How large is your listening area? The room needs to be fairly large to consider 7.1, IMHO. Then it would depend on your personal tastes. I find 5.1 is great for my HT needs, I feel no desire to go to 7.1, but 80% of my listening is music (2 channel only). My room is 24 X 14 X 8.5 .As far as pre/pro's go, a friend of mine has a Aragon Soundstage, which does a very nice job. I think you should be able to get one of those for around $1400. I liked it better than the B&K Reference 30.
What are options for 7.1 PRE/PRO for around $1400
New or Used
Trying to go to amp + pre/pro route from HarmanKardon Receiver.
by the way, I'm not sure when I'll be able to upgrade it again, so I'm trying to get 7.1 at this time although there are great deals on 5.1s out there... what do you think?
Thanks...
Trying to go to amp + pre/pro route from HarmanKardon Receiver.
by the way, I'm not sure when I'll be able to upgrade it again, so I'm trying to get 7.1 at this time although there are great deals on 5.1s out there... what do you think?
Thanks...