A Newbie Need Help with Receiver Choices

[lilneige]

Hello everyone,

My setup so far looks like this...

Room : 5.5m x 4m

Front: Speaker Dynaudio DM 2/6

Sub: Velodyne Impect 10

Center: Dali LEKTOR LCR

Surround: Dali LEKTOR 1

Input: Mac Mini, a Blu-ray player, maybe a PS4 and Apple TV(all HDMI)

I am new to the hifi world. After few weeks of online research and demo in the stores, like B&W 685, Dali Ikon 2 mk2, PSB T6. I had decided on my front speaker to be Dynaudio DM 2/6. But I am having trouble on choosing the receiver. I probably going to do ALAC/CD music 60%, movie 20% TV Show 20%,so I don't mind just having 3.1 instead of 5.1 system either.

here is the beef:

Option 1 - getting a better AVR, something in the range like the NAD T748 or Marantz 6007.

Option 2 - getting Marantz 1043 and pre-out the front two CH to NAD C275BEE.

I am not sure which will sound better, probably option2, but do i really need that much power for the volume? Option 1 has 7.1 preout, so it is more flexble for future upgrade, and slightly cheaper. Can't decide which is better for my needs and the speakers setup.

Appreciate any comments.

 

[lilneige]

sorry guys, just got a second thought. I should ultimatly do it like this:

Front : DM 2/7

Center: DM Center

Surround: DM2/6

NAD T748 + C275BEE

but I will start with DM 2/6 as 2.1 front first and gradually upgrade to 3.1 & 5.1.