TWOCHANNEL REFERENCE BUILD
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For medium living rooms where film scores, jazz, rock and electronic soundtracks matter this 5.1 layout pairs matching front and center speakers with a modern receiver, a Blu-ray streamer and a compact subwoofer to render clear dialogue, tight rhythm and immersive surround. It demands enough seating distance and space for speaker placement.
STREAMER
Panasonic DP-UB820$550
SPEAKERS
KEF LS50 Meta$1,600
SUBWOOFER
SVS SB1000 Pro$599
OTHER
Onkyo TX-RZ50$1,200
KEF R2C$932
KEF R200C$1,195
Traits and placement
Read from the component list, not from listening.
Price$5,926
$2,769$127,475
Bass extension20 Hz
47 Hz18 Hz
Lowest frequency response across the system’s components. Approximate — a component is excluded only when it declares an amplifier wattage without also declaring a sensitivity figure, so an amplifier that happens to report a sensitivity slips through and can pull the reading down.
Drive difficulty85.0 dB/W
99.0 dB/W85.0 dB/W
Speaker sensitivity normalised to 8 ohms. Approximate — we do not record whether a figure was quoted per watt or per 2.83 volts, so a non-8-ohm speaker can be out by up to 3 dB.
System Components
Signal Chain
Layout 5.1Scroll sideways to follow the chain from source to every channel.
Signal chain complete — source to speakers
Accessories
Sources
Processing
Control
Amplification
Outputs
Cartridge
Tonearm
Turntable
Tuner
Music Server
Streamer
D
CD PlayerTransport + DAC
Digital Audio PlayerPortable Source + DAC
Phono Preamp
DAC
D
Surround Processor
Preamp
Stereo ReceiverTuner + Amp
AV ReceiverProcessor + Amp
T
Power Amp
Multichannel Amp
T
Integrated AmpPreamp + Power Amp
Headphone Amp
Floorstanding
Bookshelf
L
Subwoofer
S
Center / Surround
RR
Atmos
In-Wall / Ceiling
Powered SpeakerAmp + Speaker
S
Over-Ear
On-Ear
In-Ear
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