the right av receiver? (1 Viewer)

[desrosiers13]

I currently have the Andrew Jones Pioneer speakers. I have the floor standers - fl51's for the fronts Cs21 for the center Bs41's for the rear. They are all rated up to 130watts and have a 6 ohm impedance. From what i hear they are not the most efficient speakers but they sound really good to my ears. I'm limited on rack space so I was looking into the marantz 1403. It can do 6 ohm and has the discrete 5 amplifiers rated at 50 watts PC. Does this mash up work? I just want to make sure I can listen loud enough without having to have it 80% to max. I don't blare my music super loud, but would like to listen to movies louder. I just want something that can push them correctly and the safest for both the sake of my speakers and my future amplifier.

 

[Brainwasher]

This would work fine. Your going to want to get back to 8 ohms across the board. Everything will run much cleaner and efficient. Not to mention sound quality will improve vastly. Start with the AVR, then in Time upgrade those pioneers.

 

[schan1269]

No problem with those Pio AJ... I'm not a fan of them from the simple "efficiency" stand point. I have not heard them. (one of my theatres features DCM TF600/350 from the mid 80s. Those things are hardly the "pillars of efficiency". But, I got nearly 150 watts per channel backing them up) The 6ohm load is not a problem for 95% of the AVR on the market. Any of the "slimline" Marantz are more than sufficient. Last I checked, used and new, there were 7 different models of the slimline. I think there are two current ones(I don't follow Marantz, so don't ask me for specifics). Like all AVR, you need to make sure it can breath/vent. Pretty much all the 6ohm vs 8ohm means is the AVR is going to produce its "50watts" earlier in gain. So, if you had to turn it up to 80% gain to get 40 watts at 8ohm...with a 6ohm speaker...you'd get to 40watts at 65% gain.... More than likely you'll never task this set of speakers to fill up your room with more than 20 watts each anyway. Unless you are trying to fill up a 30x40 room and you are sitting 20 feet back...

 

[desrosiers13]

That's great to hear. I was nervous seeing how some of the denon models feature up to 120 wpc at 6 ohm. I know those are all theoretical numbers and are not RMS. Just wanted to make sure it was sufficient enough. Thanks everyone for your replies. I knew the pioneers were not at all efficient, but they sound great to my ears. Thanks again