Hi everyone!
I'm a lifelong music fan, 32 years old, and looking to finally get a "proper" stereo. I currently have cheap bookshelf stereos in a couple of bedrooms in my house, and in the living room, I have a surround sound dvd player/receiver all in one that I got from a big box store. This is my main source for listening to music. The music sounds okay to me, but I keep reading online that I'm missing so much more from my music, and to fully appreciate music, you should have a proper 2 channel stereo. My questions are this:
1. Am I missing out on really good quality by limiting myself to a dvd/surround sound system? In other words, is it bad to be playing cds on a dvd, 5.1 surround sound system?
2. Should I get a dedicated cd player and 2 channel stereo receiver?
3. I have seriously been considering getting back into vinyl, and I've heard they have cd players that convert digital signals to analogue. Will this make cds sound warmer, like vinyl? Or, do you think with a $1,000 system, I can get good sound out of cds. I have around 800 cds, so the thought of replacing them with vinyl is a little daunting.
I am looking at getting our basement fixed up to be a rec room, with tv, couches, my guitars and my music collection and a new stereo. I'm looking at spending around $1,000 for a system for now, and gradually upgrading in the following years.
Thanks everyone for you thoughts and advice!
Hi everyone!
I'm a lifelong music fan, 32 years old, and looking to finally get a "proper" stereo. I currently have cheap bookshelf stereos in a couple of bedrooms in my house, and in the living room, I have a surround sound dvd player/receiver all in one that I got from a big box store. This is my main source for listening to music. The music sounds okay to me, but I keep reading online that I'm missing so much more from my music, and to fully appreciate music, you should have a proper 2 channel stereo. My questions are this:
1. Am I missing out on really good quality by limiting myself to a dvd/surround sound system? In other words, is it bad to be playing cds on a dvd, 5.1 surround sound system?
2. Should I get a dedicated cd player and 2 channel stereo receiver?
3. I have seriously been considering getting back into vinyl, and I've heard they have cd players that convert digital signals to analogue. Will this make cds sound warmer, like vinyl? Or, do you think with a $1,000 system, I can get good sound out of cds. I have around 800 cds, so the thought of replacing them with vinyl is a little daunting.
I am looking at getting our basement fixed up to be a rec room, with tv, couches, my guitars and my music collection and a new stereo. I'm looking at spending around $1,000 for a system for now, and gradually upgrading in the following years.
Thanks everyone for you thoughts and advice!