Need Suggestion: AVR-310 / RTi38

chenj16
chenj16 Posts: 148
edited December 2003 in Speakers
Hi everyone,

Here's my current HT setup:

Receiver: H/K AVR-310
Front: RTi38
Center: CS100
Rear: Pioneer S-CR505
Subwoofer: None

I have had this system for a while, since the amp's rated output is only 50watts x 5 and 60watts x 2 in stereo mode, is it ok in HT aspect as well as stereo listening aspect?
Thanks in advance and please forgive my poor english...

Jia
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited December 2003
    how is 6 channels stereo? im confused about how much wattage it has, but anyway that doesnt matter. the amount of watts are deceiving. i have a luxman receiver that is rated at 70 wpc i think. i then have an aiwa receiver that is rated at 100 wpc. now this should technically make the aiwa better right? wrong the luxman will eat the aiwa alive. it will play louder and cleaner then the aiwa could ever dream of. your receiver sounds fine for the speakers you have. h/k seems to conservatively rate their receivers neway.
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  • chenj16
    chenj16 Posts: 148
    edited December 2003
    oops, it was a typo, should be 60wpc in stereo mode.
    thanks for the reply airplay! cause I heard about that not nough power will fry my RTi38 since it's rated 150w power handling?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2003
    Chen - You will not "fry" your RTi38's. 60wpc is not "low" in relation to the RTi38's power handling capabilities.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • chenj16
    chenj16 Posts: 148
    edited December 2003
    the living room is about 23"x14", will the current set be fine(loud enough)? or should I upgrade to RTi8 or RTi10 as fronts and make RTi38 as rear?
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  • Fireman99
    Fireman99 Posts: 129
    edited December 2003
    Going to all Polk speakers is going to "timber match" the sound from all your speakers. As for is the 38's enough that depends on how loud you listen to your system. But to get a louder system your need to double your recevers output to make a noticable diffrence. IE you have 5 x 50 wpc to notice a (3db louder I think) you need to double the power 5 x 100 wpc.
    Hope this helps a little
    Dan
    Recever AVR 8000
    Amp PA 4000
    CDR 26
    Mains RTI 150 Bi wired
    Center CSI 40 Bi wired
    Surround FXI 30
    Rear RTI 4
    Sub PSW 140
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  • chenj16
    chenj16 Posts: 148
    edited December 2003
    how much louder does it make to my ears with +3db?
    btw, should I set it to small in AVR speaker setup menu?
    thanks!
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited December 2003
    Your receiver should be just fine given your setup as it stands to date. Since you don't have a subwoofer, I would set the RTi38's to large, and the center to small.

    If you decide to add a subwoofer, and there are people here to offer suggestions in that regard, you could get another pair of RTi38's (for rears) and upgrade your center to a CSi20 or CSi30. That would be a nice upgrade path, I think. Nothing wrong with your setup right now, but that wouldn't be a bad system upgrade path.

    Two Channel Setup:

    Speakers: Wharfedale Opus 2-3
    Integrated Amp: Krell S-300i
    DAC: Arcam irDac
    Source: iMac
    Remote Control: iPad Mini

    3.2 Home Theater Setup:

    Fronts: Klipsch RP-160M
    Center: Klipsch RP-160M
    Subwoofer: SVS PB12NSD (X 2)
    AVR: Yamaha Aventage RX-A2030
    Blu Ray: Sony BDP-S790
    TV Source: DirecTV Genie
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  • gatemplin
    gatemplin Posts: 1,595
    edited December 2003
    The Harman AVR receivers are plenty powerful as others have said. There is no need to worry about damaging the speakers with that amp. I agree with Loud that you should set the 38s to large and all others to small and sub set to no. Three dB is about the smallest audible difference. It is often said that 10 dBs louder sounds like twice as loud.
    Graham
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