KevinCorr
Super Member
I have been listening to movies thru my non-"home theater" hifi since the 1980s, but it is not so easy now with all the new TV technology.
My dilemma is if I want to listen to music as well on the HT receiver. I am leaning strongly toward Yamaha because I have a dealer in town and would rather not order online. He suggests that I get a HT in a box including the speakers and keep my regular hifi next to it.
I am considering not having one of my dedicated music hifi systems in the living/dining/kitchen main house area because two separate systems in a 24 foot square room is too much. It would be simple to have only the home theater set up there. I will still have two other dedicated hifi systems in other areas of the house, plus one in my shop.
So to enjoy music from the Yamaha HT receiver when my wife is not watching movies, I am guessing that I need to forget about the box speaker sets that the dealer suggests, and just use good hifi speakers. I don't really care about surround sound. I don't think I would be happy with the HT box speaker set for music.
I have a set of Quad 11L speakers with an NHT sub. I also have a monster HsU sub. I could add a center speaker and call it good. That would probably be a decent compromise for both music and movies?
The next dilemma is how high up on the Yamaha line do I have to go?
The entry level Aventage RX-A710 list $650 may be better than the RX or HTR lines.? The RX 475 starts at $400 in my local store.
My dilemma is if I want to listen to music as well on the HT receiver. I am leaning strongly toward Yamaha because I have a dealer in town and would rather not order online. He suggests that I get a HT in a box including the speakers and keep my regular hifi next to it.
I am considering not having one of my dedicated music hifi systems in the living/dining/kitchen main house area because two separate systems in a 24 foot square room is too much. It would be simple to have only the home theater set up there. I will still have two other dedicated hifi systems in other areas of the house, plus one in my shop.
So to enjoy music from the Yamaha HT receiver when my wife is not watching movies, I am guessing that I need to forget about the box speaker sets that the dealer suggests, and just use good hifi speakers. I don't really care about surround sound. I don't think I would be happy with the HT box speaker set for music.
I have a set of Quad 11L speakers with an NHT sub. I also have a monster HsU sub. I could add a center speaker and call it good. That would probably be a decent compromise for both music and movies?
The next dilemma is how high up on the Yamaha line do I have to go?
The entry level Aventage RX-A710 list $650 may be better than the RX or HTR lines.? The RX 475 starts at $400 in my local store.
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