I am new here, a noob/beginner in Audio world and had near to zero experience with audio systems. However, I enjoy reading forums and researching any product before buying it. I can say audio systems are one of the most challenging products to buy and it is not easy to make a solid decision.
I think I have spent enough time reading this forum and other resources and I am about to pull the trigger and buy my first system . I would greatly appreciate if you can share your experience with me or let me know what you think.
Here are what I am looking for or needed features and the conditions to consider.
With all that said and considering the tight budget I choose KEF LS50 Wireless II + SVS SB-2000 Pro ($3300: $2500+$800)
To me it ticks all boxes. The only negative point or missing item about this option is lack of room correction (I don't know how important is that. I can do some parametric EQ for the Subwoofer via the SVS app and REW but not much after the crossover and I don't know if that is enough or not)
Is there any better option for me to have all my needed features and provide better sound quality end result in my room?
Here are the items that I liked/considered.
Speakers: KEF LS50 Meta, KEF LS50 Wireless II , ELAC DBR6.2
Sub: SVS SB-2000 Pro, SVS-SB-1000 Pro
All in ones: NAD M10, Naim unity atom, Lyngdorf TDAI-1120, Bluesound POWERNODE, Sonos Amp
Power Amp: Buckeye Hypex Ncore nc252
Streamer DAC: Bluesound NODE, Sonos Port, Raspberry pie based products
Stereo Receiver: Marantz NR1200
As I said, I am a beginner and have not listened to any of these products (It is basically impossible to do so) so all I can do is just decide based on the information that I gathered and utilize your experience .
Thanks
I think I have spent enough time reading this forum and other resources and I am about to pull the trigger and buy my first system . I would greatly appreciate if you can share your experience with me or let me know what you think.
Here are what I am looking for or needed features and the conditions to consider.
- My setup would be for a large room around 3000 CF (living room connected to kitchen with typical furniture)
- Budget is around $3000 USD (Living in US)
- I only stream (Apps) or play music over a network. No CD player or turn table or ...
- I do not have a plan to use Roon at the moment (I know it sounds strange but next line will explain the reason)
- The richest sources for the music that I am listening to are typically the lossy apps [Youtube music, Sound cloud, Spotify, Amazon, and some weird radio apps] that are not supported in Roon.
- I would love to have the lossless options in Tidal or Deezer or Qobuz but because of limited sources, they will be my second priority. Also most of these major streaming apps are supported in streamer DAC devices.
- A Chromecast built in streamer is perfect for me (Even those weird radio apps have cast via Chromecast option) but there might be other ways to cover all of these apps.
- I'd like to have a good audio quality for movies and video games. HDMI input is very important because of CEC and Volume control via TV remote (Laziness )
- IMO Subwoofer is a must for the TV and Video games experience and it would help the speakers too.
With all that said and considering the tight budget I choose KEF LS50 Wireless II + SVS SB-2000 Pro ($3300: $2500+$800)
To me it ticks all boxes. The only negative point or missing item about this option is lack of room correction (I don't know how important is that. I can do some parametric EQ for the Subwoofer via the SVS app and REW but not much after the crossover and I don't know if that is enough or not)
Is there any better option for me to have all my needed features and provide better sound quality end result in my room?
Here are the items that I liked/considered.
Speakers: KEF LS50 Meta, KEF LS50 Wireless II , ELAC DBR6.2
Sub: SVS SB-2000 Pro, SVS-SB-1000 Pro
All in ones: NAD M10, Naim unity atom, Lyngdorf TDAI-1120, Bluesound POWERNODE, Sonos Amp
Power Amp: Buckeye Hypex Ncore nc252
Streamer DAC: Bluesound NODE, Sonos Port, Raspberry pie based products
Stereo Receiver: Marantz NR1200
As I said, I am a beginner and have not listened to any of these products (It is basically impossible to do so) so all I can do is just decide based on the information that I gathered and utilize your experience .
Thanks