Hello everyone,
For years, I have yearned for a good music system - with seperate amplifier, speakers etc. Now I've finally managed to lay my hands on a pair of Mordaunt-Short Carnival 6 speakers. Buying the speakers was an impulsive decision but sometimes, impulsive decisions are the best ones
. I have totally fallen in love with the speakers and they have been my money's worth. I do not own a source to run the speakers yet but am hoping to get one soon. I have tested these speakers with a Pioneer stereo amp and a Topping amp and have been blown away by the speakers - especially connected to the Pioneer amp.
I am looking at buying an amp/receiver. My budget can at a max, stretch up to 25K. No more.
I am primarily interested in listening to music. Listening will be confined to Rock, Hard Rock, Metal and the odd slow rock with some folk rock thrown in . Music CDs but more of mp3s from USB. But I will be watching the odd Blu-ray or some BD-Rips on my Sony BDP-S370 player. Genre of movies is mostly Noir, Drama, Westerns. Considering this, here are my questions:
1. Since it is going to be primarily music, I was thinking of buying a stereo amplifier. But since these come in the price range of A/V receivers - I was thinking why not buy an A/V rx itself? But here is where I ask - is there really that much of a difference in quality of music that is output by a stereo amp compared to an A/V rx? Is there a simple reason for this?
2. I see there are settings in the A/V rx for using only stereo speakers. When we use this feature, will it down-mix multi-channel audio down to stereo and what is the quality of this output? Will movies encoded in multiple channels sound once downmixed, atleast sound better than my TV speakers?
3. I see there is an option in my Sony Blu-ray player for down-mixing multi-channel audio to stereo. Will this feature be doing the same thing as an A/V rx as in point no 2 above? Can it do the same for movies that I play off the USB drive connected to the Blu-ray player?
4. Do you need an equalizer connected to the stereo amp to really fine tune the music output? But are equalizers available these days? Does the A/V rx have the capability to give that equalizing capability (?) that even a stereo amp does not have? Do stereo amps only have bass, treble settings?
I know its a long list of questions but I have thought them out for long. Hoping you guys can help me out here. If any clarifications are needed, please do reply....
For years, I have yearned for a good music system - with seperate amplifier, speakers etc. Now I've finally managed to lay my hands on a pair of Mordaunt-Short Carnival 6 speakers. Buying the speakers was an impulsive decision but sometimes, impulsive decisions are the best ones
. I have totally fallen in love with the speakers and they have been my money's worth. I do not own a source to run the speakers yet but am hoping to get one soon. I have tested these speakers with a Pioneer stereo amp and a Topping amp and have been blown away by the speakers - especially connected to the Pioneer amp.I am looking at buying an amp/receiver. My budget can at a max, stretch up to 25K. No more.
I am primarily interested in listening to music. Listening will be confined to Rock, Hard Rock, Metal and the odd slow rock with some folk rock thrown in
. Music CDs but more of mp3s from USB. But I will be watching the odd Blu-ray or some BD-Rips on my Sony BDP-S370 player. Genre of movies is mostly Noir, Drama, Westerns. Considering this, here are my questions:1. Since it is going to be primarily music, I was thinking of buying a stereo amplifier. But since these come in the price range of A/V receivers - I was thinking why not buy an A/V rx itself? But here is where I ask - is there really that much of a difference in quality of music that is output by a stereo amp compared to an A/V rx? Is there a simple reason for this?
2. I see there are settings in the A/V rx for using only stereo speakers. When we use this feature, will it down-mix multi-channel audio down to stereo and what is the quality of this output? Will movies encoded in multiple channels sound once downmixed, atleast sound better than my TV speakers?
3. I see there is an option in my Sony Blu-ray player for down-mixing multi-channel audio to stereo. Will this feature be doing the same thing as an A/V rx as in point no 2 above? Can it do the same for movies that I play off the USB drive connected to the Blu-ray player?
4. Do you need an equalizer connected to the stereo amp to really fine tune the music output? But are equalizers available these days? Does the A/V rx have the capability to give that equalizing capability (?) that even a stereo amp does not have? Do stereo amps only have bass, treble settings?
I know its a long list of questions but I have thought them out for long. Hoping you guys can help me out here. If any clarifications are needed, please do reply....
