question on pre out on a harman kardon 3470

newrival

you're welcome. and welcome to CP by the way!

boston1450

i think i have processed this a little..i am using cd to amp then to speakers....i think i was trying to stay with HT and with sda2b's thats a NO NO...maybe someday i can get the right equipment for the sda'.....ive since hooked the rta15tl's to the HK3470 i will pick up another pair of Polks to use on b select....i would like any suggestions on what to use at a affortable price to power the sda2b's. i can look for a reciever for them....please disreguard all previous post as i have no idea what im doing....

boston1450

i thought last night. i got discouraged. i thought about selling them. but i cant. they are so beautiful. they sound unreal with KANSAS and other groups. i will do what it takes to make this right. if it cost to get it right then so be it....funny thing is my wife is much younger n she likes the stereo sound 2 channel..i was trying to keep things HT. wow. was i wrong

boston1450

i hooked the sda2's to amp and cd player only for now. i will look for a reciever just for these speakers..im using the 3470 with the rta's. i will pick up a pair of polks for b settings for this system. i WILL keep the HT in the tv room. i had no idea what it was i was thinking. any suggestions on reciever at a good price( yes i see list above) but i dont want to look for wrong one..prefer at a good price. would you be able to tell me model number also. because im able to buy the wrong one....thank you forall your help again. bein new at this isnt easy when there is nobody in area to help me. so i look forward to Polk site...i will research list above amps/recievers. thanx

boston1450

newrival....thank you for help.... i will check on those....and the denon amp sound great....im so use to buying rec. then just hooking up speakers..there is alot to these amps..recievers..sda speakers..ive spent some money here n there with no idea what i got or even how to use these....i went to buy a powered sub for 20.00 mint...i saw the sda2b's...1987 with manuel from original owner..he did NOT want to sell them...i fell in love with them on first sight...he had tons of money. insurance company owner. golf coarse home n all that kinda stuff. i emailed him multipule times. he finally emailed me back 300.00 new condition. i still am amazed at the looks of these almost a month later...ive owned klipsch paradigm vanderstein and more....but these things wont stop starring at me..im in love with them....call me crazy

newrival

If all your music is on CD, and it sounds good CD to amp to SDA's, why mess it up with a receiver? Just keep it simple. The receiver will likely only degrade the sound. It would add gain, so conceivably that could be beneficial, but if you don;t need the gain for the amp, don;t mess with a good thing.

please do yourself a favor and do not buy a receiver. DO NOT buy a receiver.

If you're convinced you need a preamp, thats fine, buy a preamp. DO NOT BUY A RECEIVER. BUY A PREAMPLIFIER.
if you want to give your budget, making a suggestion will be much easier.

cnh

Hi again there!

I second that. If you're worried about the price of a pre-amp, buy something used. Take a look at the Flea market here, and also

www.audiogon.com for used pre-amps in your price range. Parasound, NAD, B&K, Hafler, etc. have some nice budget units that would sound fine with your existing Denon--which is certainly "respectable".

As for the Harman Kardon (I have a newer version). They're hard to beat for the money, new, and will probably be fine with your RTAs.

cnh