Hello,
I'm looking for a receiver/setup recommendation. I moved across the country recently and brought my four old Wharfedale Opal 90s with me, which I bought many years ago. I used to have them in a 5.1 setup for movies (and music sometimes) as front and surround channels (plus center and sub). That was literally 10 years ago, they have been bubble wrapped since then. I bought a cheap Rockville receiver to test them out and amazingly (after moving from NH to 4 different towns in NY to KY to CA over 20 years) they still work 100% and sound good.
Back in my college days when I bought them, I knew little and cared less, and just plugged them into the JVC receiver I had at the time. When I was unpacking them recently, I noticed that they have this on the back by the posts (maybe I knew this back then and just forgot):
Power Handling 175W
Nominal Impedance 4 ohms
Sensitivity 90 dB
I've been struggling to find something that seems like it can drive them safely due to the ohms, but maybe that doesn't matter at home theater sound levels. They do have four 6" drivers in each speaker though. I am not against buying an amp if necessary (never used one before). 6 channels (5.1) is fine for me but those seem to be disappearing with the new tech. I would like to be able to watch 4K movies (I have some blu-ray discs). I would guess the options open up with a separate amp.
Budget wise, lower would be better of course but I was hoping to stay in the 500-1000 range for everything involved audio wise.
I think most importantly I am wondering what I should look for power wise...most receivers I see are something like 75W across 2 channels at 6 ohms, which seems bad for this situation (but I don't really know). Actual receiver model recommendations would be great, too, though. I guess I could sell the the speakers for something else but would rather not...
