Stage 1 option - HT bypass integrated. Do these work??
One option I was thinking of was to wire the walls for surrounds and leave them unused for now and go with something like a Peachtree Nova (I am a Sonos user) with a pair of speakers from a big mfg (like Paradigm/B&W) so that it would be easy to find a matching center down the road if needed.
So Stage II, if needed later, would be add:
1. AVR
2. 2 in-ceiling surrounds
3. matching center
I've always wondered how well home theater bypass works as you are using the amp of the integrated with a very different amp in the AVR.
The advantage of this approach also is that I could just get a cheaper AVR as it's only going to drive the center and surrounds.
PS I actually demo'd the Peachtree Nova and a set of Paradigm STudio 10s w/out sub and was pretty impressed. Nothing mind blowing, but for a package just over $2K it was awesome.
One option I was thinking of was to wire the walls for surrounds and leave them unused for now and go with something like a Peachtree Nova (I am a Sonos user) with a pair of speakers from a big mfg (like Paradigm/B&W) so that it would be easy to find a matching center down the road if needed.
So Stage II, if needed later, would be add:
1. AVR
2. 2 in-ceiling surrounds
3. matching center
I've always wondered how well home theater bypass works as you are using the amp of the integrated with a very different amp in the AVR.
The advantage of this approach also is that I could just get a cheaper AVR as it's only going to drive the center and surrounds.
PS I actually demo'd the Peachtree Nova and a set of Paradigm STudio 10s w/out sub and was pretty impressed. Nothing mind blowing, but for a package just over $2K it was awesome.