Thinking of Going from 5.1 to 2.1 mixed HT/Vinyl setup
Trying to decide if going from 5.1 to 2.1 is a mistake. I currently have 2 separate systems: one for watching TV and one for listening to vinyl. I would like to combine the vinyl into my family room because I would listen to it much more if it were in the same room as my TV, etc.
We watch movies/TV as a family basically every night (70-80% of use); vinyl is the other 20-30%.
Dialogue clarity matters a lot given how much TV we watch.
I was thinking of going with a McIntosh C2800/270 tube pre-amp and a McIntosh MC152 solid-state power amp, and using HT bypass with my current Anthem handling all the A/V processing and downgrading to 2.1, or I could do the same thing and just keep my current 5.1 setup.
The major benefit of going down to 2.1 is getting rid of my center frees up room to put the turntable and amps on the furniture piece replacing the center. However, if HT were to be downgraded too much, I could keep the 5.1 intact, run my center, sub, and surrounds from the Anthem, run the fronts from the power amp, and fit the other equipment in my cabinet.
Looking for feedback and advice. Thanks!
TV 5.1 Room Set Up
Anthem MRX-520 AVR
B&W CM9 towers + CMC2 center
Def Tech UIW BPZ/A surrounds
REL HT/1205 MKII sub
Pioneer Elite Kuro plasma
Vinyl 2 Channel Set Up
Thorens TD 160
Ortofon 2M Bronze
McIntosh MA230
Klipsch KG4s