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Hello all - I am beginning to gather information regarding adding a home theatre system to a 2 channel set up and I have some questions. I have a relatively high end 2 channel system (innersound eros speakers, luxmman turntable, grace tonearm, dynavector cartridge, lehman black cube phono preamp, batvk5ipreamp, levinson 331 amp, muse 9 signature cd/dvd player) and would like to add home theatre to it. I am considering a 7.1 channel system as opposed to a 5.1 channel system. I am not able to add more innersound speakers due to the waf (wife acceptance factor), so I will not be able to match speaker timber etc. up perfectly. In fact, in order to achieve acceptance, I will have to place the side and rear channels on the wall near the ceiling. My questions are two fold. One, is it better to have direct radiating speakers for the rear and side speakers, dipoles, or surround speakers? Two - I would greatly prefer to add an all in one receiver with five amplifiers to handle the home theatre portion - with the five channles in the receiver driving the rear, side, and center channels while the existing stereo levinson amp drives the front left and right channels. Does anyone know of an all in one home theatre receiver with five channels which would allow a configuration where an outside amp drives the main left and right channels? Most of what I have found allows an outside amp to drive the rear channels. Thus, I may end up having to go with a pre/processor and separate five channel amp. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks -
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To briefly answer your Q's:Stick to direct radiators for the surround/side speakers for good 5.1/7.1 reproduction.
DR's will avoid the diffusion that can occur with dipole in the rear/side.
Most mid to high level AVRs will have preamp outputs for all channels.
It's usually the entry level/ el cheapo stuff that leaves out preamp outs or has limited outs.
cheerio
The Sony ES Receivers have pre-outs for all channels. I use the receiver to power the center and surrounds and have pre-outs for the main r/l channels going to a PSAudio HCA-2 amp.I did it this way to enjoy the benefits of home theater while still having a VERY nice 2 channel system for music. I have a Sony DVP-S9000ES as my source for DVDs and SACDs.
The ES Receiver required dome tweaking before i was happy with it as a pre-amp for music, but its now fabulous for that. I replaced the captive PC with an IEC socket. from the IEC to the tranformer i installed a pair of Bybee filters. I am now using a PSAudio Prelude PC from the Receiver to an Ultimate Outlet.
So, i don't use the receiver for MC music, only for MC Movies. I am VERY happy with my current setup and find myself doing only minor tweaks now. Since the surround is only used for movies, i use dipole speakers for my surrounds (BA VRMXs) and am very happy with the results.
Sam
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