8x10 room with 8" ceiling

[Jin-X]

I'm very interested in the Athena Micra 6, but after trying them out in a store, I'm not sure if they are too powerful for such a small room, I would pair them with either the Pioneer 815k/816k, Onkyo TX-SR503, or Denon AVR-1706 some of these rated at 75W (the Onkyo and Denon) and I don't tend to play stuff very loud.

P.S.:The Micra 6 were for the outrageous price of $600, though they are an audio specialty store and didnt really have prices posted so he's just yanking my chain. So if anybody out there knows of sites that would ship those speakers to Puerto Rico (I've only found Audio Advisor to do so) or if you live here and know stores that sell them, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[AzN_plyR]

They are only too powerful as you let them be.

 

[JoeE SP9]

Speakers don't have power. They use it.

 

[Jin-X]

I didn't mean it literally, I know speakers don't have power, what I mean is would the combination of the Micra 6 with any of those receivers be overkill for such a small room.

 

[Sheep]

In the Audio world, overkill is known as "Headroom".

Trust me, I had a full speaker setup with towers and a 400 watt 8inch sub in a 8 by 10 room, its not overkill, its just cool.

SheepStar

 

[Jin-X]

In the Audio world, overkill is known as "Headroom".

Trust me, I had a full speaker setup with towers and a 400 watt 8inch sub in a 8 by 10 room, its not overkill, its just cool.

SheepStar

LOL, all of the sudden it doesn't seem like too much now. Well if anybody knows any site that would ship them here to Puerto Rico I would be very grateful. I'm pretty sure the guy at the store was just overpricing like when you want to sell your car you want 8k so you put it at 10k, etc.

 

[JoeE SP9]

I didn't mean it literally, I know speakers don't have power, what I mean is would the combination of the Micra 6 with any of those receivers be overkill for such a small room.

Lets be serious. Presuming you are not going to put enormous speakers in a small room which you are not. What do you mean by overkill. Overkill would be putting speakers physically too large in the room. It would also be a waste of money as large speakers need larger rooms to sound right. If you can get the volume levels you want with the sound you want that is all that matters. Nothing is overkill if it is what you want. As for having too much power, the more you have the less need to drive the amps hard. Amps that are not driven hard are happier.
With your suggested speakers and receiver you should have more than enough volume and headroom. I do think those speakers need a subwoofer for solid bass. A decent powered sub should do the trick.

 

[fredatty]

You can get them for $326 at onecall.com although I have no idea whether they ship to PR (I would think so).

I have had the Micra 6 in a 11x12 room for 15 months and am very satisfied. I am even thinking of upgrading to the new Athena WS speakers (www.athenaspeakers.com) to get even better quality sound. If so, I'll probably sell the Micra 6.

 

[jcPanny]

System for small room

In your price range for a small room, you might consider starting with some decent bookshelf speakers and a sub.
Check out the X-LS speakers and X-sub from AV123.com for $400 total. They would like good and sound better then the satellites and little Athena sub. For a little less, look at the Athena Audition series and Bic Venutri for around $100 a pair. I would consider the Athena WS an asthetic upgrade and the Audion series a performance upgrade over the Micras.

If you must have 5.1 and can only spend $300 then the micras are a decent buy. The Yamaha HTR-5840 and HK 135/140 are also good entry level receivers to add to your list.

 

[sjdgpt]

LOL, all of the sudden it doesn't seem like too much now. Well if anybody knows any site that would ship them here to Puerto Rico I would be very grateful. I'm pretty sure the guy at the store was just overpricing like when you want to sell your car you want 8k so you put it at 10k, etc.

In defense of the guy at the store, he has most likely realized his selling costs will be higher in handling your sale, and has priced his goods accordingly and appropriately.

A business in the Continental USA typically prices products assuming 100% of their customers are located in the Continental USA.

Oops, surprise, there are customers outside of the C. USA.

In those cases, the customers outside of the C. USA will tend to be higher than for customers located within the C. USA. because of hidden cost issues.



What kind of costs are involved?

Well for starters, there can be a substantial penality charged to the business to process a charge card with a billing address outside of the USA. Depending upon the merchants business class rating and volume the penality can range from a few tenths of a percentage point to as much as 7% higher than a charge card from a C.USA customer.

And then there is this little matter of UPS charges. UPS shipments outside of the C. USA will need to ship via air service, and the rating system is different for air versus ground shipments. Specifically OS (oversized) charges are based on a tighter parameter which means a modest box weighing 35 lbs shipped in the C.USA will be billed at the 35 lb rate, but that same box shipped outside of the C.USA can be billed at the 70 lb rate.


In the business world, we call these little costs "nibbling costs". The costs just continue to addup and nibble away at our profit margins.


Some USA businesses will add processing charges, others will just raise the cost of the goods.

And many USA businesses will refuse to handle any order outside of the C.USA at any cost. Why? Because of difficulty in handling damage claims and fraudilent credit card charge back issues.

In your situation, the selling price should not be the issue, the issue should be finding a USA vendor that is willing to sell the speakers to you.