Forget Soundbars how about a 3.2 setup.
Id say I do a very heavy 50/50 music/ movie usage. There is always something on when I am home.
Like many audiophiles I thought A sound bar would meet my needs. Then I tried Satalites, from Klipsch and the newer top end Blackstone. In the last few years I have gone all most full spectrum going from a Marantz SR5001, then to the UMC-1 and UPA 5 Emotiva, to a Peachtree Nova with a slimline Marantz 1402 using the peachtree hometheater as needed, and now back a Marantz 6006. Besides that there were a variety of mid level onkyo,yamaha, Denon, recievers but none of them really met what I wanted. What I have found is this, surround sounds really do not make a big difference to me, what does make a difference is having a good processor taking care of the HT front stage. Listening even in stereo still gave the same depth on most movies with the UMC-1. The major reason for switching to theMarantz was for the Audessy XT and for the independent dacs for each channel when being used in 2 channel.
As far as speakers I have had the Polk R,RT,RTI, LSI, as well as energy, klipsch, and now Goldenear.
SO dare I say I think I have finally found my comfortable priced bliss.
The Goldenear Aon 3's with the supersat 50C, with a pair of SVS SB-12 subwoofers. This seems to do a great job at solid highs mids and lows. The aon's go down to a very solid mid 30 hz in my room and the DSP controlled SVS's take it from there with force.
My entire point, is this surround sounds are not always an option for some living rooms but instead of a traditional sound bar, id suggest at a minimum of a passive LCR bar like the Deftech mithos or the goldenear one. If you can though a 3.1 or 3.2 setup may be what the doctor ordered. None of them have to be as overkill as what mine is. Just something to chew on for those or you looking at drawing down you full HT setup.
Like many audiophiles I thought A sound bar would meet my needs. Then I tried Satalites, from Klipsch and the newer top end Blackstone. In the last few years I have gone all most full spectrum going from a Marantz SR5001, then to the UMC-1 and UPA 5 Emotiva, to a Peachtree Nova with a slimline Marantz 1402 using the peachtree hometheater as needed, and now back a Marantz 6006. Besides that there were a variety of mid level onkyo,yamaha, Denon, recievers but none of them really met what I wanted. What I have found is this, surround sounds really do not make a big difference to me, what does make a difference is having a good processor taking care of the HT front stage. Listening even in stereo still gave the same depth on most movies with the UMC-1. The major reason for switching to theMarantz was for the Audessy XT and for the independent dacs for each channel when being used in 2 channel.
As far as speakers I have had the Polk R,RT,RTI, LSI, as well as energy, klipsch, and now Goldenear.
SO dare I say I think I have finally found my comfortable priced bliss.
The Goldenear Aon 3's with the supersat 50C, with a pair of SVS SB-12 subwoofers. This seems to do a great job at solid highs mids and lows. The aon's go down to a very solid mid 30 hz in my room and the DSP controlled SVS's take it from there with force.
My entire point, is this surround sounds are not always an option for some living rooms but instead of a traditional sound bar, id suggest at a minimum of a passive LCR bar like the Deftech mithos or the goldenear one. If you can though a 3.1 or 3.2 setup may be what the doctor ordered. None of them have to be as overkill as what mine is. Just something to chew on for those or you looking at drawing down you full HT setup.
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The problem with a 2.0 setup I have found is that there are certain movies where the voices get lost because the rest of the sound is very loud in certain scenes like a night club for instance. Having the center channel to separate some of that extra noise made a big difference.