what amp to drive my rti10's

jerjon7

budget is of a concern but a decent one with clean power,i am at a lost here as i don't really know anything about amplifiers

wutadumsn23

Budget is always a concern, lol. How much are we talking exactly? Quick list (in no particular order) Emotiva, Adcom, Sunfire. Check your local Craigslist and the FS forum too, there are always deals to be had.

-Jeff

dorokusai

What's your budget? Your question is loaded and none of the **** that will follow can do anything but dance like a pregnant earth muffin high on weed.

You can buy dirt cheap power.

jerjon7

haha, not sure what my budget is becaues i don't know the different levels, i mean i can always save and save, and i am in no hurry, something i guess something that would match my setup quality

Fronts: rti10's
Rears: rti8's
Center: Csi5
subwoofer yet to be determined
receiver: pioneer eliter VSX-21txh

jflail2

dorokusai wrote: »

What's your budget? Your question is loaded and none of the **** that will follow can do anything but dance like a pregnant earth muffin high on weed.
You can buy dirt cheap power.

Best. Quote. Ever. (in my best Simpsons comic book voice)

jerjon7

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sandworms

i have tha 10's hooked to an emotiva xpa3 and some audioquest king cobras, with type 4 speaker cables. this seems to sound very nice depending on what source i use ( ps3 or zune doc... ) naturally some types of music sound much better than others. but the bands that have better production studios sound great. now this weekend i hooked up an adcom 555 that i just bought and i don't hear much difference but it seems i have to go closer to reference volume to get a richer sound than i do with my emotiva. both amps make the rti's sound as good as they can, which for many who have heard them will tell you is not the best speaker for 2ch music, great for ht

comfortablycurt

We can't really tell you much unless you have a budget in mind.

I could suggest an Adcom GFA-545, which can be had for around $150-200...or I could suggest a pair of Pass Labs XA200.5 monoblocks that retail for about $31,000 a pair.

There are also plenty of suggestions at every price point between those two.

Do you want to buy new, or is buying used alright? You can get a much nicer piece for much less money when you buy used.

royalty

Carver tfm 35, can get one used cheap and I am using it to drive MY rti10s, works great.

polrbehr

One more Adcom reco here; I use a GFA555 (bought used, right from here) off of the pre-outs on a Denon 2106, and it really woke those 10s up. It also had the added benefit of taming some of the brightness RTi10s are sometimes known for. And Signal Cable speaker wires helped with that, too.
YMMV, of course.

danz1906

polrbehr wrote: »

One more Adcom reco here; I use a GFA555 (bought used, right from here) off of the pre-outs on a Denon 2106, and it really woke those 10s up. It also had the added benefit of taming some of the brightness RTi10s are sometimes known for. And Signal Cable speaker wires helped with that, too.
YMMV, of course.

Agreed, Adcom amps on the used market is the way to go!