Just following up with you guys for whoever might be interested. I ended up going with basically all the kit I mentioned earlier - Sony STL-DR1080 receiver, a Dali Zensor Pico Vokal centre speaker to match my existing Dali Zensor 1 bookshelf speakers for a total of a 3.0 speaker setup, a...
Thanks chaps. Back to the previous setup it is! I'm getting close to making a decision. Frankly the physical space restrictions are my biggest problem more than anything else.
Dude.. thank you. That OPPO... so do I have it right that this would basically remove the need for a separate AV receiver completely? And would it also therefore remove the need for the stereo hifi as well?
Can it just run on its own directly with the 3 x speakers attached, and the TV?
haha thanks everyone. Yes indeed... for my use case, top of the line is way overkill, and because I'm not able to set a sub in there going 3.0 is my only option. I went into my local RS this morning and discussed everything with a chap there who agreed I've picked out the right components and...
Deffo not enough space to have two sets of speakers. I only have space for 3 physical speakers as it is: 2 x front + 1 x centre. No room for sub, even.
This is where I'm heading with this now, I think... for simplicity's sake. I can also then shove the Yamaha in my bedroom with some mini speakers and get a nice upstairs system going, which the missus will appreciate anyway. Could be a win-win...
Thanks Lucid :) That explains it nicely. Basically I go all-in and replace the Yamaha or I stay as-is then.
I am also eyeing up that Sony, yes, nice bit of kit there. And if it does better in the music department then that could be a great option. I am going to head down to my local RS and see...
Tangibly worse tho? I can never run that stereo THAT loud anyway due to small house + neighbours. It's rare I can ever push it, and any music therefore, to any kind of level where quality would really matter to that degree. This is where my dilemma lies...
Hey Hornet. Not gonna lie, confused at this point. Need to read up on all of this in more detail. I do have a Harmony remote that can handle fairly complex macros. To be clear, I'm happy to accept a slight reduction in music audio quality in exchange for a proper centre speaker + proper movie...
Hi Hornet.
Thanks for the heads-up - someone else mentioned this issue already as well.
I don't know if my Yamaha CRX-N560D has pre-power/pre-AMPs and the manual doesn't seem to shed any light. I also don't know if the Pioneer VSX-932 I am looking at has this either, but I DO know that this...
Hey. Thanks for the comprehensive feedback!
My current stereo hifi is a Yamaha CRX-N560D - My room is a very typical mid-terrace living room, i'm probably around 10 feet away from the speakers + TV, wood floor, rug and standard sound stage, so nothing terrible, nothing amazing. And I would not...
Thanks Tom, Lucid!
Sorry it was a typo on the 820 - it's actually the VSX-932 I'm looking at - fairly top of the line and plenty of ins and outs, which I would like for future proofing. Not much more costly, either.
I am not 100% sure but I reckon a simple Phono connection from HiFi > AV then...
Thanks Alex! What I do really want to avoid is having to do anything like disabling certain processing when I want to listen to music. I reckon the hassle of this might not make it feasible, especially for the missus... That's the part of this whole process I'm trying to make sure is seamless. I...
Hi folks.
After a little advice, please!
Right now I have a very simple Stereo HiFi w/CD-player with 2 x Dali Zensor bookshelf speakers, being fed audio via Optical Cable from my TV. Very happy with this setup - great for music and OK for TV/films, although vocals/speech suck, since they're...
I gave up on my WD TV recently. Too many issues to list. I went for a Stoga 2GB Android 6 TV box with Gigabit ethernet. Perfect so far and just a much better experience in all ways.
36 meg fibre should have decent upload rate... what is yours supposed to be? Might be that it's not properly connecting at the right speed. I have 72mb which connects at more like 49mb and the upload is something mega like 1.5MB/s which rips through uploads no worries.
2nd row IMAX for the new star wars.
I didn't book it.
Barely watchable... :( Incredible level of perspective distortion and the 3D effect didn't really work properly. Missed most of the peripheral action. And terrible neck ache for a day or so afterwards.
Never again.
Total Annihilation - Jeremy Soule.
My other favourites would be Diablo 1 and 2 + exp, Quake 1 and 2, Shivers and the entire Myst series, but particularly Riven.
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