|   adding amplification to 5.1 set-up | oron
Feb 19, 2001 4:02 PM | | I currently have a Sony DB830 DD/DTS receiver (100x5 watts) powering 2 infinity delta 60 fronts, a cv center, and jbl surrounds. The surrounds are going to be replaced by matching Delta 60's. The Deltas handle 200 watts a piece, and are 6 ohm. They sound *great* in my current set up, but I think that with a little more stable and powerful amplification, I can get the set up to be *amazing*. I'm wondering what my options are and what would be a good (and least expensive) way of adding more power. For the time being, I want to keep my current receiver.
Suggestions??
Thanks |
| Price range? (nt) | Umrswimr
Feb 20, 2001 1:31 PM | | |
| Price range? (nt) | oron
Feb 20, 2001 3:59 PM | | well, the less inexpensive the better. I would say that I am willing to go up to $500.
Basically I just want to know what options are out there for adding external amplification to a hi-fi receiver. Can you have the receiver power, say, the rears and center, and an external amp power the fronts (my receiver has 5.1 pre-outs)? And what would be the process in doing this?
And I'm also curious as to which amps out there would be good for this sort of thing. |
| Price range? (nt) | Nick
Feb 22, 2001 2:40 AM | | You need pre-amp outputs in order to add an external reciever. If you have 5.1 preouts (six RCA jacks) then you can use external amplifiers for any of the channels. You'll always be able to use your internal amps too (in fact, you could use both for all channels, if you wanted too... you don't want to though ;)
I would recomend getting a Rotel or a Denon amplifier in that price range. The Rotel is warmer and the Denon is more accurate. Don't forget to buy decent interconnects (you should spend about $50 or so). To set it up, you would simply connect the L and R mains preamp outputs from your reciever to the inputs on the amplifier. Move your speaker wires for the mains, and plug the amp in to the wall. Das it.
For a less expensive upgrade, if you don't already have decent cables you should consider spending $150 or so on interconnects and speaker wires for your mains. I bought to 8' lenghts of Audio Quest AV4 speaker wire and $70 worth (paid $40) of Audio Quest interconnects for my CD player. The best cables I tried (a $200 Viper interconnect and about $200 worth of speaker cables) made nearly as much difference as upgrading to a $1200 Denon reciever. I have a $500 Onkyo, and was using $50 worth of monster cable, and stock $0.50 interconects. I haven't tried BetterCables.com, but they might be worth a try too.
Fare well,
Nick |
| Price range? (nt) | oron
Feb 22, 2001 11:01 AM | | Thanks.
Know of any good places on the internet to find inexpensive amps (like the Rotel and Denon you're talking about)? |
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