As the title says really.
My current setup is a NAD C352 Amp with B&W 705s as the speakers and a Wharfdale sw150 to fill the bass the speakers can't do, which to be honest is not a huge amount as the speakers are great.
I am thinking about going to a 5.1 setup as I do watch quite a lot of film and tv shows, rarely TV itself, just shows streaming from my NAS Drive.
My living room is pretty much square in size with a fireplace pertruding from one wall with my TV to one side with all my hifi gear underneath.
My dilema is that I do not want a huge AV amp really as the NAD is smallish and just fits in my tv cabinet with my Marantz CD player (that is likely to go as I do not use it at all) below. I was looking to get the Marantz Nr 1603, and use the setup to drive 2 smaller speakers in the kitchen as a zone 2 (although I would just do this because I have the amp, not that I need it as its only a small house.
I am however currently running my TV (Samsung 6710) as my network player for all my films on my NAS, so the audio is currently going through the Headphone out socket which is less than ideal, this is due to the fact the amp simply is just has analogue inputs and the tv has not audio out other than ARC or Digital.
I bought 2 Monitor Audio R90HD speakers off ebay at a bargain to try them out, and see what they sounded like, just in a 2.1 setup and I think the sound is much clearer than the B&w. The Bowers seem to have a much more warm sound, but voices are a little muffled sometimes with films.
My questions really are, is the sound going to be as good or better with the Marantz amp, and surround sound. Or even running it as a 3.1?
I don't want to spend all the money on a 5.1 setup only to realise i've wasted my time and money!
Sorry if my post seems a bit long winded and vague, just contemplating various options.
Thanks in advance
Rich
My current setup is a NAD C352 Amp with B&W 705s as the speakers and a Wharfdale sw150 to fill the bass the speakers can't do, which to be honest is not a huge amount as the speakers are great.
I am thinking about going to a 5.1 setup as I do watch quite a lot of film and tv shows, rarely TV itself, just shows streaming from my NAS Drive.
My living room is pretty much square in size with a fireplace pertruding from one wall with my TV to one side with all my hifi gear underneath.
My dilema is that I do not want a huge AV amp really as the NAD is smallish and just fits in my tv cabinet with my Marantz CD player (that is likely to go as I do not use it at all) below. I was looking to get the Marantz Nr 1603, and use the setup to drive 2 smaller speakers in the kitchen as a zone 2 (although I would just do this because I have the amp, not that I need it as its only a small house.
I am however currently running my TV (Samsung 6710) as my network player for all my films on my NAS, so the audio is currently going through the Headphone out socket which is less than ideal, this is due to the fact the amp simply is just has analogue inputs and the tv has not audio out other than ARC or Digital.
I bought 2 Monitor Audio R90HD speakers off ebay at a bargain to try them out, and see what they sounded like, just in a 2.1 setup and I think the sound is much clearer than the B&w. The Bowers seem to have a much more warm sound, but voices are a little muffled sometimes with films.
My questions really are, is the sound going to be as good or better with the Marantz amp, and surround sound. Or even running it as a 3.1?
I don't want to spend all the money on a 5.1 setup only to realise i've wasted my time and money!
Sorry if my post seems a bit long winded and vague, just contemplating various options.
Thanks in advance
Rich
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