moppy
Established Member
My current set up is a wall mounted TV with 2 HDMI cables connected and hidden in the wall. I also have a ATLP120 and some old Mission M72s and a Marantz PM4000.
My aim is to have a good set up for listening to music (vinyl and streaming) and utilise the same speakers for TV/movie watching. I have no interest in surround sound, 2 good channels and maybe a subwoofer in the future is as much as I wish to venture.
I'd like to connect up my TV to output through the speakers rather than the built in ones on the TV. Unfortunately the current amp doesn't have HDMI capabilities (few do it seems) and in my infinite wisdom I didn't ask the installers to stick a SPDIF cable in before plastering over the wall.
As I see it, my options are:
Not really sure what better option is. I'm drawn to the first option as it's "neater", and I know ARC can be finicky. Not sure how successful a bodge like HDMI extractors will work.
My living room is fairly small and we have a small child, so speakers are never driven hard and I can't imagine I need anything silly beefy.
But I am fairly new to all this so would appreciate some input
My aim is to have a good set up for listening to music (vinyl and streaming) and utilise the same speakers for TV/movie watching. I have no interest in surround sound, 2 good channels and maybe a subwoofer in the future is as much as I wish to venture.
I'd like to connect up my TV to output through the speakers rather than the built in ones on the TV. Unfortunately the current amp doesn't have HDMI capabilities (few do it seems) and in my infinite wisdom I didn't ask the installers to stick a SPDIF cable in before plastering over the wall.
As I see it, my options are:
- Buy something like a Marantz NR1200 that will act as a good stereo amp as well as do HDMI switching, ARC, music streaming, phono stage etc.
- Buy a HDMI audio extractor and route that audio to my current amp. This will give me a wider selection of stereo amps/receivers to consider in the future.
Not really sure what better option is. I'm drawn to the first option as it's "neater", and I know ARC can be finicky. Not sure how successful a bodge like HDMI extractors will work.
My living room is fairly small and we have a small child, so speakers are never driven hard and I can't imagine I need anything silly beefy.
But I am fairly new to all this so would appreciate some input