Dredster gives good advice in regard to documenting your young charge. For the system I would look for an integrated amp (such as the AR Complete - used - which would be my first pick given the budget). It has little, if any, noticeable grain in the HF's which will show you what the Dyn tweeters are capable of. Avoiding the preamp section of the HT receiver (for two channel listening) will also do wonders, thus the recommendation for a good integrated. Your room is small enough and listening levels moderate enough that the AR should work fine. You will have to make certain that there is a way to patch in the receiver, in a switchable manner, for HT duty. We don't have any kids left @ home but I do have the electronics located in a hall closet (behind the speaker wall of the living room) due to five cats and part of the setup being tubed. I run the speaker cables through the walls as Dredster mentions and supply power to the closet in the same manner via a Monster HTS-2000 power conditioner (approx. $125 discounted on the web). Many rooms have either a closet in them or one running behind a wall and this is a nice arrangement if you can swing it. I could get my remotes to work by adding a relay device available @ Radio Shack for $70 or so, but have not yet bothered as I am not much of a remote person. The favored SS amps with you speakers are by Plinius, Classe and EMC, (per user comments on the web) but these are well above your price range. I own and have listened to other Musical Fidelity SS amps, around your budget, and they fare better with more efficient speakers (they lose PRAT otherwise and become a little boring). Nice amps, but not for your application. Good luck.
Amp using a receiver as a pre or integrated?
I have a pair of Dynaudio 1.8 MK II's that I bought prior to the arrival of our baby boy. My wife has become a stay home mom, which has limited my potential for amplification upgrades.
I currently have a Denon AVR-85 that isn't designed to handle the 4 ohm loads of the Danes, but I could use the pre-outs and hook up an amplifier (e.g., Linn LK85), or I could tie in an integrated to the system (e.g., Audio Refinement Complete or NAD 370). I want to know which would sound better for 2-channel listening. I want to spend less than $700 if possible and will purchase good used equipment.
Room is about 12 x 16 with 8' ceilings. I don't listen loud, so I am looking for quality, not quantity of amplification. I listen to Jazz, classical, classic rock, and southern gospel music.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
I currently have a Denon AVR-85 that isn't designed to handle the 4 ohm loads of the Danes, but I could use the pre-outs and hook up an amplifier (e.g., Linn LK85), or I could tie in an integrated to the system (e.g., Audio Refinement Complete or NAD 370). I want to know which would sound better for 2-channel listening. I want to spend less than $700 if possible and will purchase good used equipment.
Room is about 12 x 16 with 8' ceilings. I don't listen loud, so I am looking for quality, not quantity of amplification. I listen to Jazz, classical, classic rock, and southern gospel music.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.