Aziz Ismail
Established Member
Hi.
Was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what i am hoping to achieve.
I am running an Onkyo TX-NR828 receiver (TX-NR828 | ONKYO Asia and Oceania Website) with some Bowers & Wilkins 684 S1 Floorstanders, 685 Bookshelf rears, the HTM62 S1 centre & sub in a 5.1 home theater setup.
I have read and been advised that using separate equipment ie an av processor and a separate power amplifier would improve my overall sound than using a dedicated AV Receiver. However, i have spoken to RS/Peter Tyson and a few other retailers and they have all advised me to upgrade the receiver rather than investing in a separate stereo receiver/pre-amp & buying a power amplifier. They advised me to maybe upgrade to something like the Marantz SR7015. I do like the Marantz but also getting mixed responses, one being that i am basically only upgrading the technology that the Marantz provides ie 4k @120fps and slighlty better stereo sound.
Would me upgrading to a Marantz from my current Onkyo drastically enhance my sound quality or would i be better off upgrading to something like the Arcam AVR390 or Anthem MRX540.
Currently in order for me to listen to music, i connect my MacBook to the receiver and use Tidal MQA and listen to the music in stereo mode. I have been told that using a receiver in Stereo mode isn't really on par with using a dedicated stereo amplifier and some have said that the Marantz receiver has something called the HDAM which improves stereo sound and is apparently amazing and as good as a dedicated stereo amplifier. How true is this?
I am wanting the ability to listen to music in stereo so just the floor standers and when watching movies 5.1 but speaking to RS & a few others they don't seem to understand how the pre-out or HT Bypass works which you would think they would. I also want the ability to stream my music via Spotify & Tidal lossless rather than constantly having to connect my MacBook. Am i better just investing in something like the NAD T778 or shall i go down the route of separates and if so what equipment would you recommend?
Thanks in advance.
Was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what i am hoping to achieve.
I am running an Onkyo TX-NR828 receiver (TX-NR828 | ONKYO Asia and Oceania Website) with some Bowers & Wilkins 684 S1 Floorstanders, 685 Bookshelf rears, the HTM62 S1 centre & sub in a 5.1 home theater setup.
I have read and been advised that using separate equipment ie an av processor and a separate power amplifier would improve my overall sound than using a dedicated AV Receiver. However, i have spoken to RS/Peter Tyson and a few other retailers and they have all advised me to upgrade the receiver rather than investing in a separate stereo receiver/pre-amp & buying a power amplifier. They advised me to maybe upgrade to something like the Marantz SR7015. I do like the Marantz but also getting mixed responses, one being that i am basically only upgrading the technology that the Marantz provides ie 4k @120fps and slighlty better stereo sound.
Would me upgrading to a Marantz from my current Onkyo drastically enhance my sound quality or would i be better off upgrading to something like the Arcam AVR390 or Anthem MRX540.
Currently in order for me to listen to music, i connect my MacBook to the receiver and use Tidal MQA and listen to the music in stereo mode. I have been told that using a receiver in Stereo mode isn't really on par with using a dedicated stereo amplifier and some have said that the Marantz receiver has something called the HDAM which improves stereo sound and is apparently amazing and as good as a dedicated stereo amplifier. How true is this?
I am wanting the ability to listen to music in stereo so just the floor standers and when watching movies 5.1 but speaking to RS & a few others they don't seem to understand how the pre-out or HT Bypass works which you would think they would. I also want the ability to stream my music via Spotify & Tidal lossless rather than constantly having to connect my MacBook. Am i better just investing in something like the NAD T778 or shall i go down the route of separates and if so what equipment would you recommend?
Thanks in advance.