I've had various home cinema systems over the last 25 years and always listened to music through an AVR. I've always known that an AVR will never sound as good as a dedicated stereo amp, but have put up with inferior stereo sound when listening to music.
I've now decided to add a stereo amp to my system and am not sure how much I need to spend to hear a significant improvement when listening to music. Normally I would visit my local hi-fi store to audition a few amps at different price points, but that's obviously not an option.
My current AVR is a Pioneer LX59 which retailed at £1400 when new in 2015. It is paired with a pair of Rega RS5 floorstanders (£1100). Of all my AVR's, my favourite for music was an Onkyo. Would the Onkyo A-9130 at £300 provide the improvement I'm looking for, or should I be looking at something like the Audiolab 6000A at £600?
Any advice would be appreciated.
I've now decided to add a stereo amp to my system and am not sure how much I need to spend to hear a significant improvement when listening to music. Normally I would visit my local hi-fi store to audition a few amps at different price points, but that's obviously not an option.
My current AVR is a Pioneer LX59 which retailed at £1400 when new in 2015. It is paired with a pair of Rega RS5 floorstanders (£1100). Of all my AVR's, my favourite for music was an Onkyo. Would the Onkyo A-9130 at £300 provide the improvement I'm looking for, or should I be looking at something like the Audiolab 6000A at £600?
Any advice would be appreciated.