Powering A7

Dhlwtu
Dhlwtu Posts: 7
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Hi guys, would the Marantz SR6008 be able to drive the A7's and do them justice or am I shooting for the stars with a pellet gun?
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    A lot of factors here.

    How big is your room?
    Listening habit? Home theater/Music?
    How loud do you normally listen?
    Do you have a subwoofer? If so, how big?
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,779
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    Dhlwtu wrote: »
    Hi guys, would the Marantz SR6008 be able to drive the A7's and do them justice or am I shooting for the stars with a pellet gun?

    The Marantz SR6008 can drive the Polk Audio SR6008's reasonably well.

    What does that even mean? Copy and paste gone bad?

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  • Dhlwtu
    Dhlwtu Posts: 7
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    A lot of factors here.

    How big is your room?
    Listening habit? Home theater/Music?
    How loud do you normally listen?
    Do you have a subwoofer? If so, how big?

    Room is approx 15*25
    I'd say 70 music 30 home theater
    Never listening more then 70% of max power
    Want to get PSW125 12" sub

    I want to buy the speakers but I already own the amp.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,779
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    Dhlwtu wrote: »
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    A lot of factors here.

    How big is your room?
    Listening habit? Home theater/Music?
    How loud do you normally listen?
    Do you have a subwoofer? If so, how big?

    Room is approx 15*25
    I'd say 70 music 30 home theater
    Never listening more then 70% of max power
    Want to get PSW125 12" sub

    I want to buy the speakers but I already own the amp.

    The PSW505 would be a better choice for a sub for a similar price.
    The DSW PRO 660 would be even better.
    Where are you located?

    No offense to Polk but for $650 there are better sub options...
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    The Polk Audio DSW PRO 660 is currently available from Polk Audio for approx. $450 with free delivery.
    That's a good price, and the 660 is a solid player. I also like the Sunfire SDS-12, which might be found for a bit less.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited December 2015
    Dhlwtu wrote: »
    Room is approx 15*25
    I'd say 70 music 30 home theater
    Never listening more then 70% of max power
    Want to get PSW125 12" sub

    I want to buy the speakers but I already own the amp.

    That's a good sized room, you'll need a big sub for HT use.

    An AVR is never going to perform as well as dedicated stereo gear for music even with an external amp as then the pre amp section of the AVR becomes the limiting factor.

    You've never had it at 70%...would have been clipping like a m0f0.

    If you want a Polk sub, get the DSW Pro 660wi. Otherwise, there are many other good choices.
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  • Dhlwtu
    Dhlwtu Posts: 7
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    Dhlwtu wrote: »
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    A lot of factors here.

    How big is your room?
    Listening habit? Home theater/Music?
    How loud do you normally listen?
    Do you have a subwoofer? If so, how big?

    Room is approx 15*25
    I'd say 70 music 30 home theater
    Never listening more then 70% of max power
    Want to get PSW125 12" sub

    I want to buy the speakers but I already own the amp.

    The PSW505 would be a better choice for a sub for a similar price.
    The DSW PRO 660 would be even better.
    Where are you located?

    I live in Toronto Canada. I checked out the PSW505 and it's about the same price so I'm leaning towards that.

    Here's a real dumb newbie question, please don't laugh....What are the terminals on the back of the sub for? Would I wire the A7's into my SR6008 or the sub woofer?

    Thx for all your help guys!
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  • Dhlwtu
    Dhlwtu Posts: 7
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    There are probably some good Boxing week sales going on.
    The terminals at the back of the subwoofer are used to allow speaker level inputs from the receiver or amp to the subwoofer, then back out to the speaker. They are there because many two channel receivers do not have a low level RCA subwoofer output for the subwoofer, so the right-left speaker level outputs are used instead. You don't ned to do this with your receiver.

    You would wire your RTiA7 speakers to the respective left and right front channel speaker outputs on your receiver.

    Thanks a lot for explaining that. So with my Marantz SR6008 I would just wire the A7's directly into my receiver and use RCA from sub to receiver.
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