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In Reply to: Classe SSP-25 posted by TNS on June 23, 1999 at 14:51:11:
>>>preamp for music as well as HT.My worthless opinion is that like East and West, nary do the twains met.
I gave up that search as many others have and got a 2 channel pre-amp that I have hooked up to an inexpensive HT pre-amp via the processor loop. I feel it gives me the best of both worlds. IMO, HT is not very demanding and I'm not into multi-channel music.
Something like a Sherwood or Sony HT pre-amp can be had for $800-1,200. Add a used Audible Illusions Mod 3A, BAT VK-3i, VTL TL2.5 or whatever and you'll have a much more musical system for under $3K.
YMMV
Thank you for your response. However, as I have thought about your suggestion (and it's not a bad one) I found myself wondering why it should be that the sonic properties of a home theater should be less important (or less demanding) than the music-only system. We start from a premise based on experience that the emotional impact of music is greater with a better sounding (high-end?) system (otherwise why bother, right?). Why shouldn't a high-end system improve the emotional impact of a movie/video/DVD? Does our vision so overwhelm our hearing?
> > Why shouldn't a high-end system improve the emotional impact of a movie/video/DVD? Does our vision so overwhelm our hearing?Well in theory it should sound better. Execution is an issue. Most HT decoding is done by a chip via precisely determined methods. It's easy to do.
Second is distraction. Your attention is on the movie so you're not as tuned in to subtle differences.
Now it could be that all the digital stuff screws up or compromises the 2 channel performance. My 2 channel pre-amp simply sounds better to me than the digital HT pre-amp I have for music. I also have no desire to upgrade the HT part though a hi-end unit might sound a bit better for HT, that little difference isn't important to me.
In addition, mikem had a Lexicon which is well respected. He sold it and bought a Sony for HT and BAT for 2 channel. He is much happier with the BAT for music and doesn't seem to miss the Lex on HT at all.
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