Currently I have two rooms setup. One for music, and one for theater. I would like to use the larger room where I watch TV and movies be capable of great music listening as well.
Currently, I use the Levinson 332.5, McIntosh MX135, HSU VTF-15H, HSU 12-NSD, Monster AVS 2000, McIntosh MVP851, and Martin Logan Odyssey’s for listening in a 15’ x 15’ x 9’ room. Sunken two steps, stone floor, and fireplace. I mostly stream Pandora. It sounds awesome!
In the other room, I use the Martin Logan Stage and B&W HTM61 as dual centers, above and below the TV directed at listening level. I use the B&W 802D’s and Carver AL-III Plus’ as fronts. I use the B&W 685’s as my front surrounds and some Klipsch 51M’s as rear surrounds. The two SVS Ultras flank the front surrounds on either side. I use the Yamaha RX-V3300 as my controller.
The 802D’s are each hooked to a separate Monster MPA 2250’s bridged to 400 w/ch at 8 ohm. They can draw more than the 400 w/ch because they are 4 ohm speakers.The center Stage and AL-III’s run off the MPA 3250. They are all 4 ohm speakers as well, so they can pull more than 250 w/ch from the MPA 3250.
All of this is running through the Monster Power SS AVS 2000.
For the theater, I would like an Atmos 5.1.2 setup.
I’m wondering if I should just run the XRT28’s and 601’s separate from the rest of the system but in the same room for music. I’m not even sure I want to pair them with subs because they sound so good by themselves.
Here’s what I’m thinking, but it might be wasteful.
SYSTEM A
McIntosh XRT28’s, MC601’s, MX135, MVP851 as one setup for music (maybe add one sub, but reserve the Ultra-16 for theater)
SYSTEM B
Onkyo TX-RZ3100 controller to height speakers (Klipsch), Levinson 332.5 to fronts (Odyssey). Carver Cinema Grand to front surround (Aeon i), rear surround(685’s), and front center (Stage).
Currently, I use the Levinson 332.5, McIntosh MX135, HSU VTF-15H, HSU 12-NSD, Monster AVS 2000, McIntosh MVP851, and Martin Logan Odyssey’s for listening in a 15’ x 15’ x 9’ room. Sunken two steps, stone floor, and fireplace. I mostly stream Pandora. It sounds awesome!
In the other room, I use the Martin Logan Stage and B&W HTM61 as dual centers, above and below the TV directed at listening level. I use the B&W 802D’s and Carver AL-III Plus’ as fronts. I use the B&W 685’s as my front surrounds and some Klipsch 51M’s as rear surrounds. The two SVS Ultras flank the front surrounds on either side. I use the Yamaha RX-V3300 as my controller.
The 802D’s are each hooked to a separate Monster MPA 2250’s bridged to 400 w/ch at 8 ohm. They can draw more than the 400 w/ch because they are 4 ohm speakers.The center Stage and AL-III’s run off the MPA 3250. They are all 4 ohm speakers as well, so they can pull more than 250 w/ch from the MPA 3250.
All of this is running through the Monster Power SS AVS 2000.
For the theater, I would like an Atmos 5.1.2 setup.
I’m wondering if I should just run the XRT28’s and 601’s separate from the rest of the system but in the same room for music. I’m not even sure I want to pair them with subs because they sound so good by themselves.
Here’s what I’m thinking, but it might be wasteful.
SYSTEM A
McIntosh XRT28’s, MC601’s, MX135, MVP851 as one setup for music (maybe add one sub, but reserve the Ultra-16 for theater)
SYSTEM B
Onkyo TX-RZ3100 controller to height speakers (Klipsch), Levinson 332.5 to fronts (Odyssey). Carver Cinema Grand to front surround (Aeon i), rear surround(685’s), and front center (Stage).