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Improving the Musicality of a Home Theather

My journey in the last year has been somewhat mind blowing. I changed out 20 year old Proceed AVP, Revel F30 gen 1, Adcom GFA5500, and a Higher end Arcam CD Player. New system consists of Anthem AVM70 11.1 processor, Anthem MCA 525 Gen 2 225x5, Revel M126Be bookshelves mains and center channel, B&W surrounds rear and overhead , Bluesound Gen 3 Node Streamer and Pioneer Elite Plasma and Blue Ray Player. The amplifier is still breaking in, but I must say the system sounds incredible on 5.2.1. (Velodyne powered sub). I want to know if upgrading the Blue Ray to an Apple or similar Video streamer would be worth the investment? If not, I can stream native formats thru the Anthem processor. 
 

I realize this site tends to focus on great 2 channel sound, which I also appreciate. But I was hoping to resonate with the home theater crowd out three? 
 

any help on cables or alternate sources would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

hondaron

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hondaron OP
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Thank you for the insightful reply’s. I didn’t do the math myself, the installer, Audio Breakthroughs in Manhassett, NY did a fancy ARC computer room correction with three microphone positions and the music and theater is basically flawless. I don’t really understand it but it makes perfect sense to have the computer do all the bacon corrections / calculations. 
 

what a difference from about 14 months ago

hondaron OP
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@thespeakerdude 

spot on, blue ray is 11 years old and is 1080P, same as plasma. Will there be a noticeable difference going to a 4k source and say and OLED? Live in a smaller 1904 vintage home, and thinking about the video upgrade path when we move to a bigger home. Will the 4k blacks be as good or better than the elite plasma? Not sure about what cables the 4k require, assume hdmi are out? Is there a source publication where I can learn before thinking about spending the $?  Thanks

hondaron OP
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Wow, do t know where to start thanking you guys. Firstly, I thank Bruce and Mike at Audio Breakthroughs. My Proceed was going and I called 6 dealers in NY area when supply of gear was scarce. He had gotten his hands on two Anthems. I feel blessed if not lucky. A comment on my poor taste when I first entered this blog 14 months ago…..what I should have said was I loved the B&W’s but my acid test is female vocals like Stevie Nicks…and I took the Revels for mains for that reason. B&Ws are very fine speakers also, that’s why I used them in my partial surround…..

I will get Revels for the rears, good idea, and fill all the surround duty with B&W (more refined base than the Revels in my humble opinion).. My dealer also just recommended the Sony player recommendation given above, thanks for that…

the 4k OLED is next years project, we need a bigger home than the 1904 farm house… can’t wait.

Great job, thanks for sharing all your ideas and thoughts….

Ron

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