dolofsson
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Hi,
Been thinking for some time of way to upgrade my living room HT.
I currently have an old Onkyo NR809, a Musical Fidelity M6SI, a Sony ZD9, UBPX800 UHD-player, Apple Tv 4k and KEF R700 front L/R and a KEF R800C as center.
My room is approx 525x340x250 cm. There's however an 205 cm opening on one side, connected to hallway to kitchen and stairs up to 2nd floor and another big hallway, so that's probably quite some volume there..!
My usage is basically 90% streaming services for movies and series, and occasionally UHD discs. 10% music via Blusound, youtube or SACD.
I'd like more immersive sound, pref. wall mounted speakers, and I also would like brighter/more crisp sound than my Kefs (but that's for music and not really prioritized).
My thought is now to move into XTZ Cinema, with M6 as LCR, S5 as rears and either 2xS2 or 4xS2 for Atmos. (Everything wallmounted, with the S2:s on top of the fronts/rears.)
1) First question there, would M6 make sense, or is M8 better? Or M8 as center?
And, considering the room layout - is it viable with 4xS2 for Atmos or is that just waste due to impossible placement/inaccurate bounce to ceiling for listening position?
2) Then - I'm looking at sub for this. Considered 1 or 2 of XTZ's new 1x12 Edge Cinema sub (XTZ - SUB 1X12 EDGE - Subwoofers). Then I read all about the SVS PB3000. However, 2xXTZ is cheaper than 1xPB3000. Is the latter still a better option? Is it overkill for my room?
3) Third, on the receiver/amp side.. I see three routes here. What I've looked into so far:
Either go Anthem MRX 740 (but it has had some issues after launch on SW? And fan noise disturbing?)
Or Anthem AVM70 with Emotiva XPA g3 9ch (Either 3x300W + 6x65W or 5x200W + 4x65W - any recommendations? Or another setup of amps?)
Or a cheaper AV-receiver like Yamaha RX-A6A.
Would separate processor/amp be just overkill for my room/these speakers?
4) And lastly, looking at my room layout, can you tell whether it's prefered to switch sofa/tv/speakers to get the opening on the same side as TV or not? I guess it might affect sub? And, is the speaker placement viable or will the rears be too close to sofa(and atmos too far away from listening position?)
(Can also add that I probably might use a armchair and move it more to the center of the room when enjoying movies on my own, but that's not very often.)
Sorry for long post but hope to get some good feedback from you guys.
If you have some other route to suggest, I'm all ears! On speakers, subs or amps.
Living in Sweden, XTZ now also has a sale which means that I'll get f.e. a pair of M6 for around USD 1250, and a 1x12 Edge sub for USD 960.
Been thinking for some time of way to upgrade my living room HT.
I currently have an old Onkyo NR809, a Musical Fidelity M6SI, a Sony ZD9, UBPX800 UHD-player, Apple Tv 4k and KEF R700 front L/R and a KEF R800C as center.
My room is approx 525x340x250 cm. There's however an 205 cm opening on one side, connected to hallway to kitchen and stairs up to 2nd floor and another big hallway, so that's probably quite some volume there..!
My usage is basically 90% streaming services for movies and series, and occasionally UHD discs. 10% music via Blusound, youtube or SACD.
I'd like more immersive sound, pref. wall mounted speakers, and I also would like brighter/more crisp sound than my Kefs (but that's for music and not really prioritized).
My thought is now to move into XTZ Cinema, with M6 as LCR, S5 as rears and either 2xS2 or 4xS2 for Atmos. (Everything wallmounted, with the S2:s on top of the fronts/rears.)
1) First question there, would M6 make sense, or is M8 better? Or M8 as center?
And, considering the room layout - is it viable with 4xS2 for Atmos or is that just waste due to impossible placement/inaccurate bounce to ceiling for listening position?
2) Then - I'm looking at sub for this. Considered 1 or 2 of XTZ's new 1x12 Edge Cinema sub (XTZ - SUB 1X12 EDGE - Subwoofers). Then I read all about the SVS PB3000. However, 2xXTZ is cheaper than 1xPB3000. Is the latter still a better option? Is it overkill for my room?
3) Third, on the receiver/amp side.. I see three routes here. What I've looked into so far:
Either go Anthem MRX 740 (but it has had some issues after launch on SW? And fan noise disturbing?)
Or Anthem AVM70 with Emotiva XPA g3 9ch (Either 3x300W + 6x65W or 5x200W + 4x65W - any recommendations? Or another setup of amps?)
Or a cheaper AV-receiver like Yamaha RX-A6A.
Would separate processor/amp be just overkill for my room/these speakers?
4) And lastly, looking at my room layout, can you tell whether it's prefered to switch sofa/tv/speakers to get the opening on the same side as TV or not? I guess it might affect sub? And, is the speaker placement viable or will the rears be too close to sofa(and atmos too far away from listening position?)
(Can also add that I probably might use a armchair and move it more to the center of the room when enjoying movies on my own, but that's not very often.)
Sorry for long post but hope to get some good feedback from you guys.
If you have some other route to suggest, I'm all ears! On speakers, subs or amps.
Living in Sweden, XTZ now also has a sale which means that I'll get f.e. a pair of M6 for around USD 1250, and a 1x12 Edge sub for USD 960.
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