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When you say "all in one", does that mean you want a CD player incorporated in the main unit?
Since the Neo Ace has none, I guess not.
It looks good for what you seem to have in mind.
The power should be adequate unless you buy speakers that are very insensitive (lower than 88 db/watt).
For speakers, I recommend the Focal Chorus 706; they are very good and only $600 per pair.
Might I suggest a multi-channel/2 channel hybrid system where you use an AVR to handle TV/Movies/Surround Sound and an Integrated Amplifier that has Home Theatre Bypass for music. You need an AVR that has pre-outs for the Front Speakers. You plug your integrated amplifier into those and it handles analog sources and powers the front speakers.
I use a Yamaha RX-V1083 to handle Movies/TV/Some Streaming with 7.2 surround and I use a Rega Elicit-R Integrated Amplifier for 2 channel music listening from all of my analog sources, including a DAC which handles my PC front end for both digital content and streaming content. I feel like I get the best of both worlds this way.
Thanks for the heads up on Focal. I hadn't heard of them before but i've been looking in to them over the past few days and there currently at the top my speaker list as things stand.
I'm 90 percent sold on something from the Aria lineup. Was first interested in the 906's but i'm now edging toward the 948's.
Thanks for the heads up on Focal. I hadn't heard of them before but i've been looking in to them over the past few days and there currently at the top my speaker list as things stand.
I'm 90 percent sold on something from the Aria lineup. Was first interested in the 906's but i'm now edging toward the 948's.
Thanks for the reply. That's a good idea. It may be something i do in the future, but for now i'm not really in to surround. I'm focused mainly on 2 channel music, but on the odd occasion i may want watch a movie through the 2 speakers, and ideally add a sub. At some i'll problem do that though. Thanks again.