Afternoon guys,
I've always appreciated good sound quality, having had many systems, both AV and hi-fi. I've had my fair share of upgraditus, and swapped out countless components and enjoyed it along the way. For the last few years however, lifestyle changes - have a 3 yr old son now - means we spend more time watching Sky TV than actually listening to music or watching DVDs.
Main system is Sky TV > Arcam AVR350 > Tannoy DC6TSE floorstanders + Tannoy Revolution XTC centre speaker.
I have to say it feels criminal and a bit of a waste running this amp / speaker set up from the Sky box, but I just want the best I can get from it. We found dialogue quiet compared to everything else most of the time and I added the Arcam and centre speaker to boost the centre channel output. This worked, but the overall quality is still average.
Next door we have a music based system: Sonos Connect (used purely for playing my NAS drive music) > Rotel RA04 > Q Acoustics Concept 20.
I connected my old Sony DVD player to this system so my son can watch DVDs, and the sound quality is far superior.
So after that long winded look at my background, i'll now ask the question. How can I improve the sound quality through our main Sky-based system? It is the HD+ model (not Sky Q). We did try a separate DAC which didn't improve things much at all to be honest.
Are there any alternatives to Sky which offer better sound quality? I'm not in to streaming, and we need something easy to use and hassle free.
Thanks in advance !
I've always appreciated good sound quality, having had many systems, both AV and hi-fi. I've had my fair share of upgraditus, and swapped out countless components and enjoyed it along the way. For the last few years however, lifestyle changes - have a 3 yr old son now - means we spend more time watching Sky TV than actually listening to music or watching DVDs.
Main system is Sky TV > Arcam AVR350 > Tannoy DC6TSE floorstanders + Tannoy Revolution XTC centre speaker.
I have to say it feels criminal and a bit of a waste running this amp / speaker set up from the Sky box, but I just want the best I can get from it. We found dialogue quiet compared to everything else most of the time and I added the Arcam and centre speaker to boost the centre channel output. This worked, but the overall quality is still average.
Next door we have a music based system: Sonos Connect (used purely for playing my NAS drive music) > Rotel RA04 > Q Acoustics Concept 20.
I connected my old Sony DVD player to this system so my son can watch DVDs, and the sound quality is far superior.
So after that long winded look at my background, i'll now ask the question. How can I improve the sound quality through our main Sky-based system? It is the HD+ model (not Sky Q). We did try a separate DAC which didn't improve things much at all to be honest.
Are there any alternatives to Sky which offer better sound quality? I'm not in to streaming, and we need something easy to use and hassle free.
Thanks in advance !