Hi all, first post here.
Here's the situation: I'm starting to put together a home theatre system, and I'm looking for some advice from the great collective wisdom of the interweb. I'm an audio engineer by trade so I'm used to exceptional sound quality, but I'm not into spending huge money at home, at least not yet.
Currently I'm trying to get a great stereo system together and then build it up to 5.1. I already have an old pair of powered studio monitors that I'm going to use for fronts, but I need a receiver first. Now all the receivers I see out there today seem to be 7.1 and low powered. So I am looking for a 5.1 system with a good feature set(2-3 HDMI inputs, a couple of s/pdif inputs etc), high power (at least 110W, preferably 140-150W), and relativly inexpensive (under $1000). Also to add to this, my studio monitors are powered units so a receiver with pre outs would be nice as well. Am I dreaming? Should I just go and buy a cheap Yamaha receiver and be done with it? Does anyone make such a product?
To add to all this, it would be nice to have a unit which is DTS HD/Dolby Digital Plus capable, as I'll be adding a Blu-ray player to the mix soon.
For a system like this, do people usually go with discrete amps as opposed to an all in one receiver amp combo? If so what receivers are commonly used with discrete amps that have this kind of feature set?
Thanks for your input.
Hi all, first post here.
Here's the situation: I'm starting to put together a home theatre system, and I'm looking for some advice from the great collective wisdom of the interweb. I'm an audio engineer by trade so I'm used to exceptional sound quality, but I'm not into spending huge money at home, at least not yet.
Currently I'm trying to get a great stereo system together and then build it up to 5.1. I already have an old pair of powered studio monitors that I'm going to use for fronts, but I need a receiver first. Now all the receivers I see out there today seem to be 7.1 and low powered. So I am looking for a 5.1 system with a good feature set(2-3 HDMI inputs, a couple of s/pdif inputs etc), high power (at least 110W, preferably 140-150W), and relativly inexpensive (under $1000). Also to add to this, my studio monitors are powered units so a receiver with pre outs would be nice as well. Am I dreaming? Should I just go and buy a cheap Yamaha receiver and be done with it? Does anyone make such a product?
To add to all this, it would be nice to have a unit which is DTS HD/Dolby Digital Plus capable, as I'll be adding a Blu-ray player to the mix soon.
For a system like this, do people usually go with discrete amps as opposed to an all in one receiver amp combo? If so what receivers are commonly used with discrete amps that have this kind of feature set?
Thanks for your input.