I'm thinking of finally buying an AV amp, as my Rotel has seemingly given up the ghost, and I'm looking at the Denon AVR 1610 or 1910 (can't see much difference between them in the specs and budget is tight, as the Rotel failure was a bit unexpected!
If I go down this route, I may use my Monitor Audios as fronts and stereo, and buy centre, rears and sub separately. The purist would say I should buy MA surround speakers, but those tend to be pricey, so I am thinking of going down the route of perhaps Q Acoustics models, also I like the idea of being able to wall mount the rears. My question is, how do people think those will match up, and will I get a big imbalance using different makes of speakers?
Also, looks like the Denons don't have a phono stage, and I still have quite a lot of vinyl - any ideas on phono amps, or an alternative AV amp with a phono input?
Current system: Project 1 Xpression T/T; Rotel RA-02 amp (dead); Cheap (Richer Sounds special about 8 years ago) Philips CD Player; Autoport Express to stream music from laptop; Sky HD Box; PS3; Monitor Audio Silver S6 spkrs
If I go down this route, I may use my Monitor Audios as fronts and stereo, and buy centre, rears and sub separately. The purist would say I should buy MA surround speakers, but those tend to be pricey, so I am thinking of going down the route of perhaps Q Acoustics models, also I like the idea of being able to wall mount the rears. My question is, how do people think those will match up, and will I get a big imbalance using different makes of speakers?
Also, looks like the Denons don't have a phono stage, and I still have quite a lot of vinyl - any ideas on phono amps, or an alternative AV amp with a phono input?
Current system: Project 1 Xpression T/T; Rotel RA-02 amp (dead); Cheap (Richer Sounds special about 8 years ago) Philips CD Player; Autoport Express to stream music from laptop; Sky HD Box; PS3; Monitor Audio Silver S6 spkrs