 50M away, which as Im sure you will agree, is fortuanate and needs to be taken advantage of.
Many thanks in advance.
Rob
Im hoping you guys in the know may be able to help me through a problem I have..
A while ago, under in my opinion bad advice from a high street top end shop, I constructed a system for both 5.1 Home Cinema and Quality Audio, as well as asthetic qualities.
The system I have is as follows - Arcam DV137 DVD/CD, Arcam AVP700 Preamp Processor. Front Speakers are Bang And Olufsen Beolab 6000, Centre is 2 x Beolab 4000 Rears are 2 x Beolab 4000 - with a B+W PV1 as the Sub. OK, Ok, I know I made a mistake on the B+O...
Anyhow - in the world of DVD's the system was great for movies, however - I have now moved onto Blue ray, through my Playstation. For music the system has always sounded wrong, the Sub way too powerful for the Beolab 6000's. Recently I purchased a Little Dot MkIv SE Headphone amplifier, and a set of Denon AHD5000 Headphones - played through my Arcam CD player I became in instant Audiophile - and have been on a quest ever since to get my speaker system up to a similar sound standard.
So, I want to upgrade the system and hopefully make the best out of a bad job, keeping the Arcam Preamp for use Home Surround through the Playstation, and also getting myself a kick-ass sound on the Audio by replacing the B+O 6000's for some decent floor speakers. (probably putting the 6000's to rear, and making a 7.1 system)
The problem is, there do not seem to be many choices as far as Active speakers are concerned. My price range is pretty flexible, well, up to 3000 for the speakers, but will consider more if its worth it. So my thoughts are this - Do I:
1) Find a decent set of Actives and plug them straight it.
2) Work on getting some Passives, perhaps running them separatley through a separate amp from the CD player - but would I lose the b+w sub this way? This would also be a pain for the surround, as the passives would not run on the same system as the rest of the speakers.
3) Making a radical, costly change to the whole system.
I would really appreciate some thoughts and advice from you guys in the know. Music wise, I listen to many types - Rock, Electronic, pop, dance, classical, ambient, and my room is fairly modest sized. I dont have to worry about any neighbours as next house is 50M away, which as Im sure you will agree, is fortuanate and needs to be taken advantage of.
Many thanks in advance.
Rob