As a forum newbie, but a committed gadget-lover and tinkerer, can I ask for advice from you more experienced users?
I have set up a spare bedroom as a TV/music room using bits and pieces. The room is about 12ft x 9ft and the set-up is:
Wall mounted TV
A stereo pair of shelf-mounted S5s
PS3 and Apple TV connected by HDMI to TV
Optical out from TV to basic Lindy DAC
Audio from DAC to S5 line-in.
It all works and sounds pretty good. Usage is music (classical, mainly opera) and movies (all sorts but mainly blockbusters and musicals).
Music is streamed from Spotify or local NAS. Questions are:
I have set up a spare bedroom as a TV/music room using bits and pieces. The room is about 12ft x 9ft and the set-up is:
Wall mounted TV
A stereo pair of shelf-mounted S5s
PS3 and Apple TV connected by HDMI to TV
Optical out from TV to basic Lindy DAC
Audio from DAC to S5 line-in.
It all works and sounds pretty good. Usage is music (classical, mainly opera) and movies (all sorts but mainly blockbusters and musicals).
Music is streamed from Spotify or local NAS. Questions are:
- Would a Sub add significantly to sound?
- Would spending a bit more on a better DAC be worthwhile?