ludu wrote:Thanks All; all those posts are very interesting. But I see it's a question of personal taste too. First I used the internal amplification system of my Viscount console. After a while I bought monitoring active speakers and an additional subwoofer but I was very frustrated with the result and sold them back. I prefer a width and warm sound rather than a flat and "natural" sound. When I will replace my actual console with a new one especially for HW, I will have to find an amplification system; that's the reason of my researches.
Hello Luc,
I fully second your approach! My best configuration was to hook Hauptwerk to my analogue multi-channel amplifier and enjoy its warm sound on electrostatic panels (was using it in 2.1 configuration only - cables were too long and RAM too limited to think of surround setup in HW). Completely the opposite of studio monitors (considering the amps and panels specs.) but the most enjoyable sound I could find. The acoustics was corrected by Arc 2, giving a nice and clean bass sound through the subwoofer.
Unfortunately I moved away and had to disconnect the organ from the amplifier - I have now to use earphones only. I must admit I do regret at time this nice and powerful and warm sound I managed to get through my home cinema setup...