Nice to know that there are sane people out there, who have one system in a small apartment. I represent the insane ones who have 3 systems in a 2 bedroom apartment (my wife shakes her head a lot).
Assuming that you are buying new and have a budget of about $2K, here is a 3 channel system that will do very well with both music and movies.
Receiver:
ARCAM AVR200 (list $1200, can probably get it for about $1000). What you give up in power (90 wpc for 2 channel; 75 wpc for 5 channel, all channels driven), you will pick up in musicality and true hifi sound for CD's. University Audio is an ARCAM dealer. CJ Lundberg is an excellent person to deal with.
Speakers:
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 ($250)
Wharfedale Diamond 9CS ($250)
Well reviewed monitors. Track down any of the last 3 issues of What Hi Fi to see how sensational these speakers are and how well they stack up against comparable models from Monitor Audio; B&W; EPOS; etc. What Hi Fi also recommends going with the more expensive center channel speaker ... big time upgrade. Audio Advisor is a Wharfedale dealer.
CD/DVD Player:
SONY ES DVP-NC555ES ($600) is a very well built and excellent performing DVD; CD; SACD changer. A real sleeper in the SONY ES line. You can see this unit on-line at Crutchfield .
A really sweet system for about $2100 new. I am sure that you can shop around and save some more cash.
The big issue that I see for you is how much will you miss your Maggies? I have never owned a pair of Maggies, but judging from the tesimonials of those that do would suggest that Maggie owners are fans for life.
Regards, Rich
Assuming that you are buying new and have a budget of about $2K, here is a 3 channel system that will do very well with both music and movies.
Receiver:
ARCAM AVR200 (list $1200, can probably get it for about $1000). What you give up in power (90 wpc for 2 channel; 75 wpc for 5 channel, all channels driven), you will pick up in musicality and true hifi sound for CD's. University Audio is an ARCAM dealer. CJ Lundberg is an excellent person to deal with.
Speakers:
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 ($250)
Wharfedale Diamond 9CS ($250)
Well reviewed monitors. Track down any of the last 3 issues of What Hi Fi to see how sensational these speakers are and how well they stack up against comparable models from Monitor Audio; B&W; EPOS; etc. What Hi Fi also recommends going with the more expensive center channel speaker ... big time upgrade. Audio Advisor is a Wharfedale dealer.
CD/DVD Player:
SONY ES DVP-NC555ES ($600) is a very well built and excellent performing DVD; CD; SACD changer. A real sleeper in the SONY ES line. You can see this unit on-line at Crutchfield .
A really sweet system for about $2100 new. I am sure that you can shop around and save some more cash.
The big issue that I see for you is how much will you miss your Maggies? I have never owned a pair of Maggies, but judging from the tesimonials of those that do would suggest that Maggie owners are fans for life.
Regards, Rich