S1000XR Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Hi All, I am pretty happy with my front end upgrade from my existing Focal Choras. The Choras were excellent for their asking price but when I managed to source a pair of Kanta No.2 and matching centre in my price range, I couldnt resist. I am matching them to a set of Aria 906 surrounds and 4 x 300 series ICW6 for a 5.2.4 setup. The Kanta's are jaw droppingly good so far on my Cinema 30 for music and movies and this is just plonking them down in place without running Dirac. I am 50/50 music to movies/TV watching. I may look at a high quality power amp to run the bed layer as I think speakers like this deserve it but for now I am in the post upgrade glow and wanted to spread the feeling!! 7
S1000XR Posted March 7 Author Posted March 7 Hi All, I thought it best to just add to this existing thread than start another. I am after advice on getting the best out of my Kanta 2's. They are running on my Cinema 30 currently and while I am absolutely enjoying them, as these are a higher standard of speaker than I have owned previously and will scale well I am sure, I want to ensure I am getting the most out of them. I realise a dedicated 2 channel setup is the quickest way to make this happen but it needs to work with my existing 5.2.4 setup. My rear surrounds are Aria 906's and I have Focal 300 series in ceilings for Atmos. My thoughts are to add a high quality power amp to the C30 for the L&R or maybe a 3 channel to also give the Kanta centre a boost as well. I am comfortable leaving the rears and atmos speakers on the C30 as it has a pretty decent toroidal power section, for a receiver. I am thinking a Parasound A31 or am I better off getting the best 2 channel amp I can afford (or monoblocks) to get the best out of the towers? This leaves me using the C30 as the preamp for music listening, which I know 2 channel purists will cringe at but I have the full Dirac with Bass Control licence and I think bypassing this to put another preamp in the system seems counter intuitive. I would love to hear what others thoughts are.
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