Hi All,
It's been 10+ years since I upgraded my speakers and about 7 years since I upgraded my receiver. The Speakers were Klipsch RF3II fronts, RC3II center, and similar Klipsch rears. The receiver was an Onkyo TXNR-929—also A Sunfire True signature subwoofer. I was happy for the most part with its performance. Listening was about 50/50 music/movies—both 2-channel and 5.1 music and live concerts.
I have narrowed my section down to the Polk r700 and center rear and atmos equivalent speakers, or Klipsch RP-8000mkII fronts and matching center, rear.
I'm most likely going with the Polk as I may not incorporate a sub, and have read and heard the r700's do very well as a full range speaker. Although I may go with 2 rel ht 1003 mk2's, depending on how well they perform in my living space (12x12x8) Or just use the subwoofers for movies...Again, not 100% until I get them in my space.
As far as receivers go I'm looking at
Marantz Cinema 40
Denon AVR4800
Yamaha A6A
My question is: I'm looking at running the R700's large (full range) they are 88db efficient and the minimum impedance dips to 3.6. Should I look at a separate 2-channel amp to power the fronts and take the load off the receiver? I'm looking at the Marantz MM7025 or a similar Emotiva product. Cheers!