Hi all,
This is my first post here and combined with being a HiFi newbee thingst might be less than perfect question wise - let me know and I will do my best to ask a question giving optimal conditions for insightful comments. I have been reading various post on what to include in this sort of question
We are a three kids family moving into our new one storage house. We would like a stereo system as we dont have anything else than our phones for music. We live in Denmark, but have converted prices to US dollar.
We have a 35m2 living room with high ceilings. We want a dedicated stereo system to be used for music and to have the television sound through it also. The television sound is a nice-to-have - the music is the more important - so we are not considering AVR. We have settled on a 2 floorstanding speaker system but needs help in finding the right amp.
music taste: jass, classical/opera, rock/pop. No dance or electronic.
use/volume: Listening in solitude or with guests - no super large parties planned
music source: spotify premium (in the future a turntable might be coming, so the amp needs this possibility or the possibility to add a seperate RIAA in the future)
speakers: We will likely buy either Dali Oberon 7 or Triangle Borea BR08 (both around 1500 USD)
budget (for the amp): around 2,000 USD
Internet connection: at the momen WiFi - no Ethernet (this might change)
What we would like:
We are in doubt as to how we get the most of our around 2000 bucks (or if we would get to a completely differnt level by rasing with a few hundreds) .
Would it be on an integrated compact amp having it all like the NAD700 (1800 USD) or Lyngdorft TDAI-1120 (2150 USD) or would we get better sound quality with equal ease of use combing and amp with a streamer like CXA81 (1400 USD) +Bluesound node N130 (600 USD). Are there any thing we are mising or not understanding as the HiFi novices we are.
We have been foucusiong on the inclusion of a streamin device - considering that we at the moment have only WiFi does this makes sence or would a amplifier with bluetooth be just as fine and convinient?
Best regards
Magnus
This is my first post here and combined with being a HiFi newbee thingst might be less than perfect question wise - let me know and I will do my best to ask a question giving optimal conditions for insightful comments. I have been reading various post on what to include in this sort of question
We are a three kids family moving into our new one storage house. We would like a stereo system as we dont have anything else than our phones for music. We live in Denmark, but have converted prices to US dollar.
We have a 35m2 living room with high ceilings. We want a dedicated stereo system to be used for music and to have the television sound through it also. The television sound is a nice-to-have - the music is the more important - so we are not considering AVR. We have settled on a 2 floorstanding speaker system but needs help in finding the right amp.
music taste: jass, classical/opera, rock/pop. No dance or electronic.
use/volume: Listening in solitude or with guests - no super large parties planned
music source: spotify premium (in the future a turntable might be coming, so the amp needs this possibility or the possibility to add a seperate RIAA in the future)
speakers: We will likely buy either Dali Oberon 7 or Triangle Borea BR08 (both around 1500 USD)
budget (for the amp): around 2,000 USD
Internet connection: at the momen WiFi - no Ethernet (this might change)
What we would like:
- Possible to run the TV-sound through
- user friendly meaning that only one remote needed for a specific tas
- when using it for TV-sound the amp should be turned on and the volumen needs to be controlled by the TV-remote.
- when listening to music everything controlled by one remote (being phone or "physical") - so if having seperate units still only one remote.
- not to compromise too much on sound quality
- Streaming from Spotify
- possiblity of phono (possibly as a seperate RIAA)
We are in doubt as to how we get the most of our around 2000 bucks (or if we would get to a completely differnt level by rasing with a few hundreds) .
Would it be on an integrated compact amp having it all like the NAD700 (1800 USD) or Lyngdorft TDAI-1120 (2150 USD) or would we get better sound quality with equal ease of use combing and amp with a streamer like CXA81 (1400 USD) +Bluesound node N130 (600 USD). Are there any thing we are mising or not understanding as the HiFi novices we are.
We have been foucusiong on the inclusion of a streamin device - considering that we at the moment have only WiFi does this makes sence or would a amplifier with bluetooth be just as fine and convinient?
Best regards
Magnus