In your opinion, with this amplifier, does the sound from the 7 connected home theater speaker sounds louder or clearer? i.e. if using a receiver (with pre-outs), if a certain volume level is set with the speakers connected to the receiver would the sound appear louder or clearer than at the same volume level with the amplifier connected to the speakers instead? In your opinion, with this amplifier, does the sound from the 7 connected home theater speaker sounds louder or clearer? i.e. if using a receiver (with pre-outs), if a certain volume level is set... » Read More In your opinion, with this amplifier, does the sound from the 7 connected home theater speaker sounds louder or clearer? i.e. if using a receiver (with pre-outs), if a certain volume level is set with the speakers connected to the receiver would the sound appear louder or clearer than at the same volume level with the amplifier connected to the speakers instead? « Show Less
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I have the Emotiva amp connected to the output of a Yamaha receiver. The amp sounds pretty clear, but I would not say it is louder. One of the main reasons I got the amp was to drive my 4-ohm speakers. The amp itself (if I recall) need somewhat higher input voltage to amplify, but loudness is adequate for my room.
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I am using the amp with the Yamaha 775 pre outs, and it is not louder but cleaner, especially at higher volumes.
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If your receiver is pushing more watts per channel then this amp will not be louder. But the quality of sound produced by the Emotiva will more than likely be a large improvement, unless you own a high-end receiver (normally costing thousands of dollars).
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Yes. I am using the amp with the Yamaha 3030 pre outs and the amp takes the pressure off of the receiver. I do feel like its more loud and clear. The Emotiva amp is high quality and worth every penny in my opinion.
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This amp puts out a 100 watts per channel @ 8 ohms. Your volume control is in your pre-amp, for difference volume and delays for each speaker. this unit is not a class a, a/b, but act like one. it's a step volume, but stay clear at high peak before clipping. It's best to use speakers with the same ohms, but you don't really have too. This why the separate volume comes in, and most rooms are not perfect. Placement of speakers are more important than the unit that power them....
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Hi, I have my Emotiva UPA-700 connected to a Marantz SR6007 Home Theater AV Receiver. I felt that the sound is not louder, but it is clearer. I tested it to see if it was worth keeping the Emotiva. I felt it was worth it. Also, as an FYI - Since I have 4 ohm impedance Dynaudio speakers I decided to go with a separate amp to protect my receiver. The thing that surprised me the most was my volume level is at about the 2/3rd level. (With my earlier Yamaha receiver without any amp, it was usually at the 1/4th level).
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Both. I'm using with an Onkyo TX-NR 717 and it has made it as good as a top on the line AV receiver that costs 5-6K. I was so impressed with the Emotiva product I bought their 1800 Watt model which costs $1600. This should make my set-up far more powerful and with much better fidelity than any stand alone AV receiver -- regardless of the price.
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Dear Steven, three questions to you would be: 1. Will you use a sub-woofer and a center speaker?2. Will you do this and also add two Pioneer speakers for the rear, and 3. will you only use the Pioneers for the front? Actually, all three cases will be fine, if you have more than twenty watts power or so for the fronts and not too many sound absorbing rugs and window curtains. I have found the two Pioneer speakers to do very well with movie dialogue when I got rid (!!!) of my 5.1 receiver!!! I actually enjoy my movies as stereo! What objections this will raise from some! Yours, Churchorganist. Dear Steven, three questions to you would be: 1. Will you use a sub-woofer and a center speaker?2. Will you do this and also add two Pioneer speakers for the rear, and 3. will you only use the Pioneers for the front? Actually, all three cases will be fine, if you have more than twenty watts power or so for the fronts and not too many sound absorbing rugs and window curtains. I have found the two Pioneer speakers to do very well with movie dialogue when I got rid (!!!) of my 5.1 receiver!!! I actually enjoy my movies as stereo! What objections this will raise from some! Yours, Churchorganist.
