What would you upgrade first.
I have Era Design 5 speakers in a 5.1 system with a SVS PB10 sub with a Pioneer 94 receiver in a pretty small 1500 cubic foot enclosed room for mostly home theater.
1) Add two more Era D4 surround speakers to give me 7.1. I do have the room behind me (about 5' or so)
2) Many, including the owners of Era, praise/urge the addition of an amp to these pretty inefficient speakers (86dB). Owners over on the Era thread that have upgraded the amps, have praised the changes. The case against it is the receiver is not a bad one, I cross the speakers over to a sub anyway, so how much benefit would an amp add for a mostly home theater scenario...I gotta say, the idea of adding an amp intrigues me, and I keep obsessing over it, but certainly don't want to waste money if there is not much of a difference. I am about 80% home theater and 20% music.
3) Either add a second PB10 or sell my current PB10 and upgrade to a better sub...Here is the deal with my sub. In my room, I get a pretty decent flat response down to 18hz. I am not looking to squeak out much of a deaper response. I typically listen at 15dB below reference at most. When I ran some tests that Ed from SVS gave me to see at what point my SVS ran out of steam, I was able to get to 14dB below reference on the toughest movies scenes I could find before any compression set in. So I am right at my limits with this sub in my room, but it still works within reason. I can't help but wonder if I even could add 3-6dB of headroom, I would have more piece of mind.
Anyway, I know it is ultimately my decision, but what would you upgrade first, if any of these options?
Thanks
Greg
I have Era Design 5 speakers in a 5.1 system with a SVS PB10 sub with a Pioneer 94 receiver in a pretty small 1500 cubic foot enclosed room for mostly home theater.
1) Add two more Era D4 surround speakers to give me 7.1. I do have the room behind me (about 5' or so)
2) Many, including the owners of Era, praise/urge the addition of an amp to these pretty inefficient speakers (86dB). Owners over on the Era thread that have upgraded the amps, have praised the changes. The case against it is the receiver is not a bad one, I cross the speakers over to a sub anyway, so how much benefit would an amp add for a mostly home theater scenario...I gotta say, the idea of adding an amp intrigues me, and I keep obsessing over it, but certainly don't want to waste money if there is not much of a difference. I am about 80% home theater and 20% music.
3) Either add a second PB10 or sell my current PB10 and upgrade to a better sub...Here is the deal with my sub. In my room, I get a pretty decent flat response down to 18hz. I am not looking to squeak out much of a deaper response. I typically listen at 15dB below reference at most. When I ran some tests that Ed from SVS gave me to see at what point my SVS ran out of steam, I was able to get to 14dB below reference on the toughest movies scenes I could find before any compression set in. So I am right at my limits with this sub in my room, but it still works within reason. I can't help but wonder if I even could add 3-6dB of headroom, I would have more piece of mind.
Anyway, I know it is ultimately my decision, but what would you upgrade first, if any of these options?
Thanks
Greg