rigger123
Standard Member
Hi all, long time lurker here. I'm after your combined expertise if it's okay as I'm a bit confused as to what direction I should be heading to improve my system.
I'll start with the current setup, okay so I have a fairly small living room 13'x10' with hard wood flooring. speakers are a pair of stand mounted monitor audio bx2's placed either side of a 42" telly. And they are driven by a demon DM38.
The system is used for 60% music of various genres but biased towards rock/metal and 40% films. (The films have always been the weakest area as I can never seem to get the volume right, I have to have it fairly loud to hear the voices but then action parts can seem deafening, and the bass in explosions etc never seems 'full' but I guess that's the sacrifice for not having a sub) but I'm hoping that after the upgrade it will be swayed even more in favour of music! Also I feel I should add the big bug bear I have with the Demon is it's volume control. It works in 'steps' which is frustrating as I often want the volume between the predetermined increments, so if any suggestions could include stepless volume control I would very much appreciate it.
The reason for the upgrade? Well partly an itch, and partly I feel as if I'm missing out on newer ways of listening to music. For example my current system seems to get nearly no fm or dab signal so I'm stuck with my CD collection and don't get to experience new music. Also my partner uses spotify premium, so she would love to be able to take advantage of this on the hifi rather than headphones. Therefore I was wondering if a new amp would be the best route? One that could connect via WiFi so that I could benefit from internet radio stations and possibly spotify as well if this is possible? (most of these new features seem to be geared towards Apple products, which I don't have unfortunately)
Also do I upgrade to some floorstanding speakers to improve bass for films? Or do I stick with what I have?
Budget? Well that's a hard one, I'd prefer to pay no more than £500ish for the amp, and maybe the same again for the speakers (if they are worth it for such a small room?) But would pay more if it meant I had a system which was futureproofed for as long as possible.
Sorry I realise I've just bombarded everyone with all this info, if there's anything I've missed feel free to ask! Hopefully someone will have more of an idea than me, as looking at specs etc on amps I'm just getting lost! Thanks all in advance especially if you made it this far!!
I'll start with the current setup, okay so I have a fairly small living room 13'x10' with hard wood flooring. speakers are a pair of stand mounted monitor audio bx2's placed either side of a 42" telly. And they are driven by a demon DM38.
The system is used for 60% music of various genres but biased towards rock/metal and 40% films. (The films have always been the weakest area as I can never seem to get the volume right, I have to have it fairly loud to hear the voices but then action parts can seem deafening, and the bass in explosions etc never seems 'full' but I guess that's the sacrifice for not having a sub) but I'm hoping that after the upgrade it will be swayed even more in favour of music! Also I feel I should add the big bug bear I have with the Demon is it's volume control. It works in 'steps' which is frustrating as I often want the volume between the predetermined increments, so if any suggestions could include stepless volume control I would very much appreciate it.
The reason for the upgrade? Well partly an itch, and partly I feel as if I'm missing out on newer ways of listening to music. For example my current system seems to get nearly no fm or dab signal so I'm stuck with my CD collection and don't get to experience new music. Also my partner uses spotify premium, so she would love to be able to take advantage of this on the hifi rather than headphones. Therefore I was wondering if a new amp would be the best route? One that could connect via WiFi so that I could benefit from internet radio stations and possibly spotify as well if this is possible? (most of these new features seem to be geared towards Apple products, which I don't have unfortunately)
Also do I upgrade to some floorstanding speakers to improve bass for films? Or do I stick with what I have?
Budget? Well that's a hard one, I'd prefer to pay no more than £500ish for the amp, and maybe the same again for the speakers (if they are worth it for such a small room?) But would pay more if it meant I had a system which was futureproofed for as long as possible.
Sorry I realise I've just bombarded everyone with all this info, if there's anything I've missed feel free to ask! Hopefully someone will have more of an idea than me, as looking at specs etc on amps I'm just getting lost! Thanks all in advance especially if you made it this far!!
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