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[The Boston Dangler]

Holy crap!!! That's pretty sweet for $230.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: svi

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: svi

My speakers are 4ohm and 6ohms so that's a bit of a concern. I'm more talking the quality than the power output necessarily.

Don't worry, I understand that more wattage != better. However, given the 1014 and 1015's performance under minimal load (never mind the booklet specs, which are fudged-- benchmarks show them at Elite 52 level, and a Pioneer rep actually confirmed this), I think the only thing you'd have to worry about would be how performance decreases under increased load-- meaning, yes, hard-to-drive speakers. Nothing that can't be remedied with a good stereo amp, of course, since the 1014 and 1015 have good pre-outs.

Are AV123's sensitivity specs in-room or anechoic? If the latter, I'd think no half-decent receiver would suffer any real quality degradation driving the things... if the former, still, shouldn't be too much of a problem given the electronics inside that thing. Unless, of course, you're just saying that your receiver is the weak point in your setup because it's a moderately strong link in a very strong chain.

I'm happy with it... just saying that the next thing on my list of things to upgrade will be the receiver.

(oh, and it gets hot as hell driving them )

Heh, fair enough. And what's after the receiver?

On a side note, you haven't truly seen a hot and unhappy receiver until you've seen a junked stereo Onkyo (TX 2 something) try to drive 80-82 dB SPL (in-room) DIY speakers. Receivers really are meant to take a lot of abuse... speakers, too, apparently, since they still played fine.

After receiver, I'll be looking at either sub or projector probably.

(oh, and it doesn't get hot during normal music usage... just when I feel the need to watch a movie at -15 or -10)

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Nohr
There's a huge thread at avsforum about the Panasonic SA-XR55
7.1, digital amplifier, Pro Logic II, etc. Amazon has it for $230.

I got mine yesterday. I'm only using it with the 2 front channels at the moment but so far so good. Sounds great with the speakers I bought. Mind you this is my first receiver so I don't have much previous experience to compare to.

:thumbsup: forgot about the affordable panasonic units.

 

[Tiamat]

Depends what you are driving. If you are drivin typical best buy speakers, then most of the already mentioned solutions will be fine. If you have more exotic speakers, like Martin Login, B&W, Paradigm, you will want to consider saving up some more money.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

After receiver, I'll be looking at either sub or projector probably.

(oh, and it doesn't get hot during normal music usage... just when I feel the need to watch a movie at -15 or -10)

PB10 ain't cuttin it for ya?

 

[Brazen]

Yamaha RX-Z9 for $4500 - a bargain considering how much it blows away any other reciever.

 

[Brazen]

Get some of these to go with it.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

After receiver, I'll be looking at either sub or projector probably.

(oh, and it doesn't get hot during normal music usage... just when I feel the need to watch a movie at -15 or -10)

PB10 ain't cuttin it for ya?

It is... but you know how it is.