Dude, get out of it. I was trying to incorporate hi-fi and hometheatre for years. Carefully considering all my alternatives and investigating all the product potentials to do so. It all boils down to your commitment to your enjoyment of music. For me movies didnt even come close to my music. If your speakers are good they can produce a good stereo image- it will reproduce a center speaker signal faithfully. Which leaves your rears. Rears speakers dont meet their hyped up reputation in a movie experience as they are portrayed to be. Keep in mind though - there are wonderful hometheatre set-ups i have heard. But if your situation demands a choice - go for the hi-fi, and improve your listening experience. I will never spend another dime on hometheatre. it all goes into my hi-fi.
A/V receiver for decoding and center/rear
I want to add homecinema to my system, which is stereo-orientated. Since I don't want to change my stereo amp for a surround design, I figured I could buy a A/V-receiver for decoding use and to drive the center and rear-speakers. That means I would connect my stereo-sources (turntable, CD) straight to the stereo-amp, and DVD/video/tv into the receiver. I would use the line out for front right and left to feed my stereo amp, and the built-in amps for center and rear from the A/V-receiver, leaving the receiver out of the chain when listening to stereo-sources. Would this work? And is there a chance of damaging/blowing up the amps in the receiver, since the front-amps won't be used?
Thanks for any advice.
Thanks for any advice.
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