Best use of second HT recvr/sub/spkrs? (1 Viewer)

[Ted Drain]

About 2 years ago my brother in law bought a Yamaha all in one HT package (receiver, speakers, sub) for about $700. In hindsight, it was pretty low end but it was my first real experience with 5.1 sound and it sounded pretty damn cool. I didn't have any experience with HT or stereo equipment and didn't feel like learning about it at the time so I bought the same package he did.

It's now 2 years later and I know a lot more (and have spent a lot more $$) and I've now got:
- HK AVR520
- Infinity Interlude IL36 center channel
- "" IL30 fronts
- "" IL10 rear surrounds
- "" IL100 10" subwoofer

I've perfectly happy with this setup. It sounds amazing. The real question now is:

What should I do with the old Yamaha receiver, speakers and subwoofer? The options I've come up with are:

- Sell it to a friend at work for a few hundred bucks.
- Store it for when I get a house next year and will want a stereo system in another room of the house. Maybe use it as the amplifier for the AVR520's multi-room capability.
- Hook the AVR520 rear line outs to one of the inputs on the Yamaha and use it to give me a 7.1 HT system.
- Try to figure out a way to use the Yamaha with the AVR520 to bi-amp the front IL30 speakers.
- Use the 8" Yamaha subwoofer to augment my current system. Maybe at a different location in the room? Maybe attached to the rear line level outputs for rear base tracks? This seems pretty iffy to me since the interludes put out a tremendous amount of great sounding base. Even the rear IL10's can reproduce some decent low end.

Thanks,
Ted

 

[John Garcia]

I'd sell the whole thing or use it in a bedroom/other room.

 

[joe rizzuto]

hold on to it if you don't need the extra cash.
i have done both and eventually i find another use for for the stuff i have kept.
i have a seperate ht room and a smaller set-up in the living room for background music when company is over.