I was hoping to get some opinions on what people's thoughts were on whether I should consider an integrated amp for the speakers I'm looking to buy. The opinions I've gotten from dealers are obviously going to be pretty different from the opinions I'm hoping to receive from users.
After doing a number of auditions in various shops I think I'm going to buy the PSB Synchrony Twos (maybe the Ones if an in-home audition finds that they are worth the price difference). I visited two PSB over two weekends and both times I found myself very reluctant to leave. They are rated at 90dB sensitivity (88dB anechoic) and have a nominal & minimum impedeance of 4 ohms.
I've heard some good things about the NAD C372 and it is a bit more powerful in terms of both continuous and dynamic power. I've read that there is some possible advantage to a pure stereo solution over a "compromised" do-it-all receiver. I will be listening to music on the system most of the time, so having solid 2-channel performance is much more important.
Also, I'm not quite sure how to connect everything up in this situation if I want to use the front speakers for both 2-channel music and home theater, so any advice on this would be appreciated. I'd like to have the music source connected directly to the integrated and bypass the A/V receiver entirely.
I plan to do some listening tests once I get all this equipment in my home for the final litmus test, but I was hoping to get an idea of what the consensus was.
After doing a number of auditions in various shops I think I'm going to buy the PSB Synchrony Twos (maybe the Ones if an in-home audition finds that they are worth the price difference). I visited two PSB over two weekends and both times I found myself very reluctant to leave. They are rated at 90dB sensitivity (88dB anechoic) and have a nominal & minimum impedeance of 4 ohms.
I've heard some good things about the NAD C372 and it is a bit more powerful in terms of both continuous and dynamic power. I've read that there is some possible advantage to a pure stereo solution over a "compromised" do-it-all receiver. I will be listening to music on the system most of the time, so having solid 2-channel performance is much more important.
Also, I'm not quite sure how to connect everything up in this situation if I want to use the front speakers for both 2-channel music and home theater, so any advice on this would be appreciated. I'd like to have the music source connected directly to the integrated and bypass the A/V receiver entirely.
I plan to do some listening tests once I get all this equipment in my home for the final litmus test, but I was hoping to get an idea of what the consensus was.