Can anyone fault this?

Barks · 11 Dec 2011 at 19:43

About to treat myself to an Xmas present.

Current Equipment: NAD C320BEE, Wharfedale SW150 Sub, 2 x Floorstanders.

I want to buy the following:

WHARFEDALE DIAMOND 10.SR SPEAKERS (PAIR) £89.99
WHARFEDALE DIAMOND 10.1 SPEAKERS (PAIR) £159.99
PIONEER VSX921 3D READY HOME CINEMA RECEIVER WITH INTERNET RADIO £349.99

The aim is to combine the four new Wharfedale speakers with the Sub I already have to create a Home Cinema setup. I'll still use my existing NAD C320BEE and floor standers for music, so everything above is purely for home-cinema use.

In the long run I'd love to shell out more on a decent speaker package but I'm being strict with myself and setting a budget of £600 MAX.

I'm hoping everything will be able to integrate such that the Pioneer becomes the heart of my system and the Sub can be used both with films and in conjunction with the NAD amp when listening to normal music, or in other words I'm assuming the Pioneer can be programmed to pre-out the front channels on separate channels when in music mode? I'm not interested in a centre speaker for now, that's always something I can upgrade to in the future.

Cheers for any opinions,

Barks · 11 Dec 2011 at 19:48

Also I promise everyone I am not time wasting as there appears to be quite a bit of it on here. I want to get the stuff ordered by Wednesday at the absolute latest and I'd be grateful for any advice.

If anyone has that AV receiver or another Pioneer one I have a few questions

Cheers

lucid · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:01

You're missing a centre speaker; an essential element in a sensible home cinema system. Did you know that 70% of what you hear during a movie comes from the centre channel?

Home cinema is possible with a phantom centre speaker derived from the imaging of the Front L&R channels. However it's never as good as a proper centre speaker unless the fronts are very good and perfectly positioned.

Stretch the budget and add the 10.CC centre speaker.

While you're at it have a look at the Denon 1912 against the Pioneer.

Barks · 12 Dec 2011 at 12:58

It's always something I can add though. A decent 10.CS will set me back another £150.

I've borrowed a 2.1 Bose Home Cinema from my dad for the last few months (no centre speaker) and I've been pretty impressed with that - and that's given the fact that any Hi-Fi guru knows that Bose stuff is overpriced and not really anything special.

Martynt74 · 12 Dec 2011 at 13:29

I don't think that Pioneer has pre outs which would allow you to feed the Pioneer through to the NAD for the front 2 speakers. I think that was the outcome of the thread of Raymonds anyway.

Unless you were thinking of using some kind of switch?

Raymond Lin · 12 Dec 2011 at 13:33

Marvt74 said:
I don't think that Pioneer has pre outs which would allow you to feed the Pioneer through to the NAD for the front 2 speakers. I think that was the outcome of the thread of Raymonds anyway.

Unless you were thinking of using some kind of switch?

No pre-outs in the 921, i have/had to upgrade to the 2021 to get the pre-out which is £250 more. Although it is also an LX amp in a VSX casing. It has the same spec as the LX55 (minus the built in wifi and 7.2 v 7.1).

Barks · 12 Dec 2011 at 18:55

Right. This is potentially a huge problem.

If I keep the Pioneer and NAD as separate systems for films and music, could I integrate the Sub into both of them somehow?

Barks · 12 Dec 2011 at 19:01

Hold on, could I not just use the tape-out on my NAD to connect to the Pioneer's CD-IN and then just set up the Pioneer to only output to the Sub when in sterio-audio mode? Is that possible?

Barks · 14 Dec 2011 at 17:31

Ordered all the kit, managed to get 10% off too.

1 PIONEER VSX921K BLACK AV RECEIVER
1 DELIVERY BEFORE 12 EXPRESS (internet pre noon)
1 WHARFEDALE DIAMOND 10.SR CHERRY SPKRS (PAIR)
1 WHARFEDALE DIAMOND 10.0 BLACK SPKRS (PAIR)

£500 exactly. Going to order a centre speaker in due course.