Hi, a general question out of curiosity. Can AV receiver amps be good hifi amps? I'm guessing not as good as dedicated hifi amps but can they still do a good job? My downstairs AV set up has to perform as a hifi system and has a CD deck connected to it. My actual hifi serves it's purpose in my bedroom. I have an entry level Sony HD receiver amp which does a reasonable job with TV and film but not so well when switched to CD. I have a 5.1 set up and I know for film the surround speakers are supportive but for music I'd like them to be equal to the front (in my mind I have 5 speakers I want to fully utilise for music). If I apply pro logic 2 music processing to the CD channel the surround speakers stay quite subdued. I can boost them up by applying multi channel processing to the CD channel but I think you then loose the left/right channelling the artists do in the studio (particularly with guitar and drum based music). I don't think my amp lets my tweak individual channels, only a global tweak.
Would an upgrade to my amp give me the answers I'm looking for? I have no space in my stand currently to add an extra amps, unless I mount the TV on the wall (I'm old skool...)
Thanks in advance.
Dan
Would an upgrade to my amp give me the answers I'm looking for? I have no space in my stand currently to add an extra amps, unless I mount the TV on the wall (I'm old skool...)
Thanks in advance.
Dan