Hi folks,
Hoping to run this by some other people as it's an idea I've had for a good while but perhaps I'm missing something.
I still buy quite a lot of CDs, mainly from Bandcamp etc in order to support smaller artists/labels that go to the effort of making them in fairly small runs but also to build up little collections of releases from artists I really like, especially stuff that hasn't ever made its way onto Spotify, Bandcamp etc.
My primary way of listening to music - whether it be CD/downloads or Spotify - tends to be on my PC. My entire music collection is on there, and I've got an amp/DAC paired with some Q Acoustics 3010 speakers which do the job nicely. Obviously this means I'm not actually listening to the CDs, they just sit on the shelf gathering dust.
In my living room I've got my TV with a Samsung HW-MS650 soundbar w/ rear speakers; it's great for TV, movies and games but not wonderful for music so I tend not to deliberately sit there and listen to stuff unless I'm cooking, cleaning etc.
If I wanted to add the ability to sit and listen to actual CDs to my living room, would something like a Denon DM41 bundle with speakers (probably the Q Acoustics 3020is as I like my 3010s) be a good bet? Is this overkill just for the occasional CD listening session when most of my TV/gaming use would still be via the soundbar? There's also the Denon N10 which looks a bit more versatile as it does Spotify, wi-fi streaming, internet radio etc but it's significantly more expensive too.
Just wondering if there are other more obvious solutions I might have missed, or if anyone has experience with either of the Denons and can offer any feedback?
Hoping to run this by some other people as it's an idea I've had for a good while but perhaps I'm missing something.
I still buy quite a lot of CDs, mainly from Bandcamp etc in order to support smaller artists/labels that go to the effort of making them in fairly small runs but also to build up little collections of releases from artists I really like, especially stuff that hasn't ever made its way onto Spotify, Bandcamp etc.
My primary way of listening to music - whether it be CD/downloads or Spotify - tends to be on my PC. My entire music collection is on there, and I've got an amp/DAC paired with some Q Acoustics 3010 speakers which do the job nicely. Obviously this means I'm not actually listening to the CDs, they just sit on the shelf gathering dust.
In my living room I've got my TV with a Samsung HW-MS650 soundbar w/ rear speakers; it's great for TV, movies and games but not wonderful for music so I tend not to deliberately sit there and listen to stuff unless I'm cooking, cleaning etc.
If I wanted to add the ability to sit and listen to actual CDs to my living room, would something like a Denon DM41 bundle with speakers (probably the Q Acoustics 3020is as I like my 3010s) be a good bet? Is this overkill just for the occasional CD listening session when most of my TV/gaming use would still be via the soundbar? There's also the Denon N10 which looks a bit more versatile as it does Spotify, wi-fi streaming, internet radio etc but it's significantly more expensive too.
Just wondering if there are other more obvious solutions I might have missed, or if anyone has experience with either of the Denons and can offer any feedback?
