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About to be upgrading my whole sound system from a last generation huge shelf system. I play mostly music some TV and movies all from my desktop computer. I have a tendency to play music of many genres for long periods of time at a very high volume. Id like to keep my budget around 800 for a 2.0 or 2.1 setup and I dont mind coming back for the sub later to get quality stuff up front. Right now I'm thinking the pioneer vsx 821 paired with polk monitor70s this puts me around 620 or so. The monitor70's are bi amp able and are rated for up to 275 watts while the receiver only puts out 110 per channel. Is it possible to run the receivers rear channel outputs to the front speakers second input while running in stereo? If not would I be able to pick up a 100 watt per 2 channel raw amplifier and work that in the system to bring 210 watts to each speaker using this receiver? Would this accomplish a setup capable of safely blasting music for long periods of time? Should I be worried that all sound would be transferred via a silly headphones audio jack to RCA connection and are there options of getting a better sound card that would have a digital output? What kind of budget but huge sub should I be looking for to keep pace with this setup?
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Aug 15, 2011 16:32
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Hob_Gadling posted:If you are going stereo, get a stereo receiver. The main advantages of AV receivers are multi-channel setups, multiple sources and video passthrough, all of which are wasted on a 2.0 computer-only system (I take it you're watching movies from your computer monitor). It's worth it if you want to expand to 5.1 on a later date or use it in a home theater setup or something like that. Seems to me(unless I am missing something which is very possible) this would supply less power for a higher price than the pioneer and I will almost surely be going home theater at some point in the time I plan on owning this setup(sorry should have specified) quote:Get an USB DAC if you're worried about the sound quality. You need to do the digital to analog conversion somewhere: in practice I haven't noticed a difference between doing it in receiver or (reasonable quality) DAC. Ok cool quote:Unless you're dead set on getting a lot of bass, you'd be better off by investing into speakers that can go lower. Music is mostly a 2-channel deal. I am very much set on a lot of bass, I do love to throw dance partys! Any help on the other questions or product suggestions greatly appreciated
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Aug 16, 2011 03:01
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jonathan posted:A very thought-out and informative post Thank you very much this makes a lot of sense to me and probably is the way I will go, Im thinking umc1 processor, check Craigslist for a used amp, and go to a nice store and test out a lot of different speakers will be the way to go Will update whenever this all comes together!
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Aug 25, 2011 04:48
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