Hello All!
I’ve recently determined that, because of an ever-expanding accumulation of music DVD's, DVD-A's, and SACD's, it now makes sense for me to have a 5.1 setup in my listening room. I hope you guys can help me decide what to do. Here is the equipment I have:
-Denon 3805 receiver
-Denon 3910 dvd player
-KEF 105/3 speakers
The room they’re in measures 30’ x 15’, although, due to a home office taking up about half that space, the actual listening area is more like 15’ x 15’. I realize that the KEF’s are way overkill for this room, but I loved them so much when I heard them that I had to have them. So, here’s my dilemma. Do I:
a) Get a center channel, 2 rears, and a sub to go with the KEF’s. If so, does anybody have any suggestions on what would match up with these speakers?
b) Run the KEF’s out of Zone 2 of the 3805 for 2 channel material, and get a sub/sat system
to run out of Zone 1 for all the surround stuff I want to listen to. I’m thinking something along the lines of Gallo or the Tannoy Arena, where I can put the L/R satellites on top of the KEF’s. What I don’t know is if these type of systems are geared more towards movies than music, which matters to me as I will predominantly be using it for music.
c) Bite the bullet and get rid of the KEF’s and buy more closely matched speakers from
scratch.
My musical tastes (or lack thereof) run mostly to hard rock/heavy metal, so please factor that in when making your recommendations. Thanks a lot!
