Best way to power B&W 804's on a $1500 budget? (1 Viewer)

[ArcticT]

I hate to be the textbook noobie...but here goes anyway. I'm putting together a HT setup for the living room of my new house. I just bought a pair of 804's and I'll be adding the htm1 or htm2 center, B&W in-ceiling rears and I'm not sure which sub yet. It will be split 50/50 movies/music. I have a loose budget of around $1500 to work with for a reciever or seperates. I've been eyeballing the Yamaha 3800 which claims 140w/channel...but will that be enough juice for the 804's? Would adding a 3 channel amp to a cheaper reciever like maybe the Yamaha 661 sound good? Or is there a better way to go? I'm not stuck on Yamaha that just happens to be what my last reciever was. Any thoughts or advice? Thanks

 

[Alon Goldberg]

Hi Josh, great choice on speakers. On a $1,500 budget I would consider a Denon AVR-2808, and two Outlaw 2200 monoblocks. You can then use 2200's to power your 804's via the AVR's pre-outs, and use the AVR to power your remaining speakers.

Another option altogether would be to purchase a second-hand Rotel RB-1080 off of Audiogon, to power the 804's. B&W owns Rotel, this combination has excellent synergy.