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The receiver, using the supplied microphone, will balance the levels from the various speakers for best listening results. Unless you are operating the unit at very loud levels, most listening environments do not use over about 1-2 watts of output. Your speakers appear to be able to stand very high power levels, so they would not be the issue. Do make sure that the receiver has adequate ventilation, especially if you really like to crank up the sound levels. 8 ohm speakers will work fine with the receiver. Just make sure that the connections are good and that there are no wire strands that could short across between the + output and the - output for each channel. The receiver, using the supplied microphone, will balance the levels from the various speakers for best listening results. Unless you are operating the unit at very loud levels, most listening environments do not use over about 1-2 watts of output. Your speakers appear to be able to stand very high power levels, so they would not be the issue. Do make sure that the receiver has adequate ventilation, especially if you really like to crank up the sound levels. 8 ohm speakers will work fine with the receiver. Just make sure that the connections are good and that there are no wire strands that... » Read More The receiver, using the supplied microphone, will balance the levels from the various speakers for best listening results. Unless you are operating the unit at very loud levels, most listening environments do not use over about 1-2 watts of output. Your speakers appear to be able to stand very high power levels, so they would not be the issue. Do make sure that the receiver has adequate ventilation, especially if you really like to crank up the sound levels. 8 ohm speakers will work fine with the receiver. Just make sure that the connections are good and that there are no wire strands that could short across between the + output and the - output for each channel. « Show Less
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Bill, I doubt anything "went wrong", but the Yamaha may not deal with potential impedance differences between your main speakers and your sub. Luckily, Yamaha allows you to set up levels for each set of speakers (front, center, back, sub) from within the setup menus. Using the remote, do the following:setup -> speaker -> level -> scroll down to "sub" and raise the level (default is flat (0db)) until you like how it sounds. hope this helps,gfd
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i have this receiver and love it. I power 3 zones with it. All you need is speakers for zone 2 and 3. No additional amplifiers needed as all 3 zones are powered by the receiver itself. if you run 2 sets of speakers per zone, make sure your speakers have an impedance matching the receivers impedance. Do your research about how to connect them to not generate the wrong impedance. Connect speakers in series: add up impedance and you are on the safe side. If your wiring does not allow to connect them in series, make sure each of the 2 speakers you connect in parallel have double the impedance than the minimum impedance your receiver can support. Example: minimum impedance 8Ohms means you could either run 2 speakers each 4 ohms or higher in series (totals to 8 Ohms or higher) OR 2 speakers 16 ohms or higher in parallel (totals 8 ohms or higher).
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Hi,Am in the same boat. Other differences I see are receiver is 6ohm for 6200 vs. 8ohm for 5300 with speakers being 6 ohms...somewhere read that 6 ohm driving 8ohm is not that good..(I am not a techy)Any of you decided yet?Also does anyone like the sexy Energy 5.1 speaker set (will have to buy receiver separately)...any comparisons?
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i set up the "before" receiver, which was just an older onkyo 2-channel stereo receiver, and the new receiver (820). the 820 sounds good, but it doesn't sound as full, nor as deep, as the onkyo. i think it must just have internal settings that don't allow it to send those deepest bass tones to the front speakers, because i tweaked every possible thing. i appreciate the help though...and i've definitely had the wires crossed before as well -- makes a huge difference
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Andrew:>Here's the problem: the stupid Pioneer certainly has 7.1 OUTPUTS to the 7 speakers and the sub, but the INPUTS are only 5.1You can still use the 7.1 outputs to the 5.1 inputs; just don't use surround back left and surround back right.
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Hi, I don't know how the A-7 sounds ( I would enjoy to hear your amp); but the UPA-200 sounds very good. I connected a pair of KEF Q-500 and the power and transparency is awesome; I liked more than a valve amp class A that I had in the past with the same speakers; the UPA-200 sounds more neutral, with more dynamics, and also I have never turned on the volume more than level 4 (in a scale from 0 to 10). I think you will not be disappointed with this amp; it is really an audiophile gem.
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I went through a steep and maybe incomplete learning curve when I wanted to add multiple speaker pairs to my setup but I do not believe you have to have speakers to all of the inputs for 8 ohm output. This switch is auto impedance matching. My system is 4 ohm amplifier and I've had 1, 2, 3 and 4 pairs of speakers connected at various times and have never had 6 pairs, the switch has worked great and I use it all the time when I am at home. One thing I would caution on is that while description says that you can use two sources at the same time I've found that you get bleeding from one source to the other side. I went through a steep and maybe incomplete learning curve when I wanted to add multiple speaker pairs to my setup but I do not believe you have to have speakers to all of the inputs for 8 ohm output. This switch is auto impedance matching. My system is 4 ohm amplifier and I've had 1, 2, 3 and 4 pairs of speakers connected at various times and have never had 6 pairs, the switch has worked great and I use it all the time when I am at home. One thing I would caution on is that while description says that you can use two sources at the same time I've found that you get bleeding from one source... » Read More I went through a steep and maybe incomplete learning curve when I wanted to add multiple speaker pairs to my setup but I do not believe you have to have speakers to all of the inputs for 8 ohm output. This switch is auto impedance matching. My system is 4 ohm amplifier and I've had 1, 2, 3 and 4 pairs of speakers connected at various times and have never had 6 pairs, the switch has worked great and I use it all the time when I am at home. One thing I would caution on is that while description says that you can use two sources at the same time I've found that you get bleeding from one source to the other side. « Show Less
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I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the audio output is not controlled by the volume setting on the TV. I use the volume on the external receiver/amplifier. I have big speakers, so I set the sound on the TV to Mute and just use the big sound. I should add, I do this for Movies, I do not watch regular TV. It is pretty awesome for movies. I have 4 12" and 4 10" woofers, then mids, tweeters, and horns. So it is quite engulfing. Car races and airplanes have the sound going across the room. Makes one feel like they are in the middle of it. On another note, another person has color setting up on the comments, and I went in and set mine to these values, and wow, what a beautiful picture.
