Thanks aj523. I have an ARCAM AVR550 for my home theater and use this also for music. I have not installed the two rear surround system speakers so all of my sound is coming from the front speakers. Actually, the sound is really good I have a pair of Paradym 85F towers, but added a pair of REL S2 SHO subwoofers. These really helped the sound stage and took some weight off the towers to clear up the mids and highs. I dialed in the volume of the RELs to 40% so they would not sound too bassy and they seem to blend well. I would like to have a dedicated two channel system after adding the rear surround speakers, but do not know how to do this from one pair of speakers and subs without having to reconnect the speaker wires each time I want to listen to 2 channel. I did like the Parasound integrated amp. The ARCAM AVR850 has the G technology which provides the first 50 watts in pure A quality amplification. However, this costs $6,000. Everything in this hobby costs a lot. I also added a BlueSound Node 2i and the high res and MQA really adds to the quality. I was talked into adding a ProJect S2 DAC and I preferred the Node 2i played by itself. The DAC made things sound too thin. I also notice better sound quality/sound stage when playing MQA. Might be smoke and mirrors because no one in this group likes MQA.
Thanks again for your response. Everyone in this group is so helpful and knowledgeable. Just wish I had more money.
