Will this reciever be able to power this 2.1 system

[sjc93]

system:
Dayton Audio B652 6-1/2" 2-Way Bookshelf Speaker Pair 300-652
Dayton Audio SUB-1200 12" 120 Watt Powered Subwoofer 300-629
reciever:
DENON AVR-391 5.1 Channel AV Home Theater Receiver | Accessories4less

I was looking at the impedance and I think so, but is the wattage enough?

 

[zieglj01]

The receiver will work - however, do not play at extreme volume levels.

 

[sjc93]

It will be loud enough for a small room party right?

 

[jonnythan]

Yes, absolutely without question.

 

[markw]

These. and most speakers. will play painfully loud in your home with 1 - 2 watts continous power, particularly with a sub doing the heavy lifting. The extra power is for the occasional peak.

But, as with all things audio, if something sounds bad, turn it down NOW!

 

[jonnythan]

My little 10 watt T-amp pushed those exact to painfully high volume levels before noticeably distorting. Just for a frame of reference.

 

[sjc93]

Thanks for the great feedback. Now all Im wondering what connections I need to plug this all up to my desktop. I have a realy good soundcard that has all the line ins and optical. My video card also has hdmi if that helps at all? So what wires woul I need? (what is good quality speaker wire also)

 

[jonnythan]

You'll need an optical cable to connect your computer to the receiver. Only use HDMI if you want video to go to the receiver as well. Pick the optical cable with the right connectors on this page:
Audio Cables - Optical Toslink

Chances are both ends are regular Toslink and not miniplug. Some sound cards have a miniplug end. The receiver end is regular Toslink.

You'll also need some speaker wire. Any sort of 16-18g copper wire is going to be fine. I use the 16 gauge in-wall stuff here:
Speaker Wires
I use the in-wall because it has a white jacket with red and white inner cables. It looks much better than the clear-jacket stuff.

 

[sjc93]

You'll need an optical cable to connect your computer to the receiver. Only use HDMI if you want video to go to the receiver as well. Pick the optical cable with the right connectors on this page:
Audio Cables - Optical Toslink

Chances are both ends are regular Toslink and not miniplug. Some sound cards have a miniplug end. The receiver end is regular Toslink.

You'll also need some speaker wire. Any sort of 16-18g copper wire is going to be fine. I use the 16 gauge in-wall stuff here:
Speaker Wires
I use the in-wall because it has a white jacket with red and white inner cables. It looks much better than the clear-jacket stuff.

Thanks a lot man will that speaker wire allow me to hook up the sub as well?

 

[jonnythan]

No, you need a separate RCA cable for the sub. Any one of these will be fine:
Audio Cables - Digital Coaxial Audio

Get one longer than you need. Much longer. You want the flexibility to move the sub around and find the spot that sounds best. Placement dramatically affects how the sub performs. I'd get a 25 or even 50 foot cable depending on your room size.

 

[ahblaza]

You'll need an optical cable to connect your computer to the receiver. Only use HDMI if you want video to go to the receiver as well. Pick the optical cable with the right connectors on this page:
Audio Cables - Optical Toslink

Chances are both ends are regular Toslink and not miniplug. Some sound cards have a miniplug end. The receiver end is regular Toslink.

You'll also need some speaker wire. Any sort of 16-18g copper wire is going to be fine. I use the 16 gauge in-wall stuff here:
Speaker Wires
I use the in-wall because it has a white jacket with red and white inner cables. It looks much better than the clear-jacket stuff.

Jon, that Denon model does not have optical digital input to my knowledge, AC4L has the Denon 1312 for $10 more $119 and it has one optical input and output.
Jeff

 

[jonnythan]

The 391 has optical in. It's virtually identical to the 1312.

Neither has optical out.

 

[ahblaza]

Thanks a lot man will that speaker wire allow me to hook up the sub as well?

The Denon receiver 1312 has a dedicated LFE sub preout for use with any coaxial RCA cable, the longer the better, as Jon says you can get everything at Monoprice, hope this helps...
Jeff

 

[ahblaza]

The 391 has optical in. It's virtually identical to the 1312.

Neither has optical out.

Sorry, you are right with no optical out on 1312 but specs inputs/outputs I did not see an optical input on the 391, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[jonnythan]

From Crutchfield:
digital audio inputs: 1 optical, 1 coaxial

Or you can just look at a picture:

 

[ahblaza]

Thanks Jon, I did not not mean to discredit you or insinuate that you were wrong, I was looking at the spec sheet at AC4L and did not see any reference or mention of digital inputs in the written word, I did not think to look at the rear panel, my mistake, sorry to you and the OP..........

 

[jonnythan]

It's no problem. I've learned not to even look at AC4L's spec lists. I've never seen them wrong, but they omit so much info it's silly.

Great place to buy stuff, but the only info you should look at is model #, price, warranty period, and included accessories.

 

[ahblaza]

It's no problem. I've learned not to even look at AC4L's spec lists. I've never seen them wrong, but they omit so much info it's silly.

Great place to buy stuff, but the only info you should look at is model #, price, warranty period, and included accessories.

Thank you, I appreciate the heads up with AC4L, I've never purchased from them, interestingly they have refurbs of fairly new models, items released just a few months ago.

 

[sjc93]

Last question:

I noticed the sub has the speaker wire inputs and outputs (high level). Do i need to plug anything in to these?

 

[jonnythan]

No. You only need those when the receiver doesn't have a sub output.