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totem/nad denon

Hi i ahve abeginners question.I have a nad 356 bee for my totem sttaf speakers . I jsut bought a denon 2100 home reciever to upsgrade my home theater. I have dedciated gallo system for that. Will i Hear a difference if iuse the denon for the sttaffs and get rid of the nad???? I wanted to have dedicated systems but now i am trying to be a little more realistic.

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Brian
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willland
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Though I have never owned any Totem speakers, the NAD integrated will reign over the Denon AVR for stereo music, period.  Many AVR's, especially flagship models, try to be all things to all people but fall short in the 2-channel music department.  A few exceptions that come to mind are the NAD T773(which I have in a stereo rig) and NAD's newer offerings, Anthem AVR's, Cambridge Audio, and Arcam which has been mentioned in a previous post.

Do your best to objectively A-B the Denon vs the NAD and see(hear) the results.  I am in no way implying that the Denon will sound horrible in stereo but the NAD integrated is built for one main purpose, stereo music.  As mentioned, you "may" be able to use both the NAD(stereo) and Denon(HT) in the same rig.

Bill
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willland
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I just looked at the rear of the Denon 2100 and it only has Zone 2 stereo preouts so combining it with the NAD 356BEE might not be possible.  I'll let others chime in on that subject.

Bill
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