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Looking for a 2.1 setup for music and home theater

A friend randomly offered to buy my current Klipsch Icon KF28 Best Buy specials and energy sub and I have been toying with getting something much nicer for a while. So here I am. 

I have a yamaha RXV477 that I will look to sell off as well to move to something better to pair with a new set of speakers. 

I’m mostly concerned with music listening. I have alll 16 or 24 bit recordings for playback from a current gen mac mini. I’ll be purely digitally sourced. I do not plan to add a turntable. 

I listen to jam bands, jazz, funk, downtempo/ambient, post rock, rock, 60’s-90’s stuff, bluegrass, some classical. 

The room is 15 x 20 with a vaulted ceiling. We rent here so I could, and likely will be in the next 6 months or so, moving to something without a vaulted ceiling. 

I’m looking for recommenced pairings for 2.1 speaker setup, amplification and DAC. Perfectly  okay with integrated amp as long as it’s a good pairing.  

I’m okay with buying used. 

Budget is ~$4k. 
readthebook
williewonka
3,082 posts
 
I switched to a 2.1 system for my A/V setup when we moved - I wanted something simpler that my wife could operate...

- Blusesound Powernode2
- B & W sub-woofer
- Tannoy Fusion 4 speakers

My room size is 25 x 26 with a cathedral ceiling 15ft high

I find it loud enough and very high quality sound.

The sub connects via a single ended RCA cable from the Bluesound.

The Bluesound streams most services and also from a NAS drive where I keep all my music. It can also strean from any device via bluetooth. I have it hooked up via Ethernet

Hope that helps
erik_squires
16,379 posts
 
I'm using a Mytek Brooklyn with Luxman 507ux. Love the combination.


Mike Rose at Excel Audio sells both, but he has 505ux (almost same amp) for $2,500.

If you go this way, do not go with Marantz. :-)


Best,

E
erik_squires
16,379 posts
 
Personall loathe current Dali. They are bright sounding and bright measuring. They give you extra detail for the first few minutes and then are pretty uncomfortable. I know I am in the minority.

Instead of a 2.1, strongly suggest a 2.5 speaker tower like a Monitor Audio. Superbly performing.


Subs are great, and hard to really configure correctly. It's luck. Better a 2.5 way speaker that is narrow, high sensitivity and will mate with the room more easily.
readthebook OP
2 posts
 
Thanks to everyone for your responses thus far.

One thing to note, I am not really concerned about streaming services or "internet of things" "connected devices" at all. 

I work in tech, and prefer to keep my home setup more simplistic so I'm not troubleshooting stuff all the time. Just want something reliable and well well paired.
tmicelli
2 posts
 
Get a primialuna and Tekton speakers.  Great sound for the price. 
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