$4000 BUGDET - YOU ONLY HAVE 2 CHOICES - YOUR FEEDBACK MUCH APPRECIATED


Family room 4.2 system click to view, (la Scala’s, 2 subs, 2 back ceiling speakers)

Profile 1: Music listening 2.2 & Profile 2: Movies 4.2

Option 1: Anthem AVM70 (i have amps to power the speakers) ($4000)

Or

Option 2: Yamaha RX-A6A coupled with Denafrips Pontus 2 ($4000 combined)

Which would you go for? Option 1 has superior room correction including the ability to setup 2 independent LFE channels. Option 2 has superior DAC.

 

 

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PrimaLuna Integrated amplifier has HT bypass, would sound great with your LaScalas and then you could pick any decent AVR for your surrounds. 

I am not a fan of dual purpose systems but here goes.  The Anthem would better.  The only Yamaha that sound good are their expensive ones($10k), if they even still make them. 

How old are those LaScalas?  If they are old, new crossovers are a great upgrade as well.

I don't think this has been asked yet. I would approach this from a goal based direction. For example,

What is your higher priority / higher use scenario: 2 channel or multichannel?

Anthem - The DAC in the AVM is pretty darn good so I'm not sure I agree with the "superior DAC" part. 

@soix

Do you really think the OP wants to burn tubes watching TV? C’mon.

Obviously you make a very good point. Who wants to waste tubes performing HT duties?

To be fair, I believe that @glennewdick was focusing on extracting maximum sound quality from the Klipsch with regard to 2 channel use. It seems that the vast majority of Klipsch Heritage speaker owners would eagerly agree with his recommendations. David’s question is a relevant one for certain.

Charles