Calling all amp experts...

....Funny you should mention NAD amps. Just last night I was reading...

....http://www.retrothing.com/hifi_audio/index.html

Thanks for that dep - it looks good, but unfortunately has no phono input, nor the capacity for a home cinema set-up which is most important.

That's great gatorboy7, many thanks for your sound (ha ha) advice. I saw a rather tasty looking Yamaha at a Richer Sounds store just down the road, so will investigate.

Cheers,

F.

Will consider too, thank you...

Yamaha is very good stuff, the other depends on your ears, if you use no center, though you will lose much of the surround feel but it preserves much of the front stage. If you add a center that is different than the fronts, especially if it is a different brand that does not use the same tweeters, pans will sound "off" (as a airplane or such pans across the front it will change tone when it hits the center which does not sound natural.

The nice thing is there is no downside. I've never heard a great system that was done this way but I have heard many good pleasing ones. (Depends on your ear of course).


But if you like it you have saved some cash, and if you don't and the proper L/R speakers. No downside in trying it with what you have.



Diablo5150-You said I'm illogical which proves that YOU are and IDIOT!!!

Speakers, if they are old enough to be made of paper cones, should be changed every 3 years or so, depending on how much and how loud you used it. The reason is, due to constant pressure from the coil, paper experiences mechanical fatigue much more earlier than synthetic cones. The result softening with loss of HF response and distortion.

Paper is still better than Synthetic materials in terms of damping.