Is retirement the only option?

[Teeza]

I have a much loved Yamaha A1000 which has been the centre of my Prologic system for more years than I care to remember. When my old CRT TV died I upgraded to a plasma and bought my son a PS3. I still have my SVHS Panasonic and a new EX78 DVD/HD recorder. I can no longer use the yammy as a video switching unit (it has never heard about HDMI nor even optical). Worst of all I have to listen to Blu-ray movies through the TV speakers.

I've toyed with the idea of buying a cheap processor to take the sources and pass the audio (at least) to the amp - but they are not that easy to find unless you have high end kit and then they are not cheap.

Should I simply bite the bullet and get a new yammy (lots of good write-up's at the mo') and if so any good ideas what best to do with the old one (which can't be worth much to anyone else)?

Some time ago I had the amp upgraded to 5.1 discrete by a company called Videotec but sadly they no longer do this kind of work. Why can't old amps be upgraded or future-proofed (apart from it not being in the manufacturers' interests)?

All advice gratefully received.

 

[Anonymous]

I presume you mean retirement of the A1000 and not yourself.

Maybe not retirement, but probably semi-retirement in another room.

With the price of receivers with HDMI swiching and all the trimmings so low now, What is your budget?

Boo

 

[Andrew Everard]

I think a new amp, such as the Award-winning Yamaha, is the way to go after all this time. If you've only had Pro-Logic and Blu-ray sound through to TV until now, I think you might be in for a very pleasant shock.

 

[Teeza]

Yes A1000 although the latter would be more welcome!

The price of 863 would not be out of the question but i've also got my eye on FreeSat.

 

[Teeza]

Kind of waht I was expecting Andrew.

I hope to get the full flavour at the show tomorrow.

Thanks.