I dont need your opinion I need your knowledge

[ttomtc]

If you look at my earlier post I ask if certain speakers will work with a certain receiver. I dont mean will they sound good together, I actually want to know if the receiver is capable of playing those speakers...please help, I'm finding it hard not to go ahead and set them up...thanks for any help

 

[markw]

Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

Dunno how you would hook those speakers to that receiver. Receivers generally use passive speakers, not a system. Check your instructions. That's a knowledgable answer.

As for that recommendation you ask for, that would require an opinion from someone, which you specifically say you don't want

You might want to consider your wording more carefully when asking willing strangers for help.

 

[Seth=L]

The sat speakers will work fine for now, the subwoofer will not. There is no connection on the Pioneer VSX-919 that is designed to handle a passive subwoofer with one speaker lead. There are a couple things that you can do to handle that situation.

1-you can connect it in parallel with one of your front speakers, it will produce sound but it will sound much worse than it ever could because it and your front speaker will both be receiving a full signal. Your respective impedance will be higher which may result in decreased volume or possibly causing the receiver to go into protect mode if pressed to hard.

2-don't use the panasonic subwoofer and possibly make purchasing a powered subwoofer your first priority.

3-if you have another receiver, amplifier, or other piece of equipment capable of powering a speaker that has audio inputs you can use it as a temporary amp for the pansonic subwoofer. The Onkyo has preouts you could use to connect to another amp/receiver/equipment effectively turning it into a subwoofer amplifier. The Onkyo has an active x-over so you can blend it with the other speakers. This is the best possible route to do cheaply assuming you have something other than the Onkyo to power the panasonic with.

That is my definitive answer to your question, I hope it is to your satisfaction.

Edit, I see the subwoofer is active with a proprietary connection. Does the original Panasonic head unit still functioning at any level? If it does you could use it to helm the subwoofer while using one of the line level inputs as a subwoofer input.

 

[adwilk]

Ummm... yeah, technically you could hook up the speakers to the receiver without any real worry about damage to the receiver. The sub is a different story. I'm sure there's a way to hook it up, but it would take some modification to the proprietary sub cable. Not really any direction I could give you without looking at it.

EDIT: Seth=L beat me..

Good call on option 3 seth...

 

[ttomtc]

Sorry About That

I was in a hurry when I posted and didn't realize how rude I sounded. I am sorry about that. That you guys actually still took the time to respond is amazing.....thank you

And its true I wanted your opinion as well as your knowledge....so if your willing I would still like to know if Polk Monitor 40's front, 30's rear and cs2 center and a sub you recommend would be better than the Take 5 Classic with their sub.

Also, to the question if the Panasonic SC-HT820V still works as well as the speakers, yes, it still works great but no hdmi, etc., etc., so thats why I'm upgrading. Could I in some way hook it up to the receiver for the sub to work, until i get my new speakers???\

In any case, thanks alot for your patience in my ignorance.

 

[Seth=L]

The Take Classic is a nice well blended system that looks very good and has a decent subwoofer with a small footprint. It would be a significant step up from the Panasonic noise you currently have. Having said that, it's a stretch that it would compete favorably with the Polks combined with a good subwoofer, but it may also cost more money do go with Polk + subwoofer and you might want to explore more options regarding speakers unless you've already gone around listening to speakers and settled on Polk because you liked what you heard (in which case you have your answer). If you are just picking Polk because you can get those particular models for what you feel is a good price then I would suggest comparing them with like priced speakers if that's your budget area.

 

[Seth=L]

Could I in some way hook it up to the receiver for the sub to work, until i get my new speakers???\

That's exactly what I was implying. I assume that the Panasonic system had at least one set of red/white analog inputs? Just take a set of stereo RCA cables and connect the two subwoofer preouts on the Onkyo to the input on the panasonic system. Turn the system and subwoofer on and adjust the volume while listening to music until you get a desired output level. Adjust the TX-SR607's x-over to blend the speakers with the subwoofer (probably going to be a high cutoff 150hz - 200hz, thos panasonic speakers are small and incapable of producing low frequency, it's likely a similar cutoff was used with the original system in a fixed position). Set all panasonic speakers to small so they aren't accidentally blown by over excersion.

 

[lsiberian]

The Take Classic is a nice well blended system that looks very good and has a decent subwoofer with a small footprint. It would be a significant step up from the Panasonic noise you currently have. Having said that, it's a stretch that it would compete favorably with the Polks combined with a good subwoofer, but it may also cost more money do go with Polk + subwoofer and you might want to explore more options regarding speakers unless you've already gone around listening to speakers and settled on Polk because you liked what you heard (in which case you have your answer). If you are just picking Polk because you can get those particular models for what you feel is a good price then I would suggest comparing them with like priced speakers if that's your budget area.

Not that it's important, but the old panny HTIB's had pretty decent sound for a HTIB. Better than almost anything but the Onkyo's or the packaged systems with real speaker maker items.

I suggest you get the best front setup you can on your budget and use the panny's for surrounds.

For the sub I suggest you get something low cost like the Dayton subs until you can get really good one.