Using a receiver as a amp only

venomclan
venomclan Posts: 2,467
edited April 2004 in Electronics
Hi Guys,
I have 2 older receivers I have laying around that I would like to use to power some surround speakers. The receivers are:
An old Fischer 2-channel stereo receiver, Studio Series (1980's)
An Onkyo THX828 receiver from 1997, I have upgraded to seperates.

I would like to power 2 surround speakers with either one of these, instead of having to buy another amp. I am using an Outlaw 950 pre/pro. Does anyone know how to do this?

When I hooked both of them up and used the CD input, no sound came out. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Jeremy
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited April 2004
    Originally posted by venomclan
    When I hooked both of them up and used the CD input, no sound came out. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
    Best Regards,
    Jeremy

    Did you turn the volume all the way up?
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2004
    Back up the bus!! Why go through the trouble? Hang on to your M-200's and use 'em!.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited April 2004
    Hi Guys,
    I had played around with the volume while watching a movie and played with the test tone. I did hear static when I put my ear to the rear speakers, but no signal came through.

    I think that using the Outlaw monoblocks on each of my surrounds (Polk LS/FX) is overkill because I listen to 95% music and I am not that picky with my surrounds. I do have the Outlaws on there now, sounds great, but I cannot really notice an improvement over when I used just my onkyo alone. I was looking into getting a small 2 channel amp, like a used Audiosource amp 1 would be fine, but if I can use these left over receivers, that would be cool, and free up some storage space in my closet.
    Best Regards,
    Jeremy
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2004
    Obvious thing to try is another input. However, if you got static, something in the circuit is dirty, and possibly the sum of all the dirty contact points is blocking the signal.

    Easiest thing to try (after another input) is with the Receiver(s) powered down, rotate all the switches and pots (Volume, treble, etc.) several times. They are self-cleaning to some extent.

    And I would not turn them all the way up upon restart. Just a nice 11 o'clock position and adjust from there to match levels.

    Hope this helps...
    More later,
    Tour...
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