Amplifier Advice

Dot40
Dot40 Posts: 29
edited January 2007 in Electronics
Hello! I currently have 2 rti10s, 2 fxi5, and a csi5 center... Right now it sounds pretty good, but I love playing my movies on the louder side and blew a tweeter on one of my towers. I was pretty discouraged because I didn't think the tweeter would blow due to the volume of the movie (it wasn't THAT loud). Is this a result of trying to play my movies loud without proper power? I am powering them with a Denon 2807 and thought 110w was enough. If it is a power problem, I was looking at the Outlaw 2200... is this a good choice? I was thinking of purchasing 3 of these to power my fronts and center, but do the fxi5s need an amp to each as well? Also is there another amp in the $1200 price range you'd recommend for my current setup? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

-Adam
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited January 2007
    Adam,

    Of course what loud is just to subjective, however, adding a seperate amp is generally held as a good thing. Denon makes pretty good receivers, I would say you need an amp though, the Outlaw products are used by many members here and most like them just fine, their are lots of amplifiers to choose from but I would think that Outlaw would be a good match to your rig provided that Denon has pre-outs. I use a seven channel amp @ 200 watts per channel (how about that Frizz) sorry, insider joke, the surrounds do not need a seperate amp to play movie tracks, but if you want to it sure is not going to hurt anything and will give you slightly better sound, synergy, look cool, make you the envy of your buds, let you blast it, and on and on, so if you want to like Nike says "just do it", its your rig.

    You can call Polk and get a new tweeter, there Customer Service is excellent, just dont mention me as I owe them money!!! just kidding. If you bought the 10's from a dealer they will just send you one, if not mention you are a member here and you get a discount.

    Enjoy your speakers and Welcome to the Club, its a great place to hang out.

    RT1

    RT1
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited January 2007
    Supporting SS again Tube Man?

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited January 2007
    I have always used sand amps. But this will change, I want a SET rig.

    Tubes Rule.

    RT1
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited January 2007
    Welcome Adam! Great system you've got there.

    Very good Ted!

    Outlaw makes good bang for the buck amps. I used to have a monoblock powering my center channel.

    I would suggest getting one of their 5 channel amps. It saves space & outlets.

    Or you can check out Audiogon for a Rotel, Parasound, Sunfire 5 channel amp in the 200wpc catagory.
    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
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited January 2007
    You may also want to look into Carver amps. To me, they sound better than the outlaws and have a little more power/$. Carver amps are pretty much the same circuitry as the sunfire amps. The sunfires just have a little more refinement than Carver.

    If you can afford the parasound or sunfire route, I would go that way
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Dot40
    Dot40 Posts: 29
    edited January 2007
    Thank you all for the good advice. I think I will take the Outlaw route and get 5 to be done with it... for a month until I crave more power! Thanks!
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