Would two (only ones to be used) sound good with a 70's-80's type receiver, such as Pioneer or Toshiba?
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I have them powered by a pioneer sa 510. 30w per channel. Not really impressed honestly. I'd buy something else.
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Yes. I am using two with a Yamaha intergrated amp. Plus I am using the Hafler hookup; using two small speakers on top of the Pioneers. You aim them at the ceiling using the difference signal from the amp. On the small speakers, wire the L+ and R+ of the stereo amp to the + of both small speakers. Then connect the L and R negs together on the small speakers and you have live sound. Better than Dolby
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Buy a vintage stereo receiver with a headphone jack and phono input. Preferably a mid to late 1970's model or very early 80's. Look for a ~30W Pioneer, Kenwood, Onkyo, HK, Toshiba, Sony. Should be able to find one on Craigslist for $0-$150. These things were constructed very well, it was the heyday of audio gear. Nothing like the throwaway Chinese junk made today. Pioneer's SX series is very abundant and priced pretty reasonably.
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Yes I have them hooked up to 2 pioneer 350's. You can adjust output strength. I just started at minimum output and turned gain up till I found my sweet spot
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I have a Pioneer receiver that's about 14 yrs old and it work it only had one rca sub out
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If your receiver has a single rca output then just plug it into one or the other. I used the Left (white) one.
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I generally like Pioneer, but if you read my review you might guess I'm wondering why you would want to hook anything to the BD. Having said that, I'm sure they're not all that bad. Not sure, but I believe phono input level is different from than aux / cd... I also believe their is an inexpensive converter on Amazon and elsewhere. Hope that helps.
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Sure thing, even better if you add a small subwoofer to the system. I have these plugged into an older Yamaha receiver along with an 8" JBL powered sub and it sounds pretty sweet!
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rather dated so am sure by now you got your 'not expensive' receiver. i am in the market for speakers and these @195 each are out of my budget. i just scored a PIONEER VSX-524-K for $150 at a local B&M.; everywhere i looked, its going for $250 and reviews are ok too. whatever you get, do not feed the speakers more than they can handle/designed for.
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I am using a Pioneer 7-channel receiver whose model number is VSX 816 I bought 7 years ago. These Bose speakers run well with this receiver. If you want more bass, you can buy an additional sub woofer for perfect sound.
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Work? Sure. Work well? Hard to say. I have these hooked up to a 150 X2 stereo amp and they sound great. They're a very detailed speaker, so if your vintage receiver isn't that great, the flaws will become pronounced.
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You can use a standard 75 Ohm splitter. Be aware that there will be a loss associated with using a splitter that will affect both receivers.
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Actually, I bought an old Sony home theater receiver from Craigslist for $20. These older receivers (the ones with Dolby Prologic but not Dolby Digital and/or DTS) have A and B speaker outputs, which can both be run at the same time for a total of four speakers in stereo. If you're not put off by the idea of buying things from Craigslist, this might be the best and most affordable option (affordability being, I assume, the biggest criterion if you're buying these speakers, as was the case for me). I hope this helps. :)
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My 2 cents - If you just fried up the Bose 3-2-1, just get a new receiver and you should be able to use the speakers in 3-2-1 mode. OR Go to BJ's or Samsclub. My local BJ's has a Bose 3-2-1 or an Bose 3-2-1 like system with Bose speakers and Onkyo receiver (2.1channel only), for 400 dollars.
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there is no problem I have mine hooked to 1978 onkyo receiver it is a very basic hookup.
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Should be fine with your receiver. There are usually several places on receivers to plug in accessory machines that use phono plug inputs. If you're replacing your cd player with this machine, it could plug into the same place where the old machine was plugged into, for instance. I love this machine. Great old school technology and you can randomly shuffle and have continuous music for a long time.
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I really haven't tried that kind of setup. I only use the speakers myself but I don't see why you couldn't use both. You might want to contact a Pioneer repersentive or retailer in your area, I'm sure they would know.
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speakers should be attached to a AV receiver not to each other......so I would first look into getting a AV receiver.