Best Amp for Speakers

[arkight]

Well if you're dead set on a receiver, I gotta give my marantz reccomendation. They just sound great.

I'm a guy that's using an SR6003 to power some speakers with similar impedance and less sensitivity than yours, and while I can definitely sense that I don't want to push it too hard, i also feel it's great for what I want out of it. What I like about it is the pre-outs so I can maybe next year get some emotivas to power the front stage and open up the rear soundstage in effect...

or you could always go with affordable separates from the get go; maybe an AV7005 as your prepro... or the Emotiva UMC-1 paired with any of the following collections of their amps depending on your intended usage and price range... there's so many options lol!

1x Emotiva UPA-7

or

1x Emotiva MPS-2

or

Mains
1x Emotiva XPA-3
3x Emotiva UPA-1

with

Surrounds
1x Emotiva UPA-5
2x Emotiva UPA-2
1x XPA-5

or

Mains
1x Emotiva XPA-2
2x Emotiva UPA-1

with

Surrounds/Center
1x Emotiva XPA-5
2x Emotiva UPA-5


or...

7x Emotiva XPA-1

so you are saying use the marantz and add one of these amps???

 

[dapack69]

What do you have against Onkyo?

 

[Ares]

Accesories4less also sells refurbed Marantz receivers, The reason I chose the Onkyo 5007,3007,1007 and 807 was based on PPF(Price,Power,Features) When you gave a price range of $500-$1500 I looked to find a some recommendations that would fit within your budget and also qualified for PPF hence the list I gave you.


The 807 is THX Select 2 plus certified to work in a room of 2,000 ft^3 with a viewing distance of 10-12ft from the screen. The 5007, 3007 and 1007 are THX Ultra 2 certified to work in a room of 3,000 ft^3 with a viewing distance of 12ft or greater, also if you feel the need to add an amp or you move to a larger room that is greater than either of these specs than you can.

I know there are those who say the THX cert is meaningless and for others it the be all to end all but I'm in the middle and use it as a guideline to give me an ideal what I should look for plus reading reviews helps and advice from the guys here as well to make a finial decision. But like I said these recommendations are JMO.

 

[dapack69]

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The 807 and 1007 are THX Select 2 plus certified to work in a room of 2,000 ft^3 with a viewing distance of 10-12ft from the screen.

I have to correct you here, the 1007 is also ultra certified.

 

[Ares]

Thanks dapack when back and fixed it.

 

[3db]

I had an old Technics SA940DX 100wx5 into 6 ohms) drive my PSB Image T45full ranger (stereo) in a room 16'x12'x7.5' (roughly your size) into the high 80s SPL without hint of compression or clipping. That was fairly loud.

Any receiver (one level up from entry) from Onkyo, Denon, and Yamaha will drive your system inot the high 80s without any concern.

 

[arkight]

What do you have against Onkyo?

nothing against them i was asking him to give more insight. I will probally go the onkyo 807 or better route.

 

[haraldo]

7x Emotiva XPA-1

These will give you a gold customer membership with the local power distributor too

 

[TheFactor]

These will give you a gold customer membership with the local power distributor too

X2

 

[TheFactor]

I've had my XPA-3 for a few months now and really love it . I plan on getting a couple of upa-1's next for my fronts and then i'll run my xpa-3 for my center and rears . I cant beleive what a difference it made even at low listening levels and so much more dynamic now .

 

[pelennor]

so you are saying use the marantz and add one of these amps???

I'm in a similar situation, running a Marantz SR4200 receiver, and I've added 2 x stereo amps to run the mains, center, and one rear, and it's made a huge difference. Not only does my receiver not shut down from overloading now, the overall sound quality is a lot better. Mind you all of my speakers are 4 ohms, with the rears being low sensitivity, so it's amazing my receiver could run them at all unassisted.

 

[Pyrrho]

Yes i am try ing to figure out the power needed the PSB website says the speakers are rated for

RMS, Clipping < 10% of the Time
Recommended 10-200 Watts
Program 150 Watts

So does that mean i need a reciever putting out 150W or what

http://www.psbspeakers.com/products/Image-Series/Image-T65-Tower

No, it does not mean that you need 150 watts. If you look again, you can see that they recommend as little as 10 watts. However, that would only be suitable if you never listen very loud (still, they supposedly, in room, put out 94dB @ 1w @ 1m, which is fairly loud).

If you listen at sane levels (i.e., not loud enough to damage your hearing), most likely, any decent receiver will be enough power for you. I recommend that, if you already have a receiver, try it first to see if it is enough power for you. If not, then if it has preamp outputs, start looking for a power amp (or more than one) if you are happy with the features of your receiver. If you do not have a receiver yet, I would look at Yamaha, Denon, Marantz, and Pioneer (not necessarily in that order) for a model that had all of the features I needed, and that had preamp outputs for all channels. Then I would try that with the speakers, and only if it was not enough power, would I bother buying any separate power amplifiers. Basically, if you buy a power amplifier that you don't need, you will get no benefit for the money you spend. Remember that.