vamosborc
Standard Member
Firstly, I'd just like to thank you for this awesome site and forum, they are really valuable for people like us, who are digging into the world of home theater audio setups. Now, here comes my question. I know I might get 100 different answers from 100 different people, but still... I'm thinking about upgrading the audio system in my relatively small living room (3,6 m X 3,1 m = 11,16 sq m. The distance between me sitting on a sofa and a TV (Sony 55XF9005) is 2,2 m). I'd use the speakers for both - listening to music (mainly electronic, classical, rock) and watching movies/tv. I love the Bang & Olufsen sound and the first thing that crossed my mind when I started thinking about upgrading my audio setup, was B&O Stage. What kind of bothers me is the inability to add surround speakers (some say additional subwoofer is not needed in the case of Stage). I still think the movies would be more immersive if there were two surround speakers on each side of the sofa. I then started digging into 5.1 systems because of that and came out with the combo of Yamaha RX-V6A receiver (it has Airplay 2, which carried me away from Sony STR-DN1080, which has Airplay 1 and no multiroom support, which is a must in my case, but I think Apple TV might help with that situation in a worse case scenario of not having a receiver with Airplay 2) with Q Acoustic set of two 3030i, centre 3090i, surrounds 3010i (or 3020i) with maybe their subwoofer 3060s or maybe SVS sb-1000. My budget is around 1500 euros (the latter setup would be a little over that price point, especially with the added subwoofer). I'd really love to hear your opinion in my situation. On one hand I'd love the easy setup of B&O, but on the other hand I'm thinking about how much more immersive would the mentioned Q Acoustics system be when watching the movies. I know my room is small, but still... And one more thing, how would you compare Stage and Q Acoustics for music listening? I heard QA might sound too flat when listening to music. Maybe any other suggestions for my mentioned budget of around 1500 euros? Maybe Wharfedale Evo 4 setup, Dali Spektor 2 5.1 package or Elac Debut B5.2 5.1 package? Hope I wasn't too long. Thanks in advance!
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