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ELSock
ELSock Posts: 42
edited May 2008 in Electronics
ok, so i'm new to this whole amp thing,
why do i want one?
what do i use it for? (i'm a noob, sorry)
does it negate the wattage of my receiver or add to it?
what would go good with RM50Ts?

and i think thats it for now.

THX
~ELSock~
Display - Sony 60a2000
AVR - Pioneer Elite 81TXV
Mains - PolkAudio RM50Ts
Center - Polk VM20
Surrounds - Polk RM8's
Rear Surr - Polk RM8's
Sub - Polk DSW600 Pro
Blu-Ray & DVD - PS3
HDDVD - Extinct
Games - Wii, Xbox360, PS3
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  • ELSock
    ELSock Posts: 42
    edited May 2008
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    anyone?
    Display - Sony 60a2000
    AVR - Pioneer Elite 81TXV
    Mains - PolkAudio RM50Ts
    Center - Polk VM20
    Surrounds - Polk RM8's
    Rear Surr - Polk RM8's
    Sub - Polk DSW600 Pro
    Blu-Ray & DVD - PS3
    HDDVD - Extinct
    Games - Wii, Xbox360, PS3
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited May 2008
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    If your reciever doesn't have preamp outputs, an amp will do you no good unless you buy a seperate preamp. Recievers are preamp, tuner and power amp combinations. Most people go to seperate componants (preamp and power amp) to get more power than the majority of recievers offer. Depending on what reciever you have, it may have enough power to drive you speakers with no problems. If you have clipping problems with your current reciever when driving your speakers at high volumn levels, you need to go to either a more powerful reciever or seperates.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2008
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    Tell us what your system consists of so that we can give you more info.

    You might also get more answers now that it is NOT the middle of the night!:D
    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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  • ELSock
    ELSock Posts: 42
    edited May 2008
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    ah good point on the middle of the night.... didn' think of that... i figure i'm up, everyone is, I'm running two RM50Ts as my mains with a vm20 center, rm8's for my side and rear surrounds, and a dsw 600 pro sub... i'm powering them all with a pioneer elite 81txv receiver that claims to put out 110 watts per channel..
    thx again for the help.
    Display - Sony 60a2000
    AVR - Pioneer Elite 81TXV
    Mains - PolkAudio RM50Ts
    Center - Polk VM20
    Surrounds - Polk RM8's
    Rear Surr - Polk RM8's
    Sub - Polk DSW600 Pro
    Blu-Ray & DVD - PS3
    HDDVD - Extinct
    Games - Wii, Xbox360, PS3
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
    edited May 2008
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    I would suggest upgrading the front 3 speakers before diving into an amp.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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