Originally Posted by AndyP
Im a proper techno-phobe mate, what's the advantage of having a separate amp in laymans terms?
Originally Posted by AndyP
Im a proper techno-phobe mate, what's the advantage of having a separate amp in laymans terms?
The idea of having a dedicated amp is two fold;
1) is sound quality (and also power) - a dedicated amp is gonna have better sound quality than a cheaper all in one system, and secondly, it's gonna output more power per speaker (instead of say 25w per speaker on an all in one, you are gonna get about 100w per speaker from your AV amp)
and 2) connectivity. An all in one deal is only gonna allow you to connect your DVD player to it. Sometimes you can have one with an "audio input" on in, where you get a pair of RCA inputs for another source (example, the TV) but thats it.
An AV amp will typically look something like this;
Note how many inputs there are! That's gonna allow you to connect up virtually everything you are gonna want to (that unit, has 4 video inputs (each with sound) along with a multi-channel input (that unit has 2) for DVD/SACD 5.1, and 4 more stereo inputs - total of 10 inputs - thats gonna host most things!!!!)
As said aswell, newer amps are coming out with HDMI input and outputs on them to cater for the future of HD transmissions aswell.....