Hi all,
I have a Jeff Rowland ConcentraII and Magnepan MG1.6 loudspeakers, and apart from that a home theater system (5.1).
Since my space is limited I would like to somehow join these two. For this I would like to connect a Pre-amp out of the main speakers from an AVR to the ConcentraII and connect the other speakers to the AVR.
To use the system for other things than movies, I could either use the DACs of the AVR if its quality is good enough, or buy something like a Topping E70 and connect it to a Raspberry for network connectivity to have a high-quality DAC instead of the internal ones of the AVR. The different reviews suggest that using an external DAC would be better in most cases. Is this correct?
Is it important that the AVR is able to disconnect its amp stage when I use the pre-amp out (it seems the the Denons starting with the X6700H are able to do that)? Or is that something that can be ignored since the amp stage is driving nothing?
If the AVR is good enough, should I consider removing the ConcentraII from the equation i.e., connect the MG1.6 directly to the AVR?
And should I consider Dirac (since the room topology is not ideal)?
What would be the best way to go, and what would be the best AVR to choose?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, tips and comments (even if it is something like „this is the most stupid idea I‘ve ever heard“).
Cheers, Joe
I have a Jeff Rowland ConcentraII and Magnepan MG1.6 loudspeakers, and apart from that a home theater system (5.1).
Since my space is limited I would like to somehow join these two. For this I would like to connect a Pre-amp out of the main speakers from an AVR to the ConcentraII and connect the other speakers to the AVR.
To use the system for other things than movies, I could either use the DACs of the AVR if its quality is good enough, or buy something like a Topping E70 and connect it to a Raspberry for network connectivity to have a high-quality DAC instead of the internal ones of the AVR. The different reviews suggest that using an external DAC would be better in most cases. Is this correct?
Is it important that the AVR is able to disconnect its amp stage when I use the pre-amp out (it seems the the Denons starting with the X6700H are able to do that)? Or is that something that can be ignored since the amp stage is driving nothing?
If the AVR is good enough, should I consider removing the ConcentraII from the equation i.e., connect the MG1.6 directly to the AVR?
And should I consider Dirac (since the room topology is not ideal)?
What would be the best way to go, and what would be the best AVR to choose?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, tips and comments (even if it is something like „this is the most stupid idea I‘ve ever heard“).
Cheers, Joe