Help with home cinema purchase please

[amarocknrollstar]

Hey all!

About time now that I finally got my home cinema system in place and at the same time caught up with technology.
I'm a bit out of the loop with regards A/V but I do want my setup to be compatible with a newly acquired HD tv and my consoles, dvd, video and laptop etc.
I obviously enjoy the sound from my AV Reciever - Yamaha RX-V2095RDS and my Kef Model 100 Reference Series Center speaker but I'm unsure of a couple of things.
I've got a budget of around £1000 which would sort me out with a speaker package such as Q Accoustics offer and the Denon AVR 1910 amp.
My questions however are:

1) Whilst there is a huge difference in price between my Yamaha and the Denon, does the difference in years and subsequent technology mean that it's a worthwhile step?

2) Should I instead stick with my current amp and center and buy some fronts and rears to complement them?

Many thanks
Stevie

 

[amarocknrollstar]

Bumpety bump!

 

[ear]

are you only using a center speaker?

 

[amarocknrollstar]

Hi ear.

It's a 5.1 system I prefer but currently between systems at present hence no rears or fronts mentioned.
Cheers

 

[ear]

it could be...only the center...the "poor man's" soundbar lol. I am not familiar with that kef speaker to know if it would be simple to get matching fronts.

 

[John Duncan]

amarocknrollstar:2) Should I instead stick with my current amp and center and buy some fronts and rears to complement them?

Yes. I would however buy a matching front three (or even just a pair of fronts to begin with), rather than try to get something to match the KEF, and skimp on the rears.

The Q Acoustic packages are great, but don't have the scale the Yamaha is built for - I'd think bigger, even if it means leaving out rears for the time being.

 

[amarocknrollstar]

Thanks John.
With regards compatibility with todays technology - does the yamaha fit the bill?
If so, can you recommend any speakers/ speaker packges?

Thanks again,

 

[amarocknrollstar]

Anyone?

 

[amarocknrollstar]

Hey all, sorry to come back to this.

Two questions still remain....

1) Is the Yamaha compatible with todays kit and future technology?
2) What would be a good speaker match please?

Happy to consider stand/ wall mounts due to having large floorstanders for hi-fi kit and also happy to entertain used products.

Cheers

 

[bigboss]

With regards to your receiver's compatibility, it should be compatible with today's kit that have analogues out, as it doesn't have HDMI. Your choice of matching kit (blu-ray player) will always be limited & more expensive.