Although i do not know about your speakers... over the years this is my experience with upgrades to home theater.
in order from most noticeable in real life listening.
1 Get the best and biggest center channel that MATCHES your two front2 speakers.
2. make the room you are using light controlled.... add blinds and or drapes. you want the " experience" of the theater, it needs to be dark.
3. if you do not have a dedicated home theater, or if you do... keep the echo down.... use thick carpets and drapes.
4. Subwoofer... i did not believe this was all that big of a deal.... for years a had an old 15" vega... once i found a used "higher end" sub, there was a difference worth mentioning.
5. separate amp... it does not have to be thousands and thousands of dollars. look for an amp that 1.... goes down to the ohms that your speakers might dip to (this is not as important. if you are crossing over you speakers to a sub) 2.. an amp that gets as close to doubling for every drop in ohms... example 8 ohm @200 watts to 4 ohm @400 watts to 2 ohms at 800 watts. get an amp with a lower THD. beyond that dont spend too much money, it would be hard to REALLY hear a difference.
6. dial in your system... make sure your tv setting are correct for your environment, speakers are placed not right against the walls, just a good thicker speaker cable, adjust the room correction that you might have and make sure the room correction didn't mess up a setting.....etc
These are the suggestions that I would tell my family and friends.
i am looking into acoustic panels... we will see (or hear) if this makes a difference.
also... the smallest difference that i have found was changing over from a good receiver ( with pre-outs for an amp) to a new higher end processor only)
hope this helps,
Bill
in order from most noticeable in real life listening.
1 Get the best and biggest center channel that MATCHES your two front2 speakers.
2. make the room you are using light controlled.... add blinds and or drapes. you want the " experience" of the theater, it needs to be dark.
3. if you do not have a dedicated home theater, or if you do... keep the echo down.... use thick carpets and drapes.
4. Subwoofer... i did not believe this was all that big of a deal.... for years a had an old 15" vega... once i found a used "higher end" sub, there was a difference worth mentioning.
5. separate amp... it does not have to be thousands and thousands of dollars. look for an amp that 1.... goes down to the ohms that your speakers might dip to (this is not as important. if you are crossing over you speakers to a sub) 2.. an amp that gets as close to doubling for every drop in ohms... example 8 ohm @200 watts to 4 ohm @400 watts to 2 ohms at 800 watts. get an amp with a lower THD. beyond that dont spend too much money, it would be hard to REALLY hear a difference.
6. dial in your system... make sure your tv setting are correct for your environment, speakers are placed not right against the walls, just a good thicker speaker cable, adjust the room correction that you might have and make sure the room correction didn't mess up a setting.....etc
These are the suggestions that I would tell my family and friends.
i am looking into acoustic panels... we will see (or hear) if this makes a difference.
also... the smallest difference that i have found was changing over from a good receiver ( with pre-outs for an amp) to a new higher end processor only)
hope this helps,
Bill