Dear all,
First of all thank you so much for providing all this helpful information in this forum! I feel like I already read tons of threads bit the more I read the more I get confused which way to go ... So I really would need some help what to do.
My room: L shaped room (living room + dining, kitchen around the corner), windows on one side, about 50 m in total.
Current setup: I got a almost new pair of Wharfdale Lintons for 650 € which I fell in love with and added a SVS SB 2000 Classic. Sources are Spotify connect via Streamer and TV. I am not interested in surround sound, 2.1 or 2.2 will be enough for movies. Main focus is music.
I ordered a Wiim Amp and love the simplicity of this little thing. I am just not sure if an amp with power would be much better regarding the sound quality. In addition I read about dirac and am asking myself how much difference spending another 1000€ would make.
Right now I am looking at these options:
1. Buy a MiniDSP Flex (unbalanced?), add a Wiim Ultra when it comes out and a Fosi ZA3 amp, possibly later an NCore power amp from audiophonics. About 1300 €
2. Just keep the Wiim Amp , dont look back. 350 € and done.
3. Buy a DDRC 24 (used), Wiim Ultra, Audiophonics 2 x 250 NCore power amp. About 1200 €.
4. Totally different approach: Buy an Onkyo 7100 (which has Dirac and streamer included) as preamp and add a power amp to the front pre-outs if needed. Can get a demo model for 750 €, add a Fosi ZA3 (or even a 2 x 250 NCore) and I would be set at 900 € (or 1200€), including the benefit that I could easily add more speakers and have Dirac for everything.
But how much would any of these upgrades improve? And which would be best? Or is there an option 5 I don't see?
Thank you so much for any input!
First of all thank you so much for providing all this helpful information in this forum! I feel like I already read tons of threads bit the more I read the more I get confused which way to go ... So I really would need some help what to do.
My room: L shaped room (living room + dining, kitchen around the corner), windows on one side, about 50 m in total.
Current setup: I got a almost new pair of Wharfdale Lintons for 650 € which I fell in love with and added a SVS SB 2000 Classic. Sources are Spotify connect via Streamer and TV. I am not interested in surround sound, 2.1 or 2.2 will be enough for movies. Main focus is music.
I ordered a Wiim Amp and love the simplicity of this little thing. I am just not sure if an amp with power would be much better regarding the sound quality. In addition I read about dirac and am asking myself how much difference spending another 1000€ would make.
Right now I am looking at these options:
1. Buy a MiniDSP Flex (unbalanced?), add a Wiim Ultra when it comes out and a Fosi ZA3 amp, possibly later an NCore power amp from audiophonics. About 1300 €
2. Just keep the Wiim Amp , dont look back. 350 € and done.
3. Buy a DDRC 24 (used), Wiim Ultra, Audiophonics 2 x 250 NCore power amp. About 1200 €.
4. Totally different approach: Buy an Onkyo 7100 (which has Dirac and streamer included) as preamp and add a power amp to the front pre-outs if needed. Can get a demo model for 750 €, add a Fosi ZA3 (or even a 2 x 250 NCore) and I would be set at 900 € (or 1200€), including the benefit that I could easily add more speakers and have Dirac for everything.
But how much would any of these upgrades improve? And which would be best? Or is there an option 5 I don't see?
Thank you so much for any input!