Reviewers seem to have varying opinions about quality of the Tuner as well as to whether the 300BL has enough power to drive Floor-Standing speakers?
210509
I have the r-s500. Check the specs on the Yamaha site for the 300. If it has 90-100 watts per channel it will drive any speaker.
210510
I cannot speak about the tuner section only, being as I only bought it to use as a complete receiver for a bedroom radio. I never used it with a turntable or CD player. The fact is I spent a large part of my life as an audio high end enthusiast. I found the unit to be very clean sounding, but NOT a musical piece of equipment. I returned it after a few days.
210511
Sorry but mine was DOA. It was returned and a replacement of same model requested. It too was DOA. I never got to try it but bought the Onkyo instead. It feeds video directly from DirecTV to HDMI TV (Sharp Acquos) and audio to the Onkyo unit and to my very fine Onkyo receiver. A few problems understanding the proper speaker hookup were quickly solved by a phone call to Onkyo tech service, a rare phenomenon indeed these days!
210512
I can't speak to the quality of the tuner as I don't use that aspect of the unit. I have a Pioneer open reel, A Denon 3 head cassette, a Pioneer CD, a Sony direct drive turntable, and the Yamaha iPod interface with a 2nd gen Nano and all sources sound great. I am driving a pair on Jensen floor speakers with dual 8 inch woofers, a 4 inch midrange speaker and a 1 inch tweeter. Don' t know the watt rating , sorry. Also driving a pair of Infinity bookshelf speakers. To me, the 50 watts this unit puts out is more than enough to power this combination.
210513
I would move up to more power for floor standing speakers. Odds are you'll bottom out with this receiver.
210514
I would not recommend this for large speakers, i have Polk bookshelfs and subwoofer i can wake the neighbors......
1186814
i had a sherwood rx4109 when i bought the speakers. but it's also a tuner, probably not what you need
700587
I too have hardwood floors and am pushing with a Yamaha RX-V series tuner/amp. It is definitely more than adequate for our large vaulted great room. However, if you have carpeting, you may want to opt for a "front firing" sub as the bottom firing PSW 121 may be somewhat subdued by the carpet.
430077
I think the match is acceptable... At the same time a more powerful amp will sure do better. I was hoping for more "umph". Im going to try the speakers with a more powerful amp to see if theres any difference.
139728
Generally speaking, you should get a better antenna before trying to amp a relatively poor one. Modern tuners are fairly sensitive so on a short run your concern is usually too low a signal to noise ratio, so by using a better antenna you should have higher SNR before amplifying it if that is even needed.
1559082
John I happen to own both tuners. I would say they are about equal in terms of sound quality. It's a matter of design and looks. You really can't go wrong with either one. If in doubt order both and keep the one you think sounds best to you.
2161311
This is a case of Marantz trying to appeal to the " more power" part of the world. A more careful read of this spec shows this rating was measured at 6 ohms @ 1KHz. Not your "typical" measurement. At a more realistic power rating, the THD would read considerably less. Figure at 8 ohms it will be under 1%. Paired with a quality & efficient pair of bookshelf speakers & you have a very nice sounding system. I have found it to be very smooth and it has plenty of power to fill the space I'm using it in.
271018
My comment is that I agree that underpowered receivers or amps will easily damage your speakers. I learned the hard way when I was a teenager 25 years ago and the receivers I used then blew tweeters. Then I bought a Carver amp and felt the difference. At this time, I have Carver amps driving L/R/C/Sub Channels on my system. It is safer to have a 250RMS Watts per channel amp than a 40watt receiver. Of course if the Low Frequency Driver is damaged, obviously it was defective.
2250346
I'm not a technical person but I do know I've hooked up three 12s 1200watt subs and it holds up nicely never whimpers out and I've played all kinds of music....hope this helps in your decision
362326
The clean channel sounds good. The 30 watts is great for small venues but for larger rooms it would be best to mic the amp thru a PA system.
391371
Hi AHA-1211, Thanks for the question. This soundbar for TV has a 8" wireless subwoofer where the 3000 has a 6.5" woofer. The soundbar in the 5000 has 2 more mid range drivers for a total of 8 speakers where the 300 has a total of 6 speakers. Total wattage is more, in the 5000 to drive the bigger sub and more speakers in the soundbar. Owners say the 5000 does outperform the 3000, especially if filling a large room or more volume and bass is desired. Contact AV-Express for more information.
1835786
Boss is very great! I have one so do my brothers and none of us have ever had any problems with them. And they can handle a good amount of watts. I have two 2100 max subs and they sound great. And boss is pretty cheap.
849057
Absolutely. I love it. It is finicky on tuning. But I would highly recommend it.
2238221
Maybe too much power. Difficult to get rms figures for the amp but I reckon 300w per channel works. The amp seems quite happy driving one cabinet with one channel only. You can always use the second channel for a second cab should you ever get one. BTW. Amp still going strong. No problems.
1101187
Hi,In my opinion it really depends on how hard you intend to drive them. If you are planning to drive them hard then you may want to consider a 90W so that it doesn't distort as easily as a 40W. If your only playing them at normal listening levels then I think it would be fine.
391370
Hi AHA-1211,Thanks for the question. This soundbar for TV has a 8" wireless subwoofer where the 3000 has a 6.5" woofer. The soundbar in the 5000 has 2 more mid range drivers for a total of 8 speakers where the 300 has a total of 6 speakers. Total wattage is more, in the 5000 to drive the bigger sub and more speakers in the soundbar. Owners say the 5000 does outperform the 3000, especially if filling a large room or more volume and bass is desired. Contact AV-Express for more information.
2255455
Hi I used it with really good results with a couple of small "JBL Control One" speakers and they did work fine, even though their sensitivity is on the lower side at just 87dB/W/m. Some speakers with higher sensitivity would even give you more volume. I think this little baby is capable of driving to a good level a small system if you are not unrealistic with your expectations. I myself have moved on to a "NAD D3020" but that is another ball park. But I am not getting rid of the TP30, I do like it.