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Gabor
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Hello there, I'm a newcomer with a pair of brand new RTi10. Glad to be part of the forum.
I have a JVC RX-558VBK receiver which I bought back in 2000. It worked just fine with my JBL N28 speakers. When I hooked up the RTi10's I started to notice new instruments on the recordings, well the difference in sound experience is unspeakable.
I am wondering if you could give me some advise on what would be the matching receiver to my speakers?
Also I got 12 gage Monster cable but it turned out that it was too short, so to one of my speakers I had to add another piece to it (just twisted the ends of the wires together). Do you think it wasn't a good idea?
I have a JVC RX-558VBK receiver which I bought back in 2000. It worked just fine with my JBL N28 speakers. When I hooked up the RTi10's I started to notice new instruments on the recordings, well the difference in sound experience is unspeakable.
I am wondering if you could give me some advise on what would be the matching receiver to my speakers?
Also I got 12 gage Monster cable but it turned out that it was too short, so to one of my speakers I had to add another piece to it (just twisted the ends of the wires together). Do you think it wasn't a good idea?
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Gabor, welcome and congratulations on your purchase of the fine RTi10s. Don't worry about finding "the matching receiver", because there is no such thing. Your RTi10s don't have any special requirements and are easily driven by many fine receivers that are available to you at low cost if you decide to replace your current unit. From the great sound that you've experienced it's apparent that you're okay right now from the standpoint of power and it isn't essential to make any replacement. The features on your JVC are somewhat dated and you might consider a new receiver for that reason. Among other features, you could use DPLII to extract the ambience from two-channel material and send it to surround speakers(if you have them)where it belongs. Just to mention two units available for around $350-$400, consider the Onkyo 604 and the Yamaha 659.
As to extending the speaker wire, if you taped the area of the connection so that it's firm and the two conductors don't contact each other, that's fine, although there're more elegant ways to connect two lengths of wire. -
Thank you John, for you great, unbiased advise, I'll definitely check out the receivers that you mentioned.
My recent JVC has a 5.1 decoder. I tried the surround once, years ago, and I wasn't impressed. So I got back to stereo and stuck with it.
Now I have hardwood floor, and little chance to lead the wires to the back speakers, though my old JBL's would be up to the job, I think. -
Receivers (AVR's) are a poor choice for 2 channel. A nice integrated or separates will sound much better.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Receivers don't always equal a poor choice, it depends on what you want to do (feature wise), and how much you can spend.
Cheers,
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The generic answer is that an AVR/Receiver sucks but it just depends on what you choose in the first place. There are a handful of higher end AVR's that simply make that ad nauseum argument silly.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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Yawn.....Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Thank you folks for all your advise. I'm afraid, I have to learn more about amps. I'm not even sure that I could hook one up to my receiver.
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Well if you do decide to upgrade your receiver, make sure that it does have preouts to expand your amplifcation when ready.
Welcome to Club Polk.Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2 -
I had the same JVC receiver that you are using now, but in the past 6 months upgraded to a Harman Kardon AVR-635. There was an absolutely tremendous change in the clarity of the sound and presence of the sound stage. unbelievable. There is a very big difference between the JVC, Sony, Panisonic...etc. receivers that you would buy in Best Buy or Circuit City and the step up to a Dennon, HK, Higher-end Onkyo, etc. I have recently become more infected by this HT bug and plan on expanding to external amps in the next few months.
You will notice a difference every step of the way in this crazy hobby. Enjoy! Oh, and so far the advice that I have gotten from most of the long standing members of this forum has been terrific! Especially the "don't take our word for it...go listen for yourself" advice.HT
RTi70 mains
CSi30 center
RTi28 Rears
Velodyne CHT-12
H/K AVR-247
ADCOM GFA-7000
Samsung PN58B860
Playstation 3
2-Channel
Polk Audio LSi15's
Rotel RCD-1072
Nakamichi CA-5 Pre
ADCOM GFA-555
Signal Cable Analog II IC's
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cfrizz, thank you, I'll look for the preouts.
a mattison, well, at this point I just can't believe that I could improve this sound. But I believe you, I experienced the same thing when I replaced my old battered Sony receiver with this JVC. And you're right, I'll go step by step on improving my setup, enjoying all what a new step can give.
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You're in a special and enviable place right now....
Congrats and continued enjoyment of your new gear.
btw Welcome to the ForumI never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
That Yamaha 659 is real nice for the price of $499.00 that they are selling for.
I was told to stay away from the low cost Denons by the home audio installer at Tweeter but I have never used one so I can't say for sure. I would stay away from stores like Best Buy & C.C. and stay with an honest audio store.
a mattison is right. Most companies make lower level products to sell at lower prices in these stores.Michael
Samsung 50" HD DLP
Yamaha RX-V2500
(2) Outlaw 200
Adcom GFA 555
Sony BDP300
Denon 2900 DVD
Lsi9's mains
Lsi7's rear
Lsic center
12.1 SVS driver in 4.53 cuft. tube
Harmony 880
