I have an N vi which I am delighted with but I use a 300 to drive front left and right and it makes the centre speaker quality seem rough in comparison. I know it was not designed as such, but is there anyway to use an active centre with the N vi. I know I would have been better with a DVD5/AV2 but it would have taken my shelf count up to 10 and not seven as now, which is more than the room can tolerate. Thanks Neil
No - you've come up against the ultimate limitation of an all-in-one device.
Maxing out the quality of the front Left & Right speakers (often by integrating the N-Vi with your stereo system) will, ultimately, risk exposing the quality of the centre channel.
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Adam: I'd like to see an "N-vi pre" without the integrated class-D poweramps, but with line-level outputs for all channels, to hook up your desired external poweramps. The missing center-channel output spoils the game for me too.
The look of the N-vi with the fullsize case integrates much better in a reference series stereo setup. It would still save a shelf and the new display is also a nice plus above the separate 5-series case av products.
Neil: That will be a stack of NAPV 145 & NAP 250 then
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