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Does anyone know much about home cinema audio?
I need to buy a new amp so I've been looking around and two products have caught my eye (The prices being the recommended vs the price I can actually find them for):
Yamaha RX-V1900 (£800)
Denon AVR-2310 (£700)
I'm probably going to give them a listen on saturday, but was wondering if any one has any input, or suggestions for alternative products?
I've been a fan of Denon equipment for a long time, but as with everything it depends on your budget.
I'm currently looking at a NAD T765. It's a bit more expensive than the examples you give - the cheapest I can find is around £1,200, but the sound is superb - you'll not get much better for a medium/large living room.
I like the look of the modular design on that NAD amp TBH but 1200 is just more than I can justify, even with my flexible attitude to budgeting (heavily influenced by my "I wanna!!!" attitude :p).
The denon did just win What Hifi's award for the sub £1000 category, which is normally a good indicator. I don't really know where the yamaha fits in that because technically it's worth a grand lol.
I agree, it's a big wedge of cash, but rtm, it's the most fun you'll ever have with tinnitus! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by rtm223
Haha. I'll more likely be looking at that kinda price range in around 5 years. The cost of living alone and the credit crunch denying me my big pay rise *shakes fist at the economy* mean I have to be at least vaguely practical :(
You thinking of treating yourself then?
I'm not sure really - I have an older NAD model at the mo, and it's maybe 6 years old. It's a decent amp, but not much in the way of HDMI.
I may get a few hundred quid for it if I part-ex. Trouble is, like you say, the current climate makes me a bit timid about making purchases like this, but when I heard it, I nearly bought it there and then.
So far I've resisted, until they bring out the new models next year - so either the prices will come down, or the new model at about £3,000 will be bought. :)
I use an Onkyo, very good sound and features. You can get a THX certified one for about that price range. Give them a listen, I'd recommend them.
I went for the Denon in the end. It's currently sitting at home playing through some music on repeat to give it a good run in while I'm at work (I bet my neighbours love me).
In all honesty I'm not convinced it's quite as good as my old amp, but I haven't been able to listen to that in 4 months *shakes fist at incompetant repair people* and to actually beat the old one I'd really need to be spending well over a grand and I just can't justify that right now :( Still, I'm happy, it beats the crap outta my TV speakers :D
You tease me with your "amp"le complaints.
I live in a human filing cabinet in an urban environment with paper-thin walls. I can barely play rock band without getting complaints from neighborhing apartments on all sides, and I plasti-dipped my drumsticks and stuck the drums on layers of foam padding and blankets, with the kick pedal on a memory foam pillow!
Even owning a sub-woofer in this place is a laughable enterprise.
For God's sake!
I plasti-dipped my sticks!!