I am buying a new House this fall and I need some receiver advice. Always loved AVS forum.
One of the rooms in the new house will be dedicated to a music listening room. The dimensions are approximately 15l x 14w x 10’h. I have not yet chosen speakers, but I will have a subwoofer, and height/Surround speakers as well. There will be a wired ethernet drop. The budget right now is about $5000-10,000, although there is really not a budget.
My previous receiver was an Onkyo, and I really appreciated the Audyssey music equalization experience. I anticipate I will have another set of room correction software installed on whatever receiver I get.
I will be doing two primary things in this room:
– I will be listing to music, with two stereo speakers and a subwoofer. The primary sources will be MQA music via Tidal, and iTunes music via airplay 2. I have a pre-box 2 MQA decoder. I am not 100% sure but I think the Roon Music player will be a part of this equation. I would like the receiver †o be able to act as a Roon compatible MQA and airplay2 compatible endpoint.
– I will be watching some video, like YouTube, netflix, YouTube plus, PlayStation Vue, and cable TV. This will not be the primary movie watching room. Occasional, casual use only. However I would still prefer decent sound. My music playing software may even want to display something on the TV. I also may sometimes want to go crazy and listen to music over the entire sound system, including the height and rear speakers. Occasionally.
I like it loud. But not to the point of deafening.
My first question is, can you listen to high-quality sound over an AV receiver, in audio mode or otherwise? I mean, I know it is possible… But I am stepping up my game here and I really enjoy High quality music. The primary function of this room is to listen to music. Do today's AVR's provide good quality listening? Or do I need some sort of amp/preamp scenario, or even two totally separate systems?
I would prefer to bypass all coloration provided by the receiver when in stereo sound mode. Not quite sure how compatible this is with room correction. In the past I have seen a pure audio mode, and I am sure a totally separate system would accomplish this as well.
At this point I am kind of lost and would appreciate the guidance of you guys. Thank you.
One of the rooms in the new house will be dedicated to a music listening room. The dimensions are approximately 15l x 14w x 10’h. I have not yet chosen speakers, but I will have a subwoofer, and height/Surround speakers as well. There will be a wired ethernet drop. The budget right now is about $5000-10,000, although there is really not a budget.
My previous receiver was an Onkyo, and I really appreciated the Audyssey music equalization experience. I anticipate I will have another set of room correction software installed on whatever receiver I get.
I will be doing two primary things in this room:
– I will be listing to music, with two stereo speakers and a subwoofer. The primary sources will be MQA music via Tidal, and iTunes music via airplay 2. I have a pre-box 2 MQA decoder. I am not 100% sure but I think the Roon Music player will be a part of this equation. I would like the receiver †o be able to act as a Roon compatible MQA and airplay2 compatible endpoint.
– I will be watching some video, like YouTube, netflix, YouTube plus, PlayStation Vue, and cable TV. This will not be the primary movie watching room. Occasional, casual use only. However I would still prefer decent sound. My music playing software may even want to display something on the TV. I also may sometimes want to go crazy and listen to music over the entire sound system, including the height and rear speakers. Occasionally.
I like it loud. But not to the point of deafening.
My first question is, can you listen to high-quality sound over an AV receiver, in audio mode or otherwise? I mean, I know it is possible… But I am stepping up my game here and I really enjoy High quality music. The primary function of this room is to listen to music. Do today's AVR's provide good quality listening? Or do I need some sort of amp/preamp scenario, or even two totally separate systems?
I would prefer to bypass all coloration provided by the receiver when in stereo sound mode. Not quite sure how compatible this is with room correction. In the past I have seen a pure audio mode, and I am sure a totally separate system would accomplish this as well.
At this point I am kind of lost and would appreciate the guidance of you guys. Thank you.
