Not to knock the receiver because it does a decent job at HT on a small scale; but a 2 ch. pre, and any decent amp will get you further on up the road. Maybe a McMcormace ADL or similar. It has the HT pass-thru. Then say a DNA 05---a '1', will do much better and still use the rec. for the rears. Both these can be had for say 12/used,as a pair. A decent tube number, capable of HT would cost that much alone. So it depends on how much we want to spend.
Would this amp/pre amp paring work?
I currently have a music/movie combo set up but the amp is just not cutting it for music with my Ohm Acoustic Micro Walsh speaker, and Ohm center channel.
It’s a HK AVR230.
I was thinking about trying to use a tube amp for the mains and possibly the center and let the receiver drive the rears. Let the receiver act as a pre-amp for a while as it has all the connector. I do not have an amp picked out since I am not even sure this direction makes sense since the amp would be used for both music and movies.
Opinions?
It’s a HK AVR230.
I was thinking about trying to use a tube amp for the mains and possibly the center and let the receiver drive the rears. Let the receiver act as a pre-amp for a while as it has all the connector. I do not have an amp picked out since I am not even sure this direction makes sense since the amp would be used for both music and movies.
Opinions?
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