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I was thinking more along the lines of the $149 refurbished Kenwood 6050 that I saw today at their outlet store. I'm not sure that my upstairs set-up is going to get much action so I don't want to go crazy.
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"Don't want to go crazy"? We're talking audio, Big Will.
Well, there are always the Antique Sound Labs Wave 8 monoblocks for about $100 each. They've gotten RAVE reviews, and have been tested with M3Tis which several reviewers found to be a terrific match.
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How did you know I was thinking of using M3s upstairs?
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I almost came to the conclusion that I should use my wife's old Fisher receiver (circa 1984 from The Broadway) to drive some white Bose cubes that I have laying around, but the prices of these low-end recivers and the price of the M3s has me thinking, "Why not?"
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Because the M3Tis make such beautiful, sweet music.
Bose cubes? Bose Bad. No midrange.
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and no treble, and no bass...
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Mark,
this should be the link you were looking for on receiver output:
Sound & Vision
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Thanks Sid, but that page won't display on my computer for some reason. I found it last night on my own with the same results.
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I was finally able to view that S&V page on a computer at work, but neither of the two cheapie receivers I'm looking at - Kenwood 6050 ($149) and Pioneer VSX-D711 ($179) - were included in the testing. Power ratings aren't that important but I would like it to sound clean. Any input would be appreciated. I'm going to google both of them right now. Adios.
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Mark, there's no reason that either of the receivers that you're considering wouldn't give you audibly clean amplification. Distortion when listening to music doesn't begin to become audible until it's over 1%. If you can find a feature that you like and it's just on one, go with that; otherwise maybe pick the one that looks better to you.
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