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I wish that I could help you out. I'm using the speaker's from the home theater system that I already had hooked up. There are 100watt wall and ceiling shelve size speaker's. I do believe that the speaker's you do use, will have to be speaker's for surround,(FL>Center>FR>RL>RR&gt;) for 5.1 system. The rear speaker's are also known as(SL>SR). If you use just any kind of speaker's, like for stereo. Then you wont get the separation, any true affect of surround sound. I wish that I could help you out more, and hope that this will help you some what. Nick I wish that I could help you out. I'm using the speaker's from the home theater system that I already had hooked up. There are 100watt wall and ceiling shelve size speaker's. I do believe that the speaker's you do use, will have to be speaker's for surround,(FL>Center>FR>RL>RR&gt;) for 5.1 system. The rear speaker's are also known as(SL>SR). If you use just any kind of speaker's, like for stereo. Then you wont get the separation, any true affect of surround sound. I wish that I could help you out more, and hope that this will help you some what. Nick
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You do not power a sub through preamp. Your sub is powered when you plug it in a wall socket. the recieverdoes not drive the sub it drives itself whereas, the other speakers are driven by the receiver which can notgive enough power to 5 or 7 speakers they each want. It is better to over power than underpower speakers.
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I still tried - adjusted the receiver and TV - now when i increase the TV volume and if the receiver is on - it increases the receiver volume with the same TV remote - so definitely the TV and receiver are linked - but still i don't hear the tv sound - I assigned a AV port 4 and i cant listen anything on that port 4 on the receiver. the analog sound out from tv goes to 2 and when i switch the receiver to port 2 - i hear the sound.
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A/V Guru: I was wondering if you could elaborate on the core differences between the Onkyo HT-S3300 and the Denon DHT-391XP. I currently only have an Xbox 360 and a HD cable box, and am looking for a system that can handle those two components as well as (which is the actual reason for getting the system) my music (via computer and Ipod). As this is the main reason for investing in a system, I would prefer to have a quality base setup. Looks like the Onkyo has a few more features on the receiver, and I was wondering if you could let me know why those are there (pretty naive on this whole subject, sorry). I see that the Onkyo has the "green, blue, and red" input cords like those that come from the Xbox, while the Denon does not. And the sony receivers systems in this price range seem to be much sleeker (but input wise more similar to the denon). So does it sound like I actually need all of the extra inputs that the Onkyo offers? And with all this in mind do you have recommendation
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I have an Onkyo 6.1-channel 3d bluetooth soundbar w/subwoofer paired with my 55GA7900. My room is slightly smaller than yours (by 2 ft, at the most), and that sound bar FILLS the room with sound. I was a little hesitant to even purchase a sound-bar at first considering I'm so used to the traditional 5.1 set up with the actual 5 speakers, but when they say 6.1, that's no joke, truly does a fantastic job of re-creating a true 6.1 surround experience. Subwoofer kicks major bass, it's adjustable (which not all sound-bar subs are), and it's wireless, which is a major plus. I would strongly recommend that one. I have an Onkyo 6.1-channel 3d bluetooth soundbar w/subwoofer paired with my 55GA7900. My room is slightly smaller than yours (by 2 ft, at the most), and that sound bar FILLS the room with sound. I was a little hesitant to even purchase a sound-bar at first considering I'm so used to the traditional 5.1 set up with the actual 5 speakers, but when they say 6.1, that's no joke, truly does a fantastic job of re-creating a true 6.1 surround experience. Subwoofer kicks major bass, it's adjustable (which not all sound-bar subs are), and it's wireless, which is a major plus. I would strongly... » Read More I have an Onkyo 6.1-channel 3d bluetooth soundbar w/subwoofer paired with my 55GA7900. My room is slightly smaller than yours (by 2 ft, at the most), and that sound bar FILLS the room with sound. I was a little hesitant to even purchase a sound-bar at first considering I'm so used to the traditional 5.1 set up with the actual 5 speakers, but when they say 6.1, that's no joke, truly does a fantastic job of re-creating a true 6.1 surround experience. Subwoofer kicks major bass, it's adjustable (which not all sound-bar subs are), and it's wireless, which is a major plus. I would strongly recommend that one. « Show Less
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Well when I was looking for a receiver I asked the same question to a tech who said to consider Yamaha as an authority in sound reproduction as they are known for best choice for musicians from keyboards to speakers they are the best and so it shows the same high quality in their receivers. I purchased a 7.1 reciver and I am very happy with the sound quality. Hope this helps