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Setup question

A brief setup question if someone doesn’t mind helping me out. In my family room, I currently have a 5.1 setup with a HK AV receiver, 2 JBL towers and JBL everything else (which will be upgraded to PSB sooner than later). I wanted to add vinyl to my family room setup but my receiver does not have phono in. I bought a nice Rotel turntable and NAD amp that can be used as a pre, power or integrated amp.

My question is, what is the best utilization of this equipment? Should I go turntable > NAD (pre) >HK? Or should I go turntable>NAD (integrated) >speakers and use the speakers for both setups with a switch?

Thank you in advance for your help.
eli_tackla

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reubent
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eli,

If you're thinking about ditching your current HT receiver, you might want to just use the NAD and get the receiver out of your system altogether. I think the NAD by itself will sound better for vinyl and it might be adequate for your HT duties, although it will be 2-channel only.

7.1 or Atmos is going to cost you a lot more money just in speakers, not to mention the cost of a quality HT receiver to power them. You might want to figure out the budget for a 7.1 or Atmos system, speakers, amplification and source electronics, and then listen to a comparably priced 2-channel rig. The 2-channel rig, at the same overall price, should sound significantly better than the 7.1 or Atmos system of the same price.

That said, you might find that you just prefer HT/surround/multi-channel. In that case, just buy what you like best.

For me, it's not even close. I prefer quality 2-channel over mid-priced HT/surround....every time.

Enjoy,

TIC
reubent
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e_t,

Two questions that will help with the best setup, as far as sound quality is concerned.

1. Does your HK receiver have pre-outs for the front L&R channels? What model is it if we want to look up the specs?

2. Is the NAD an Integrated amp? What model is it? Does it have a built-in phono pre-amp?
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