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RE: With a pre-pro...

Posted by cfraser on July 18, 2009 at 11:27:19:
The AVR strictly because of cost. I use a Denon 3808 as a pre-pro (only). It has a lot of features for the $. When I got it there were very few proper pre-pros that handled all the latest hi-res audio formats found on BD. The ones there are now are still a bit pricey, a good one, even a half-decent one, is always likely to be so...increasing quality audio channels from 2 to 7 (at least) is bound to be pricey.

Any AVR has an amp for the center channel of course, so you can try it out with some "random" speaker you might have to get a feel. Center speakers for movies should be specially designed to do the job though. A good center setup certainly makes movies properly mixed with true mch sound (i.e. most and mainly only dialog in the center) much more enjoyable. Many like to use the same speaker for center as for the L/R fronts: usually they're the ones who listen to more of mch music.

With your gear, I was thinking a sub would get you more bang (literally) for the $ from movie soundtracks than a center would, right now. But maybe not. Do you think you'll watch a lot of "older" movies, say more than a dozen years old? Or a lot of newer ones that aren't the action/sci-fi type?