Ideas to improve my system


In short, I’m looking for ideas to improve to my system.


What do I want out of a system?

I would like to have a system that sounds great during both 2ch music and movies (think criterion not marvel).

I live in NYC and my living room does double duty as a listening area + home theatre. I am unlikely to be able to have a separate listening and watching space anytime soon. I primarily listen to music from records, Apple Music and Spotify and watch movies from an Apple TV 4K.


What do I currently use?

A bit of a hodgepodge/mess bought over the past 10+ years

Rega Planar 1 with Ortofon Blue (and a few other minor upgrades)

Musical Fidelity phono pre-amp

Sony DN1080 Receiver

B&W HTM6 S2 Center channel

Klipsch Hersey IV

4 Mirage Omnisat v2 speakers

The system also has a dedicated line

At my desk

Sony IER-M9 powered by a RME ADI-2 DAC with corrections from AutoEQ (I love this setup)


What do I not want?

I tried height speakers and they didn’t give me much.


What do I like?

I want my living room sound to feel exciting, visceral and something special. My desk setup is pretty perfect for me reference wise but I want the living room to be a bit different. I like the Hersey much more than expected and I want to generally build a cohesive system around them. They perform great in my apartment for music. For movies, they are actually great left/right speakers! They make string or brass soundtracks come alive. The B&W center channel isolates dialog pretty well and transitions between the Heresy and B&W rarely bother me or other listeners I’ve had in the space.


What isn’t going to fly

  • Going 2 channel. My girlfriend objects and likes the surround speakers (as do I).
  • Wall treatments. Not a lot I can do here unfortunately - I have thick rugs and a fair amount of furniture + books on walls.

Options considered

  • Add a sub like KEF KC62 (I can’t do 2 tho)
  • Match the center channel to the Hersey’s via Klipsch center
  • Upgrade the receiver (thinking something like the NAD t 778 or upcoming Yamaha RX-A6A)
  • Switch to separates (I’m very fond of the Anthem’s room correction but would need the AVM70 + a 5 channel amp)

Are there other things folks would recommend? If you had 3-5k to spend, where would you put it?


zamiang
I bought the used Klipsch center and the two small speakers.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/203529373861?ul_noapp=true

He still has the pair of subs, if anyone is interested, 'contact seller'.

Not sure, perhaps ask him to find their model #.
I wrote this seller, his personal nearly (4 months old) new klipsch center

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124782709100?epid=10025586026&hash=item1d0da1096c:g:RLUAAOSwS35g0k9L

he said he did not register the warranty. I asked, and he said if disaster struck, he would cooperate to use the 5 yr warranty he gets