awilder
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| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Welp, you guys won me over. Just pulled the trigger on the Rotel. :)(now to figure out where the heck I'm actually going to put this beast!) | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? You two are making a pretty compelling case for the Rotel! However I just took a measuring tape to my cabinet, and I don't think I can actually get it to fit along with my Denon (or the Marantz). The Rotel is really huge... The Monolith is about ... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? The newer versions of the Monolith actually do have balanced inputs.And hey, for what it's worth, someone left this review on the Monoprice site:"I have a Monolith 5 and an Emotiva XPA-5 Gen 3 ... I prefer the sound of the Monolith ... It sounds m... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? I’m now toying with the idea of the Monoprice Monolith 5-channel. Seems to have great reviews all around.. and at $1,300 it’s pretty compelling. And it has a 30-day return policy, so I could take a listen and see (unlike buying used gear). https:/... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Awesome, thanks. Appreciate the recommendations and advice! :) | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Thanks @auxinput - that's super-helpful.I think at the moment I'd probably be inclined to improve the sound quality first... especially since we're not currently viewing that much 4K content and nearly all of what we watch is via streaming (I don'... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Thanks for clarifying.If I simply get another amp to power my front speakers (and keep using the Denon for signal processing), I still won’t be able to switch 4K through the Denon.So I started thinking that maybe I could get a preamp and then cont... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Ok, then I'm now a bit confused. ? Because of your 4K requirement, it is going to be difficult to find a good processor in your budget. I think the only thing I would recommend is to go get a previous generation Marantz AV8802a. | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Thanks everyone - I appreciate the thoughtful replies as I find myself on the edge of a very large rabbit hole... :)So if I'm understanding @caphill and @auxinput correctly, you're suggesting adding a preamp (possibly the Marantz) and then keep t... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Thanks @auxinput!I just came across a listing here for a Bryston SP3... which looks like it could be perfect, actually (if I'm willing to fudge the budget a bit...)https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis96275-bryston-sp3-surround-processor-with-4k-s... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Thanks for chiming in - and good points. I've been toying with the idea of separates... unfortunately price is a factor, as you mentioned -- and I'm also worried about the husband-acceptance-factor (gotta keep it easy to use...)But I'll definitel... |