I have a low enough post count and have asked enough silly questions on this forum that I hope you will let me get away with one more. (OK, I will admit that this is not really likely to be my last silly question.)
I have to share a room for visual and aural pleasure, and it is not a large room, nor optimally designed. Such is life, full of compromises for most of us. I want to have a 2-channel setup optimized for vinyl, CD, and FM. I also want to have a Home Theater system that is optimized for DVD, Blu-Ray, games (PS3), VHS, and HD TV. Optimized within the limits of my wallet, of course, with preference given to the 2-channel system. None of it class A. All of it pretty much entry level. Reality bites.
My impression from reading this forum and several others is that speakers that are well-suited for vinyl are not necessarily well-suited for HT. But I don't know if that is always true. Surely there must be some speakers that do well in both situations.
So I have a couple of questions.
1) Are there speakers that will serve well for both 2-channel audio and for the main front speakers in an HT system?
2) Are there non-physical ways of sharing a set of speakers between two unrelated and unconnected amps/receivers?
In my first question, "serve well" does not have to mean equally well. I will audition speakers before I buy. In my second question, "non-physical" implies avoiding disconnecting wires from one amp and plugging them into another. I won't have easy unobstructed access to the rear panels of at least one of the amps.
In case it helps, I'm considering the Rogue Audio Cronus for listening pleasure, and the Yamaha VX-R3900 for HT. I have very limited space. Even if I could afford two totally different pairs of main loadspeakers, I have no place to put them both. If the same speakers can serve well for both purposes, I'll have fewer compromises to make. If I have to have two different sets of speakers, either because the same speakers won't work well for both purposes or because I'd have to physically disconnect/reconnect them depending on what I want to use them for, then I'll reserve the bulk of my funds for the best 2-channel speakers I can get, and buy something small, wall-mountable, and adequate for the HT.
I have a low enough post count and have asked enough silly questions on this forum that I hope you will let me get away with one more. (OK, I will admit that this is not really likely to be my last silly question.)
I have to share a room for visual and aural pleasure, and it is not a large room, nor optimally designed. Such is life, full of compromises for most of us. I want to have a 2-channel setup optimized for vinyl, CD, and FM. I also want to have a Home Theater system that is optimized for DVD, Blu-Ray, games (PS3), VHS, and HD TV. Optimized within the limits of my wallet, of course, with preference given to the 2-channel system. None of it class A. All of it pretty much entry level. Reality bites.
My impression from reading this forum and several others is that speakers that are well-suited for vinyl are not necessarily well-suited for HT. But I don't know if that is always true. Surely there must be some speakers that do well in both situations.
So I have a couple of questions.
1) Are there speakers that will serve well for both 2-channel audio and for the main front speakers in an HT system?
2) Are there non-physical ways of sharing a set of speakers between two unrelated and unconnected amps/receivers?
In my first question, "serve well" does not have to mean equally well. I will audition speakers before I buy. In my second question, "non-physical" implies avoiding disconnecting wires from one amp and plugging them into another. I won't have easy unobstructed access to the rear panels of at least one of the amps.
In case it helps, I'm considering the Rogue Audio Cronus for listening pleasure, and the Yamaha VX-R3900 for HT. I have very limited space. Even if I could afford two totally different pairs of main loadspeakers, I have no place to put them both. If the same speakers can serve well for both purposes, I'll have fewer compromises to make. If I have to have two different sets of speakers, either because the same speakers won't work well for both purposes or because I'd have to physically disconnect/reconnect them depending on what I want to use them for, then I'll reserve the bulk of my funds for the best 2-channel speakers I can get, and buy something small, wall-mountable, and adequate for the HT.