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Adityarsinghania

Adityarsinghania

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Dear all, I am Aditya from India. I want to setup my first home theatre room for which I have selected Marantz SR8012 now I need to know speaker which I can use with it. And subs also. Kindly guide. Thanks
 
Verdinut

Verdinut

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Welcome to AH,

First, the Marantz SR8012 can drive most speakers except the ones which have weird impedance values at low frequencies or critical phase angle response, when playing at very high sound pressure levels..

Do you have access to stores where you can listen to a variety of speakers? If so, this is what I suggest you do as a first step. As a matter of fact, you are going to live with the speakers you purchased. It would be the ideal situation if you could have the speakers you like driven by the Marantz AVR which you are considering. Also, if you could take the speakers home to hear what they sound like in your listening room before making the final decision, that would be the best solution.

As to the need for a subwoofer, that depends on the speakers that you are going to choose as the front left, center and right speakers, and the type of music played or other source content. Will they be bookshelves or towers and what will be the size of the woofers? Do you intend to watch action movies with a lot of bass frequency content? You may not need a sub.

Finally, when you hesitate between two models of speakers, then you could ask for our opinions as to which one would be a better match for the SR8012.
 
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lovinthehd

lovinthehd

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I agree with Verdinut but as someone who really likes the lower frequencies, the chances of finding truly full range and capable speakers at a decent cost is pretty small. Thus, your budget also matters as to what price range (and at what prices speakers/subs are available to you at....availability of subs particularly in the US vs India is going to be quite different).
 
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