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Wow nice setup! My next set of towers will be the Focus 220's. Look on Audiogon for Sunfire, Rotel, B & K amps. those are 4ohm speakers so make sure you get at least 200wpc to make sure they have plenty of headroom. What veneer did you get for the speakers? I love their Rosewood.

Exercise patience & wait until the Emotiva is back in stock.

My mother, due to her mother, had the same ideas about what she should be able to say to her children even though grown & get away with. The problem was is that she raised us to believe that respect worked both ways. So needless to say as I grew up, I couldn't & wouldn't put up with anything...

Congrats on putting together a terrific system, I hope you both enjoy it!:) Happy New Year!

Ask you wife if what any of what you said was untrue? If she says no, then you tell her that you have no need to apologize & maybe SHE should set HER MOTHER straight about how she should conduct herself in YOUR house! Respect is a 2 way street. If your MIL wants to get some, she has to give some.

Good grief guys get back to helping this guy find a receiver. I don't believe that this Pioneer has preouts. Keep looking.

Preouts cost money, so you will have to look at used if you want to have them. They are well worth the expense, to have upgradebility. http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&dm=DEBUG&sku_id=0665000FS10130319&catid=&test%5Fcookie=1

Yup, That is what I always recommend. Try to get an amp of 200wpc @ 8ohms, this will give you about 300wpc @ 4ohms. This is generally enough power that can drive most speakers to their full potential whether 8 or 4ohm rated. There are more & more amps being made with this kind of power & more...

What I meant to say was SUB!:D

Very nice post TLS!

No speaker can take the place of a dedicated subwoofer. Not even the subs that are within your speakers. An amp will help what bass is there to come out better, but if you really want bass, then get a separate amp. I have always used my sub with 2 channel music. For the short time that I...

All 3 amps you have mentioned will get the job done in spades, and allow your speakers to perform to their full potential. So stay safe & when you come home get one. All the problems you mentioned with how it sounds now should clear up (litarally) nicely. To date adding one to my system...

The Sony ereader Touch (PSR-600) is going to be my gift to myself. I love to read but long since ran out of bookcase room. I have already downloaded Sony's reader software onto my pc. I have already purchased 5 books from www.fictionwise.com & downloaded & have read them. You can increase...

Rotel RCD-1072. It can hold its own with the best of them.

That is precisely my reasoning. I'd rather have it & not need it than need it & not have it. It will give you far more flexibility & it will sound better. Receivers are wonderful convenient one stop shopping boxes, but they have to cut back on something & that something is power. Having a...

By all means, get a receiver that has all the bells & whistles you want it to have & utilize those amps with it.:)

Yes it would. That was the biggest shock that I got when I listened to the difference between my receiver & the adding a 205wpc Parasound amp to the mix. What I gained the most from adding the amp was greater clarity across the board AT LOWER VOLUME! When I listened to my system with just...

Precisely. Don't use the word AMP for everything. Jeanseb, there is a difference between separate amplification and receivers. What some of us were saying is the amplifier in your RECEIVER is probably not up to the task, and adding a separate AMPLIFIER of significant wattage, might have made a...

This has been a very interesting & thought provoking thread thank you! Everyone has made interesting & valid points on ALL sides. Some I want to bring up. If one chooses to drink to excess in their own home (and STAY there) & crash afterwards is free to do so. If that is their choice then...

If your receiver has preouts, (Just checked it does) then get a separate amplifier. I am a big believer in separate amplification. I had a receiver powering my speakers & it was no contest once I hooked up a Parasound 1500A 205wpc 2 channel amp. It's not just about it being loud it's about...