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I used to have a 3808 and although it ran the M80's quite fine, I believe if you look in the manual for then Denon 3310 or 3311 you will see it specifies no lower than 6 ohm speakers. I think it was page 3. It wasn't until the 4xxx that Denon recommended no lower than a 4 ohm. That is not to say the 33xx will not run a 4 ohm quite sufficiently, but if you are like sirquack was with the Emo a few years back ................. you might just run a little hot.
The 3311 here in Canada I priced this weekend at $1150 I think the 4311 was $500 in the difference.
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My 2805 ran the m80's just fine back then actually with no hint of distress at volumes beyond that of the Emo when shutting down.  My current 3808ci is just that much better..
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I just got my e-mail for my M80's shipping, and my Sherwood Newcastle R-772 7.1 Receiver soon too. Man , I can't wait till I can get all the theatre setup. What do you guys suggest next?
Forgot to say...lol! I'm buying peice by peice, so would you buy subwoofer, center or surround next? Thanks for any advice.
Shawn
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Shawn, welcome(to among other things our Sean, Shawn and Shaun membership club). I'd strongly suggest that your next purchase be QS surrounds. The M80s have good enough bass that a sub, while desirable, isn't essential at this time. The M80s can also form a "phantom" center, making it possible to delay the purchase of a separate center speaker. There's no substitute for the surround speakers, however, and without them you don't have an HT setup. For both 2-channel(using DPLII, etc.)and multi-channel material they substantially add to listening enjoyment.
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Cool,sounds like I'm going to enjoy the club.So with the 7.1, I have to buy two pair of QS8's I suppose?
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Well, it depends if you have enough room behind your listening position(say at least 4')for back surround speakers in a 7.1 setup to form a useful rear sound field. In any case, it isn't essential to have the full 7.1 setup at first. Adding side surrounds for 4.0 will be the most significant stepup.
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OK, thanks John! Noreen told me this place was helpful.
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Additionally, if you have a lot of space, M2s may be a more economic choice. The QS speakers claim to fame is the diffuse sound field the present. But given enough distance a mono-pole speaker like standard book shelves, which is what I'm using now, can also have their sound spread out. While I am a fan of adding rear surround speakers, I'll admit there isn't much content back there (even when using PLIIx to expand 5.1 to 7.1), so a speaker as capable as the QS8s are not really required. QS4s should also fill in fine, if you're sitting within the 4' range. But yeah, start with your 4.0. Get comfortable with that setup, and when you're ready for us to spend more of your money, we'll be here. 
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Additionally, if you have a lot of space, M2s may be a more economic choice. The QS speakers claim to fame is the diffuse sound field the present. But given enough distance a mono-pole speaker like standard book shelves, which is what I'm using now, can also have their sound spread out. While I am a fan of adding rear surround speakers, I'll admit there isn't much content back there (even when using PLIIx to expand 5.1 to 7.1), so a speaker as capable as the QS8s are not really required. QS4s should also fill in fine, if you're sitting within the 4' range. But yeah, start with your 4.0. Get comfortable with that setup, and when you're ready for us to spend more of your money, we'll be here. Just to be clear, Chris was talking about using the M2s as rear speakers in a 7.1 set-up. I don't beileve he was advocating them in place of QS8s for surround speakers.
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Exactly. QS8s for the (side) surrounds, but you don't need to go quite as heavy with the rears (but you still could, it wouldn't hurt anything but your wallet).
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