Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater A question for the sub owners in the house...

I would think your Denon alone would be adequate to drive that entire system. The difference between 150 and 160 watts is nill.

There is no substitute for digging even deeper, you feel it more.



Once you have everything calibrated the sub should be blending in with the mains and other speakers, and will never overpower them. you just get to feel it more over the entire floor space with 2 subs opposed to one which can leave dead spots in a room.

Personally it would be a hard choice for me to pick dual 500's over a single 800. I dunno what I would do?

Go for dual 800's!!!

It won't drown them out if the speakers are properly calibrated.It also takes more power to produce the really low bass frequencies from the sub hence the higher wattage.

Well the 4802 isn't rated to push 4 ohm speakers. They push 150 watts at 6 ohms, and there are several warnings on Axioms web page to make sure your amp can handle running 4 ohms high current poer without over heating or shutting down. So I figured instead of straining my reciever. I would just go ahead and push them with a separate amp. And the PMA-2000 is supposed to be an exceptional power amp. With tons of dynamic room so peaks will not be anissue what-so-ever.

But knowing I have an extra 150 watts per channel laying around will certainly stir my curiosity I'd think. Some where down the line I'll just have to borrow some towers from one of my friends (maybe someone around here will buy some top of the line Paradigms!!!), and see what they sound lie in comparison! That could be quite interesting. =)

Denon's have no issues driving 4 ohm loads, and have been recommended my Axiom for years. My Denon 2805 can drive my 80's to levels beyond what most people listen, and that is a lot older model than the 4802.

The Denon would be just fine. While it's not rated for 4 ohm, I think we have yet to find a Denon that doesn't handle the M80s just fine.

http://www.axiomaudio.com/ep800.html here is the link to the EP 800. It will be out soon. December I think. hope this helps

That particular model should be able to run a 4 ohm load with ease. When I was looking at Denon receivers a while back I noticed that they only rated their 2 channel amps at 4ohms. The last time I checked their higher end models were rated 6-8ohms but they are able to handle a 4ohm load. The M80's are pretty efficient so it should be fine.

I would not however run a 4ohm load on Denons low end entry level models.