At that price point just get the Wiim amp and be done. It has eARC for your TV in, you then get more power and subwoofer out for the future when you want to add a sub.
Id pick the Apollo, the purifi amps are fantastic thd and the peak and continuous power are more than the rest. At the end of the day you want power from your amp. Especially if you are driving a full range speaker. You will hear a big difference in the low end with the extra power the Apollon...
Amir has reviewed a couple of car amps. If there is one you want him to review you would need to buy it and send it to him. In my personal limited experience there is benefit to upgrading both the car speakers and amplifier. The OEM speakers and ampliers tend to be built for efficiency at lower...
What content has 7.1 down mixed to 5.1? Any 7.1 content I have ever seen has a 5.1 mix which is what is sent when your system doesn't have 7.1. the reason it's not 3db louder is because you are receiving native 5.1 and the AVR is not having to do the work itself.
My expectation for why the...
Agreed. I think you are expecting the AVR to reduce the level of the center signal by 3db relative to the left and right signals because it's being sent to two speakers. It seems like the 3db increase is because you have two speakers replicating the center signal instead of 1. Level matching...
Welcome and glad you are enjoying Atmos/spatial audio music. I definitely find whomever mixed them makes a big difference and I am very happy to see a huge selection of new and old music coming out in the format. I think we are past the point of saying "there isn't much content in Atmos" and are...