So I'm looking to rebuild the home theater system

alkaloid,

Thanks, I’ll check out Anthem. Now I ‘m in an odd sized area, (12X30) with both ends unusable, but hope to move into a 20X20 area soon.

JD

audiotroy,

You're correct about the 2 sides, but for this, money, sound and a few bells and whistles are king.  

Btw, what is up scaling video and is it anything to make a priority? 

Thanks.

JD

esthlos13,

This isn’t going to be a job for a processor and amp. By the time I buy both, I’ll be over my limit and won’t have any left for interconnects. LOL 

But really, for now I’m just going receivers.

Thanks.

JD

audiotroy,

All very good ideas, and I do have a streaming question.  If a receiver is hooked up to my lan, can I use a NAS to stream my own collection ? And is there a device to make a 15 year old receiver wireless? IE, something to plug into a aux input.

Thanks in advance. 

JD

1: Sound quality for both music and theater
2: Quality or room correction
3: Does it have all the inputs and outputs that are required
4: Does the receiver have any streaming apps for music that I may want to access unless I am comfortable with adding an external box.
5: Reliability of product
6: Ease of servicibility
7: Upgradability modular NAD or non Modular everyone else.

Hi phil9624,

This system is going to be mostly for video.  My TV is less than a year old so I can stream most apps already. (Don't need the Roku anymore).  So the Sony X800 will handle most all of my other video needs, I think. The house I'm in for the next 3 years has Cat 4 and RF everywhere, even the kitchen.  If need be I can feed Cat 6 or 7 most places. I have another room in the basement that has a mostly audio system. I probably will only be able to use 5.1 here,  but want to be able to go 7.1 or 7.2  when I move again. And being able to stream my own music between systems would be cool!

JD

phil9624

LOL,
I'm using a Sony - DE445, a pair of Klispch RF3ii's and subwoofer from Cambridge Audio.  As I said before, I'm at least 15 yyears out of date on all this.  So far we  bought the TV and the 4K Blueray this year.  I'll check out the Yammy tommorow. 

Thanks for the tip.

JD

Hi phil9624,

So I just took a moment to check out the Yammy you mentioned. All looked good except one review about  4K being a problem. I will look into that issue more. 

JD

audiotroy,
phil9624 got mt to thinkin'.  If you don't use all the channels, do you need to put a load on them? ie, only using 5.1 on a 9.1 unit.

Thanks.
JD

auxinput, 

Thanks for the answer.  In the old days leaving a channel with out a load was a bad thing. And as I just said, I thinking more and more about sticking with a 5.1 setup.

Going to start over my search.  BTW, I agree about the different sound from the different makers. Even within brands. I live over an hour from anywhere,  so listening to anything that Best Buy doesn't have is hard!  Even Best Buy is almost an hour away! 

JD

phil9624 and audiotroy,

There more I think about it, I'll probably never go past 5.1.  I'm going to start looking at just 5.1 receivers. I still want the wifi etc.  Does that put a wrench in things?  Almost everything seems to be 7.2 - 15.2. And I guarantee I'm not going 15.2! 

LOL

JD

You are VERY right. I just went to Crutchfield and they only had 5 units to choose from! Wow, I had no idea! 

JD

auxinput,

So far the Yam RX -A1070 is number one on my list.  Gonna have another talk with Crutchfield sometime this week. Still have some wifi questions, but the spec's look great.

JD

So I talked with Buzz at Crutchfield.  He agreed that the Yamaha RX-A1070 would be a good choice for me,  then he mentioned that a model 1080 is coming out soon.  He said the only difference would be Amazon Alexa. He also hinted that I should wait,  saying the 1070 should be going on sale when the 1080 comes out. He wasn't quite sure when,  but I can a bit.

JD

audiotroy, 

What the heck pulled your chain?  Your original reply said

" The Market can best be divided by the Japanese brands with every feature under the sun and having decent to good sound quality

vs.

American and European brands, Arcam, Audiocontrol, Primare, NAD, that are more about sound quality."

Nobody is disagreeing with you.  And having said that, whatever I buy will be for watching movies.  Movies that  are not known for the high sound quality. As I said in my original post, everything I have is 15 years old. The speakers I'm currently using are 15 year old Klispch  2 way speakers that sound like crap on most music, but sounds pretty good watching Star Wars.  
I also said I was interested in bells and whistles.  Upon looking around, I found that I didn't need to spend 4k to get what I wanted.  Also, I can return whatever I buy if I don't like it!

BTW,  Best Buy doesn't sell anything even close to what we've talking about. 

JD

Hi david_10,

In answering your queston, it's my understanding that the soundtrack Netflix, Amazon and DVD's are CD quality at best and MP3 quality for most. ( If I'm wrong,  please educate me ) So as I said earlier,  this system is going to be mostly for movies. I'm not putting together a audiophile system. No seperates, no DAC, no B & W 800 series speakers.

Thanks for the link you sent,  the spec's look great, but I didn't see a way for me to go wireless. I already have a theater system,  bringing me up to date with bells and whistles is what I was looking at.

JD

Hi pattemf132, 

I did look at the Anthem MRX  1120. And I  thought it was more than I needed. I also looked at the MRX  720, and it's still on my list. My thought was to start with the Yammy, if I didn't like it, I would return it and work my my way through a few different brands and models. With a goal of going wireless, and that's going to be even more fun.

JD

So I know they make adapters to make a receiver Bluetooth. Does anyone know if someone makes an adapter to make an older receiver wifi? 

Thanks

JD

david_ten,

’’’For example, a WiFi adaptor may be unnecessary if you choose to use a Roku, Amazon, Google or Apple device with your TV."

Not what I’m talking about. I have the tv. I’m wanting to stream my personal collection of music to another system. That was the reason I asked about a wifi adapter. You can Bluetooth from a phone or computer to a newer receiver. I want to do the same using my wifi. Better quality and distance.

JD

loomisjohnson,

Thanks for the tip. Never been to accessories 4 less. I'll definitely check them out. 

JD

Listened to a Marantz SR8012 today. It was set up as 5.1, and it sounded pretty good. I think it or the SR 7012 will do everything I want. Another one to add to the list.

JD