Re: [SurroundSound] Abridged summary of surroundsound@googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 3 Topics

Agree with you on this one. Speakers and room acoustics make the biggest impact on what you hear, and upgrades to either or both will give you the most bang for your buck. Now if the Denon is truly the weak link (which I don't know), then by all means you should upgrade it also, but don't neglect the two factors that can make the biggest difference. I assume your Denon has some type of Audyssey room correction, but some relatively inexpensive room treatment can also make a big difference.

On Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:22:42 AM UTC-4, zoop wrote:

PJ, my take is that as a general rule if you're going to spend money to
upgrade audio, spend it on better speakers or on some sort of acoustic
upgrade (be it room treatments, or hardware with room correction DSP).
Separate preamp/amp are not likely to improve what you hear (beyond
placebo), unless by chance your current Denon amp is underpowered for your
situation and by chance (or design) the separate amp isn't.



>>  PJ-McKay wrote: "...With HDMI, coax or optical to the Denon 1909 I'm
>> very happy at the moment. If I needed to upgrade sonically I could just
>> add
>> a better spec NMT..."
>>
>> PJ, I would offer that if you really want to upgrade sonically you
>> should
>> ditch that Denon receiver.  Good-quality separates would provide you
>> with
>> much better sound quality than can be found in a mid-fi receiver.  And
>> it
>> doesn't cost a king's ransom to get those separates, Emotiva have some
>> products that punch well above their weight and have real-world prices.
>> Look at their UMC-1 prepro for $499 and their UPA-500 amp for $399...
>>
>> -RW-
>>
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