Monitor 70 opinions please

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  • LloydBraun
    LloydBraun Posts: 36
    edited February 2020
    Double tap. Sorry.
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  • LloydBraun
    LloydBraun Posts: 36
    I have an SVS PB-12 arriving tomorrow. Do not underestimate my ability to spend money. Haha
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    These guys wouldn't talk to me until I spent thousands and thousands of dollars.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,302
    Shut up Bruce
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    See, and they still won't talk to me!
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  • LloydBraun
    LloydBraun Posts: 36
    I’m working on it!
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  • busdriver850
    busdriver850 Posts: 20
    I had the same question about more power to the 70s. My Onkyo reciever puts out 80 watts per channel which is fine for watching movies but I like listening to my music in 2 channel stereo and its not loud enough .
    I'm not sure about connections. My reciever has pre outs for a 2nd zone amplifier . Can I get a 2 channel amp with more power and hook the 70s up to that and my reciever at the same time ? Does it work like that ? Also if that's possible could my subwoofer be used at the same time ?
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    busdriver850 wrote: »
    I had the same question about more power to the 70s. My Onkyo reciever puts out 80 watts per channel which is fine for watching movies but I like listening to my music in 2 channel stereo and its not loud enough .
    I'm not sure about connections. My reciever has pre outs for a 2nd zone amplifier . Can I get a 2 channel amp with more power and hook the 70s up to that and my reciever at the same time ? Does it work like that ? Also if that's possible could my subwoofer be used at the same time ?

    Unfortunately no. You need a receiver with lr preouts. Most will have preouts for all channels if any, a few like the marantz NR line and some pioneer elite models 2.1 preouts (mains and sub). So, you have to upgrade the avr to get more power...sorry
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  • busdriver850
    busdriver850 Posts: 20
    Guess its a line out connection. If that makes a difference.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Has to be main preouts otherwise it won’t work with the other channels or the sub
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  • LloydBraun
    LloydBraun Posts: 36
    ^^^This. I toyed with the idea of adding an amp to my Yamaha, until I checked, and no pre-outs.
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  • K_Fulk
    K_Fulk Posts: 9
    I have had a set of 70s and a couple sets of 60s in my surround system for a few years. In my experience the 60s are better if you are just going to run off an AVR or Best Buy receiver. When I picked up a Denon 2400 it really woke up my 70s. A while later I picked up some Denon 6600 monoblocks and they got even clearer and had a lot more bass. Then replacing the AVR for the dap2500 preamp cleaned things up a lot more. I really think you need at least 250 watts to push them to their potential.
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  • mcphatty00
    mcphatty00 Posts: 47
    Honestly, I have learned, rather quickly, there's no reason to spend thousands. 😉
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