Here's my dilemna, I used to own a top line JVC receiver with a Toshiba DVD player, Cerwin Vega centre channel, CV floorstanding speakers front and Sony floorstanding rears. This setup sounded pretty damn good to me, but I needed something smaller. So I "upgraded" to a Marantz SR5200, Panasonic RP56K DVD, 4 Axiom M1Ti's (front and rear), VP50 centre channel and EP125 sub. I admit, I hear things now in music and movies that I never heard before, but the overall quality of sound, in my opinion, is lower. Was my attempt at an upgrade not really an upgrade? What factors could be attributed to my apparent loss of sound quality? Do you have tips that I could use as a checklist, such as speaker placement, height, connections, and so on? Cheers!
