If your priority is 2 channel, buy a good stereo preamp with a HT bypass. Then just use a cheap HT preamp.
Krell HTS 7.1 vs Denon AVR-X4300H
Trying to build a home theater system which can double as audiophile stereo, either 2 channel or 5 channel.
Sound is more important for me than picture.
ordered epson 5040ube
already got krell KAV500 amp
just placed an order for oppo 205 blue ray
have rel S5 sub
considering vienna acoustics 4 ohm speakers, mozart for front and haydn for rears, with center maestro
Need a home theater processor. Have a good offer on Krell HTS 7.1. (1000$) vs. Denon avr x4300h
What would be better for my setup. What are pros and cons of either preamp? I would use the devon as preamp for sound only as it doesn't have anything modern in terms of video. As I mentioned, music is very important to me. What would be a logical choice here? Any other suggestions for preamp and spearers are welcome, I'm new to this home theater stuff. Also, Dolby atoms is not important to me, my amp only has 5 channels, unless i can use denons amp in addition to my krell amp to add more speakers, not sure if this is possible.
My current 2 channel audio system is Mcintosh ma6600 with mcd550 and vienna acoustics mozart, and I love the sound.
Sound is more important for me than picture.
ordered epson 5040ube
already got krell KAV500 amp
just placed an order for oppo 205 blue ray
have rel S5 sub
considering vienna acoustics 4 ohm speakers, mozart for front and haydn for rears, with center maestro
Need a home theater processor. Have a good offer on Krell HTS 7.1. (1000$) vs. Denon avr x4300h
What would be better for my setup. What are pros and cons of either preamp? I would use the devon as preamp for sound only as it doesn't have anything modern in terms of video. As I mentioned, music is very important to me. What would be a logical choice here? Any other suggestions for preamp and spearers are welcome, I'm new to this home theater stuff. Also, Dolby atoms is not important to me, my amp only has 5 channels, unless i can use denons amp in addition to my krell amp to add more speakers, not sure if this is possible.
My current 2 channel audio system is Mcintosh ma6600 with mcd550 and vienna acoustics mozart, and I love the sound.
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HTS 7.1 was an 8000 preamp, so I assumed the sound would be better than anything else that I would get for 1000$.
" I would definitely not assume that. I recommended a 2 channel preamp just for this reason. " I can certainly spend more, but not sure what I need. What I ultimately want is a processor with current audio decoders with good quality for home theater. Why wouldn't Denon be good for this ? How is marantz better?" For movies, either one is fine. I would pick the Marantz but only if it didn't lower the amount I could spend on a 2 channel preamp. " also considering krell krc 3 preamp, is there a good way to integrate this into home theater ? Would this pre amp be better for 2 channel than HTS7.1 and denon? Any thoughts on this preamp? " I had a krc3. Yes, I would take it over the HTS, but preamps have come a long way. I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a HT passthrough. Here's an article that explains this issue far better than I can. http://vandersteen.com/media/files/APJ%20Files/APJ_4r.pdf |
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The only reason to use a 2-channel preamp is if you didn't care about
the quality of HT at all (in other words, HT is just something to watch
movies on and takes much lower priority for sound quality).
" I don't know if I would go that far. Generally speaking, 2 channel audio is much more demanding than HT audio. You can get away with lesser equipment for HT. |