Re: What amp do you drive your M80's with?s
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Last August I sold my old-trusty HK AVR520 and I don't recall that one running hot at all, warm but not hot. When I upgraded my AVR I had Denon, Yahama, HK and Pioneer in mind... I ended up with the Pionner SC-07. Can't go wrong with the Elite line from Pioneer.
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Re: What amp do you drive your M80's with?s
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Let me say that many will exlaim, "you can reach very loud levels with you AVR"... and while this is absolutely true, I'll throw in my two cents and say that while my Denon did reach LOUD levels of volume, it sounded strained above 0 on the dial. The Emotiva amp I have running my M80's play loud 'better' IMO. For starters they play louder now at -10 then the Denon ever played them at full blast (+12). And when the dial reached +5 and above with the Denon in charge, I always got the distinct impression something was about to break. Nothing ever did mind you, but it just sounded like I was pushing it beyond it's limits.
Keep in mind I have 11,000 cubic feet to fill, so you may never even be able to reach -10 on the dial in your room for all we know. So by all means if you want to try out the M80's I would give the Onkyo the bennefit of the doubt until it proves to be otherwise unable to accomplish your goals for it. Then you could look into outboard amps to run things.
My Stuff :
M80's QS8's VP150 EP800 Denon 4802 Emotiva XPA-3 Samsung BD-P3600 Sharp 65 Inch Aquos LCD
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Re: What amp do you drive your M80's with?s
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Denon 2310 receiver. I think the loudest i've ever gone on it was -10 and everything was good. Never had the need to go over -10.
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Re: What amp do you drive your M80's with?s
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Micah. I am in the 'an AVR will do fine' club, but I do not disagree with you. Its all about how much space you have to fill and how far away you listen from.
1,700 cu.ft = any avr will do fine 11,000 cu.ft. = small cavern that needs external amplification.
I suspect even Johnk would agree.
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Re: What amp do you drive your M80's with?s
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With those latest models by Onkyo, you most likely will have no problems driving the m80's. I've always owned Denon, so maybe some of the Onkyo owners will chime in... I own an Onkyo 797 and never had any problems running 4 ohms speakers in the past, the last pair being tested were Kefs. However, i bought a used Anthem amp, MCA30, for $650. You can get the MCA2 or MCA20s for even less, again on the used market.
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You could have at least put a smiley after that one John!
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We need a smiley that eats popcorn.
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