Want an AV. Receiver but don't want surround sound - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41343.0&return_msg=41343.27"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41343.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41343.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41343.21">21–27</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41343.27">Want an AV. Receiver but don't want surround sound</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41343_27_27_10"> <a name="a41343_27"></a><div class="message" id="message_41343_27"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: fixrman<span class="message_time"> 9 Mar 2015 17:42</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Serg (NUKKLEAR) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 12 Mar 2015 22:20"></span></span> <span class="message_count">27 of 27</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41343.27">41343.27</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41343.26">41343.26</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Hmmm. Why does the Quote box not work?<br /><br /> >> In an ideal world they should all sound the same and not "colour" the sound in any way<<<br /><br /> I agree. If I want to colour the music, I can do that. I shouldn't need special effects in order for the sound to be reproduced. I have an old Pioneer AVR, a VSX5300. It was a nice unit, very early Surround Sound. So early in fact, it doesn't even have a powered centre output, so one either needs a powered centre or an amp. I decided to get a non-powered speaker and use a Rockford Fosgate single channel 50W amp to power it and it sounded pretty good. If I wanted better or more prominent dialogue, I could adjust the gain on the centre amp separately and all was well. The sub had to be [self] powered off one of the front channels because there was no sub output either.<br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41343.27&return_msg=41343.27" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41343.27"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>