Hi everyone! I'm new & have just started out into this hobby earlier this year thanks to my good friend.
Have been reading the posts here and it's very informative. But recently cant decide what is the best way to proceed. Can I trouble the bros here to give me some advise & recommendations?
Currently, I am seeking to have a
more full but fast and crisp sound as I listen to quite a fair bit of Bluray 5.1 concerts e.g andre bocelli, lots of vocals and instruments. My listening preferences are mainly:
Bluray music 5.1 concerts/5.1 Movies/CD music = 55%/40%/5%.
Here's the dilemma I am facing:
For the fronts, I am playing with 3 used bookshelf sets to compare sound: Cambridge S30, Polk Audio TSI200; B&W 705. S30s were really lovely, fast, precise, crisp, but a little too small to produce a full sound for vocals for the size of my living room. The TSI200 is full & very warm but not as precise as S30. B&W705 is good in spatial separation but considering that it is 3x the price of my polk and cambridge, the 3x gain I expected wasnt there, but suspect it will be better with more juice.
Current setup: Yamaha AVR RX-V1900, Infinity PC351 centre, Cambridge audio S20 rears, HSU ULS-15 sub.
Assuming that,
centre, surrounds & sub is to stay, I love the sound of S30 but want a fuller sound, should I:
(i) Totally change to a new fronts, keep AVR - if yes, which bookshelf speaker do you recommend?
(ii) Invest in a 2-channel 200WPC amp, use AVR as preamp, and keep the 705
(iii) Change to a new pre/power setup e.g. Emotiva XPA5/UMC1
(iv) your recommendations? (I am open) ;D ;D
The size of my listening area is 6m by 4m (seated on the long side), and the most important: budget $800. ;D haha... thanks in advance for the help!