In my quest for knowledge on buying a new system and after a few weeks here and reading a lot posts (& not understanding some of it) here's where I'm at.
Spend most of the money on speakers & get a speaker that measures well.
Make sure your room is right or use some type of DSP
Amp choice is Marantz PM8006, speakers JBL L82 classic, Marantz CD player, Yamaha WXA 10 streamer & turntable.
Now where I'm stuck is the room & DSP. The room seems hopeless as it's a family room living room open to a large kitchen. One wall is pretty much all glass from floor ceiling to 11' foot tall ceiling that slopes up to aprx 17 feet at other side of room. There is also an overhang loft on one 1 side of the room that is part of the 2nd floor. To make matters worse there are only 2 places where I can place the speakers. From what I've seen on listening rooms and speaker set ups my room looks hopeless.
My question is if I can't get "optimum" sound from a pair of 2K speakers due to room acoustics are they worth spending the money on or would a pair of 1K speakers sound just as good because of the room ? My gut tells me (I know very scientific) that the better quality speaker will sound better and be worth the money.
I'm also new to DSP, I was thinking having buy a miniDSP but confused on where or how it would work with the Marantz. If I could go pre out and than back into the amp some how with the processed signal ?
A lot of what I've seen on DSP and room treatments has been ultra high end gear and dedicated listening rooms.
Thanks in advance
Spend most of the money on speakers & get a speaker that measures well.
Make sure your room is right or use some type of DSP
Amp choice is Marantz PM8006, speakers JBL L82 classic, Marantz CD player, Yamaha WXA 10 streamer & turntable.
Now where I'm stuck is the room & DSP. The room seems hopeless as it's a family room living room open to a large kitchen. One wall is pretty much all glass from floor ceiling to 11' foot tall ceiling that slopes up to aprx 17 feet at other side of room. There is also an overhang loft on one 1 side of the room that is part of the 2nd floor. To make matters worse there are only 2 places where I can place the speakers. From what I've seen on listening rooms and speaker set ups my room looks hopeless.
My question is if I can't get "optimum" sound from a pair of 2K speakers due to room acoustics are they worth spending the money on or would a pair of 1K speakers sound just as good because of the room ? My gut tells me (I know very scientific) that the better quality speaker will sound better and be worth the money.
I'm also new to DSP, I was thinking having buy a miniDSP but confused on where or how it would work with the Marantz. If I could go pre out and than back into the amp some how with the processed signal ?
A lot of what I've seen on DSP and room treatments has been ultra high end gear and dedicated listening rooms.
Thanks in advance