??? Aperion 422/S-8 -vs- Yamaha YSP-1000 ???

[russellarmand]

I bought a nice Sony ES receiver and the compact Aperion 422/S-8 speaker set just over a year ago. Then I moved cross-country and never shipped them out.

I'm now wondering if I should finally send them, or if it would be smarter and easier to sell them, and replace them BOTH with the simpler, sleeker Yamaha YSP-1000?!

1] Does it still make sense to have a bulky, stand-alone receiver when the YSP's built-in receiver has all the (basic) connections I need? I mean, I'm not an home theater expert or an audioholic, but is there something about the Sony receiver that makes it better?

2] I'm not particularly excited about rewiring the side and rear speakers, considering how much effort it took last time to do it cleanly. Though the end result did look great and the sound was utterly amazing. Does the YSP really sound as good as everyone says, or is my speaker kit a noticeable step up?

Any thoughts/opinion are eagerly awaited...

Here are some relevant specs:

• Sony STR-DA2000ES, 7.1 channel, 120x7, "digital drive"
• Aperion 422, 100Hz-20kHz, 8ohms, 25-150W, 1" silk-dome tweeter, 4" poly midrange
• Aperion S-8, 30Hz-180Hz, 100W RMS, 8" poly woofer

Also, for what it's worth, I had these rigged up to a Panasonic TH-42PWD7UY (which I haven't shipped out, either).

 

[Sheep]

I would stick with your Aperion/Sony setup.

the YSP-1000 was designed for people who don't want clutter, or have no where to put speakers.

SheepStar

 

[drgroovee]

Barring any bias toward your existing set-up :

Just about any true 5.1 system is going to give you better sound quality than the "sound bar" (as we like to call them) designs that you'll see from Yamaha and others.

This design uses mostly refracted sound to carry out the surround effects. If you have a squarish room, the effect is surprising, but just not the same. For multi-channel music- not quite as convincing. The other drawback is the lack of a subwoofer output that would allow you to add some low end to the experience. It IS, however, very attractive for those whose efforts to put speakers in the room are immediately vetoed.

 

[Sheep]

Barring any bias toward your existing set-up :

Just about any true 5.1 system is going to give you better sound quality than the "sound bar" (as we like to call them) designs that you'll see from Yamaha and others.

This design uses mostly refracted sound to carry out the surround effects. If you have a squarish room, the effect is surprising, but just not the same. For multi-channel music- not quite as convincing. The other drawback is the lack of a subwoofer output that would allow you to add some low end to the experience. It IS, however, very attractive for those whose efforts to put speakers in the room are immediately vetoed.

Actually, the Yamaha YSP-1000 and others(from Yamaha) have a subwoofer pre-out. They just don't include a subwoofer.

SheepStar

 

[drgroovee]

And so it does. Nice catch, Sheep. All the specs I studied (except Yamaha's page for it) omitted that very important tid-bit.

 

[russellarmand]

Yeah, if I went with the YSP I would definitely complement it with a sub. One issue I anticipate is the orientation of our room -- we don't have a "left" wall to bounce any sound off of. I wonder how the YSP handles that!

It's nice to see someone from Aperion itself right here on the board. One of the reasons I haven't shipped everything yet is because I tossed their nice shipping boxes after installation. I contacted Aperion to purchase empty boxes to re-ship, but they don't have any spares at the moment