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I am waiting the arrival of my new home theartre speaker system and reciever. I am hoping I picked out items that will work with each other. My 15 year old plus Technics receiver died and thought I would upgrade my ol MB Quart QLC speaker system with a Cerwin Vega 10 inch sub. I finally decided on a Yamaha RX-a720 reciever with Polk RTI A7 fronts, Polk CSI A6 center, Polk FXI 6 surrounds and a Polk DSW Pro 550wi. I hope the reciever has enough power for all of this. My room is 18x12x8. Is there any suggestions any fellow forum members have about setting it all up?
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welcome to club polk.
I think you may want to step up to a receiver that has pre-outs so you can add an amp in the future. You'll get sound from that but at maybe 45-50 watts per channel in 5.1 your maxing it out. Those A7's will need some juice. -
Thanks for the input maybe I should have downsized the towers. I never gave consideration to pre outs. The owners manual to the reciever shows you can bi amp the front channel with the surround back/ bi amp channel. Is this a good idea
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Theoretically, biamping your fronts could help. Best way to find out is to try it. My guess is that that receiver will have enough power to make you happy, especially based on what you're upgrading from.
There are several kinds of audio people in the world... those than continually tweak are one time (and comprise a lot of this forum) and those who get things working well and just sit back and enjoy it for years (a lot less of those here--they aren't spending their time on forums). If it sounds good, and you're happy, just enjoy.5.1 theater - Pioneer SC-07, Mirage OMD-CC center, 4 x Mirage Omnisats, Boston Acoustics VPS-210 sub
2.1 living room - NAD 7400 integrated, 2 x Platinum Audio Duos, MIT Terminator4 cables
2.1 bedroom- Arcam Solo, 2 x Mirage OMD-5's
FOR SALE - Genesis Servo-10 sub, Genesis Servo-12 amp; Martin Logan Dynamo sub; Mirage MM-6 sub; Harman Kardon DPR-1001 7.1 receiver -
Welcome to CP! Your setup sounds awesome. I am pretty sure that you will be blown away!Theoretically, biamping your fronts could help.
Not with a receiver. It only has one power supply and you aren't actually getting anymore power
My guess is that that receiver will have enough power to make you happy, especially based on what you're upgrading from.
I think that is probably correct. As long as you don't turn your system up to 90 or 100 dbs, you won't damage your speakers and you will probably love what you hear.
There are several kinds of audio people in the world... those than continually tweak are one time (and comprise a lot of this forum) and those who get things working well and just sit back and enjoy it for years (a lot less of those here--they aren't spending their time on forums). If it sounds good, and you're happy, just enjoy.
I agree that you should enjoy for now. You can always sell that receiver and upgrade down the road if you want, or you may very well be happy with what you have for the foreseeable future.Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
Game Room 5.1.4: Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
Bedroom 2.1 Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer -
Right on! I've work in a speed shop for 20+ yrs and see the same thing in cars. They make so much stuff it's hard to no if you are getting what you need.
