Fitz1985
Novice Member
Hi All,
I currently have an Arcam AVR280 paired with the following speakers in a 4.1 setup
front: KEF K160 floorstand
rear: Kef Eggs
Sub: Tannoy MS10
As its an older model it doesn't do DTS-MA, etc.
As I have a small living room I'm not looking to add extra speakers, save for maybe a centre if I wall mount the TV at some point. I can currently get DTS / DD via an ARC splitter from the TV for Netflix etc. and via Hifiberry on the raspberry Pi that is my Plex client. I don't have any other inputs and am not likely to get any more.
Swapping to the Yamaha would allow me to run everything with a couple of HDMI cables. I'd probably get the high end Roku or something so I'd have support for the higher definition sources from streaming / plex as my TV doesn't have eARC.
Am I likely to see a noticable sound quality improvement? Obviously the Arcam is pretty good but am I missing out on the new formats or do I need the space for extra speakers to benefit? Or is there a particular weak point in the setup I should replace first? I keep toying with replacing the Sub with a BK Gemini or Rel Tzero.
I currently have an Arcam AVR280 paired with the following speakers in a 4.1 setup
front: KEF K160 floorstand
rear: Kef Eggs
Sub: Tannoy MS10
As its an older model it doesn't do DTS-MA, etc.
As I have a small living room I'm not looking to add extra speakers, save for maybe a centre if I wall mount the TV at some point. I can currently get DTS / DD via an ARC splitter from the TV for Netflix etc. and via Hifiberry on the raspberry Pi that is my Plex client. I don't have any other inputs and am not likely to get any more.
Swapping to the Yamaha would allow me to run everything with a couple of HDMI cables. I'd probably get the high end Roku or something so I'd have support for the higher definition sources from streaming / plex as my TV doesn't have eARC.
Am I likely to see a noticable sound quality improvement? Obviously the Arcam is pretty good but am I missing out on the new formats or do I need the space for extra speakers to benefit? Or is there a particular weak point in the setup I should replace first? I keep toying with replacing the Sub with a BK Gemini or Rel Tzero.