Help picking new receiver

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olofb

Audiophyte
I'm trying to pick a new receiver for our media room to pair with:


Center: B&W CDM CNT
Front: 2 * B&W CDM 7NT
Sub: B&W ASW CDM
2 high B&W rears that I don't have the part number for.

The CDM 7NTs https://www.bowerswilkins.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-bowers_northamerica_shared/default/dw40712505/archive-manuals/eng_fp11894_cdm-7nt_info_sheet.pdf are looking for 50W - 150W into 8 ohm on unclipped programme. I'm worrying about getting enough power to these chunky speakers..

I think I've narrowed it down to:
Marantz Cinema 50 £1299
Denon AVC-X4800H £1449
Denon AVC-X3800H £899
Marantz 70s £679

What do you recommend? I'm assuming this Marantz 70s won't have enough power for these speakers and I've been reading that this can damage them? Would the X3800H have enough? or should I be going for the X4800? Or something else??

Kind regards

Rich
 
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lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
If really worried about power an avr with a full set of pre-outs allows amplification flexibility, all of these have such. Marantz and Denon are from the same company and I'd simply choose which model depending on the feature set you want at the best price you can, they will be very similar to each other in terms of general features, altho in terms of Audyssey, the 70s only has MultEQ, the lowest version of Audyssey, the others have the highest, XT32). If you overdrive an amp yes damage to speakers can occur, but you'll likely get audible warnings first (depending perhaps on state of mind)....volume control is your safety feature in that regard. B&W is the usual abbreviation, especially as B&O would be Bang & Olufson. :)

This is a nice site to help compare different avrs https://www.zkelectronics.com/receivers/

How loud do you listen? You might play around with this to help determine amp needs http://www.hometheaterengineering.com/splcalculator.html
 
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olofb

Audiophyte
Thanks so much for your input!
Edited, sorry yes wrong abbreviation!!
 
AcuDefTechGuy

AcuDefTechGuy

Audioholic Jedi
Denon x3800 or Yamaha RX-A4A should be good.
 

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