Rtia3's followed me home on the cheap I need help

gudnoyez

I went to American to get another PSW 111 and a pair of Rtia1's as the going out of business sale was winding down, plus my buddy called me yesterday and said pickings were slim. I got there Psw 111's sold out, ok get to the speaker section see a Rtia1 all by itself said last pair $108 ea told the guy to go get the other one. He was gone for quite sometime came back to tell me he cant find the other one, if I would be interested in the a3's last pair new in box for 139.97 ea.

I told him no not really already have A3's was looking for the A1's for sides, I walked away uninterested he then said take them off our hands and I will throw in a Blu ray player, I was gonna get them anyways so I said sold and brought them home. I do think I need some help though

gudnoyez

Here is the receipt just in case someone says no way. So they tried to sell me a Yamaha Avantage 1030 for $ 799.00 as I need a new AVR with 4K pass capabilities, I think now with two pair of A3's and a Pair of A5's and a CSIa6 I will need a 3 channel amp
to power all those properly, even if I get the Denon 4520ci at 150 wpc still wont do the job so I just put myself in another dilemma. ;(

gudnoyez

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_642SR7008/Marantz-SR7008.html?showAll=N&search=marantz_7008&skipvs=T

So I'm thinking about this over the Yamaha, what would be a good 3 channel amp to go along with this 7008 as I think its power might run out of steam pushing all them RTIa's.

rpf65

You can get the Marantz, factory refurb, at accessories4less for $1350, or the Yamaha 3030 for $1500. May want to consider it, both will run all your speakers just fine.

ken brydson

I'd look into the Pioneer SC series as well....

gudnoyez

ken brydson wrote: »

I'd look into the Pioneer SC series as well....

I considered I listened to some Vienna Acoustics Mozart Baby Grands with a SC77 and the 7008 after the Demo the guy said what you think I said awesome sounding speakers and they sound best with the Marantz he smiled and said I figured you would say that the Marantz though less powered sounded the best on those Viennas he told me they sell more 7008s than the SC77's, so I'am trying to decide on the 7008 and the Denon 4520ci, kind of a hard decision. I still think either of those with a 3 channel amp will sound pretty darn good I guess I need to search for a 3 channel amp unless. You think either of those will power three pair of Rtias and a CsiA6, pretty sure running 2 Psw 111s will help. Any suggestions on a 3 channel amp say $ 1000 max?

drummer86

If you're comfortable used try tracking down a Parasound HCA-1203 or HCA-2003. Honestly, 5 channel amps are much easier to find IMO and wouldn't cost all that much more.

http://app.audiogon.com/listings/multi-ch-parasound-john-curl-designed-amp-thx-5-channel-hca-2205a-amplifier-near-san-francisco-2014-03-10-amplifiers-94403

http://app.audiogon.com/listings/multi-ch-b-k-reference-7250-series-ii-reference-7250-series-ii-375wpc-2014-03-12-amplifiers-28031

http://app.audiogon.com/listings/multi-ch-parasound-hca-2003a-2014-03-10-amplifiers-23235

http://app.audiogon.com/listings/multi-ch-sunfire-cinema-grand-200-5-2014-03-10-amplifiers-19720-manor-de

gudnoyez

Is it common to run a 5 channel amp with an AVR running a 7.1? Looks like some good deals by the way thanks.