Should i buy a home theatre system or a dvd hi-fi system?

Question

hey guys there! i am really confused what should i buy. i am intrested in buying a system for my room. i would play movies and music both on the system .so what should i buy a home theatre system or a dvd hi-fi system? plz suggest me.

Answer 1

I would buy a combination of both of them .Thats what i
ended up doing for myself .Long before DVD's, Widescreen Television and Home Theater became available i used to listen to music all the time.I have been interested in high quality sound reproduction for over 40 years.and have upgraded my components many times and the system i have now gives me great pleasure listening to music.I was lucky enough to have a dedicated listening room built onto the back of my house .The room is 26 feet long.15feet wide and 8feet high.

The equipment i have at the moment for listening is :
Pro-Ject turntable,JH formula 4 arm and Ortofon cartridge.
NAD dvd cd player.
NAD pre-amp
QUAD 306 POWER AMP.
Carver c9 sonic hologram generator.
Rogers studio 1 loudspeakers.
Van Den Hul new silver inner tonearm wire
Van Den Hul tonearm to pre-amp cable
Cable Talk interconnects
Van Den Hul loudspeaker cable.

The room has curtains covering the side walls..
the wall adjacent to the back wall has a large window and i originally had heavy curtains that opened and closed from the middle of the window. the back wall where the seating is located is bare.

The reason for having all this covering is to hear the sonic advantages of the hologram generator. When the hologram generator is working correctly the soundstage is dramatically changed from the narrow stereo image that forms between the 2 loudspeakers to a very wide and deep and spacious panarama .It frees the sound from the constraints of the speakers and from the confines of the listening room

I hope i am not boring you with all this detail but this is how i achieved the system that i am finally (i hope) happy with.

I take it that you are starting from scratch and are not going to use any equipment you may already have. How much money are you prepaired to use.Have you set yourself a limit .Not knowing makes it a bit hard to recommend a particular brand but we will give it a go .


You will need a surround sound A/V amplifier or receiver.
If you buy a surround sound amplifier that has everything in the one chassis you will be limited to your hi fi sound for music.

I would buy a separate pre-amp and power amp to give you more flexability.If you are not too concerned abou listening to am or fm radio you don't need a receiver. It is extra circuitry which dergrades the sound .

NAD have separate surround sound preamplifiers with all the home cinema circuitry plus you can use it for dedicated listening of music.
Then you have a choice of separate power amplifiers with 5,6, or 12 channels

Hope this has been a bit of help for you.


I just want to quickly tell you what happened when i set up my projector and screen. I was aware that i was only going to hear some of the audio because i did not have a surround sound amplifier and extra speakers around the room and no subwoofer.

The sonic hologram gave me a huge auditorium with sound streaming past me with unbelieable depth behind me .I am not making this up it was truly amazing .I new it made music come alive but not all the extra info. in multi channel.


So my friend i have the best of both worlds without paying for other equipment.


Good luck in your search for your equipment'


Have a look at the links bellow :


http://nadelectronics.com/products/home_theatre_amplifiers/T163-Surround-Sound-Preamplifier/


http://nadelectronics.com/products/home-theatre-amplifiers/T973-Seven-Channel-Power-Amplifier/details


http://www.shopping.com/xGS-klipsch_speakers~r-1~CLT-INTR~RFR-www.google.com

Answer 2

Marketing to the lay-person.