i am putting together a system have all the speakersto hook up to my reciever. i want to use these as the fronts, should i go through rec or wat amp?
1889082
Hi Chad,Don't use the record out, but any other output should do.Good luck!
1889083
If your receiver has enough power (say at least 120 Watts per channel) it should be okay to hook it up to the receiver.
1889084
If you have a good Quality surround receiver(Yamaha, Marantz, Onkyo ETC.), go ahead and use them with the receiver. It is designed to have a nice set of fronts. JIm
1889085
I have used a midle of the road pioneer and yamaha recever to power mine without an ext amp. They work fine that way, aprox 100 wt per chanel. Mine are used as front chanels and work great in 7.1 system. Hope this has helped and need anything else let me know.
2031691
Thanks for the reply. I see your point about hooking the sub through to the main speaker outs and then to the L/R fronts. I guess that would be pushing it quite a bit. Thanks for the tips on the powered sub. At $80, I can't really go wrong. One last thing: If I wanted to forgo the rear speakers, could the sub be hooked up to the surround outs or am I letting my complete ignorance show here? Thanks again.
1812621
They require a AV -Receiver or a separate power Amp. I used these for rear surrounds for years and they were the bang for the buck for sure. Good sound too!
1496264
That means for best sound you should use 8 ohm speakers to match the receiver. Strange things can happen to receiver if using less than or more than 8 ohm speakers. It is not worth the try.
132607
i would use the xp-2 for your front sound stage. If your receiver has pre outs ...connect front left and front right to LH and RH channels respectively on xp-2. This will allow you to use receiver's regular front left and front right for extra set of speakers you can use for reinforcement for front. And just use the surround and back surrounds with sub woofer to your usual designated speakers for those areas. I wouldn't really daisy chain various speakers to emotive amp. Utilize it's power to really pump up your best front area speakers. Using them as your front stage area, you have just kicked up the horsepower on front end. I hope this helps. i would use the xp-2 for your front sound stage. If your receiver has pre outs ...connect front left and front right to LH and RH channels respectively on xp-2. This will allow you to use receiver's regular front left and front right for extra set of speakers you can use for reinforcement for front. And just use the surround and back surrounds with sub woofer to your usual designated speakers for those areas. I wouldn't really daisy chain various speakers to emotive amp. Utilize it's power to really pump up your best front area speakers. Using them as your front stage area, you have just... » Read More i would use the xp-2 for your front sound stage. If your receiver has pre outs ...connect front left and front right to LH and RH channels respectively on xp-2. This will allow you to use receiver's regular front left and front right for extra set of speakers you can use for reinforcement for front. And just use the surround and back surrounds with sub woofer to your usual designated speakers for those areas. I wouldn't really daisy chain various speakers to emotive amp. Utilize it's power to really pump up your best front area speakers. Using them as your front stage area, you have just kicked up the horsepower on front end. I hope this helps. « Show Less
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It's a full set of speakers - you don't need anything else, unless you plan on mounting some of the speakers on a wall, in that case, you might need mounts. The smaller speakers come with a little hole in the back, so you could just hang from a nail or screw.You do need an amp / receiver. I bought the matching Onkyo one. I used the wires that came with it, and it sounds fine to me. I'm not an audiophile. ;-)
2017723
You can just run your main amp wiring to the high level inputs and then run the needed wire from the sub to the front speakers. If your amp is a integrated preamp with mutable pre-outs you can run a RCA from the secondary pre-outs via a single RCA cable. This will give you a 2.1 setup with the sub playing only one channel of the possible two channels. Mono powered subs can run a single channel and it will not sound as though your missing out.
601481
y adaptors for your rca or better yet, get a preamp, I use the 650 for my highs faded back and forth with a preamp, I've got a separate class d 1000 for the bass, however, you can parallel two highs speakers down to 2 ohms for both left and right stereo but you will not be able to fade between front and rear a preamp would help with problem as well as a separate bass amp
862072
Oh heck yeah, without a problem. I'm running a Pyle 3000 Watt amp & their taking it all just fine. I strongly recommend these speakers. I couldn't be happier.
676298
The only speakers you should have in the front of your theater are- Front left, right, and center. These speakers are well suited for your surround speakers in a 5.x setup. Di, bi, omni, etc pole speakers are made for effect speakers. I know the industry tries to market and sell 7ch, 9, ch, 11, ch, and now atmos, but I have demo'd many many systems and in my HT I am using 5.2, which after spending 10's of thousands on home audio is simply the best right now. 7. adds 2 rear channels, BUT no matter how well you set the system up for me the when the rears light up they distract you from the material. Also there is a list on the net with all the movies recorded in 7.X and it is not very impressive, so you are leaving it up to your AVR to decode and change the sound to suit 7 channels when it was recorded for 5.. Stick to 5.1 or .2 if you want dual subs, front heights, and fx speakers are non sense, and just good for costing money and distracting listeners...
884790
Most people say around 300 watts each, I went with 600 watts each and positively love them. The wattage is needed to get the mids and woofers to work properly. If you power them right and run them full range a sub is really not needed. Remember most recievers are rated two channels driven, so an external amp is a must. These speakers sound good with 90 watts, they sound like a completely different speaker with 300 watts, they go from good to great.
484918
Since these are mid-size speakers, they really don't require a lot of power to sound great. Even 50W per channel for two channels is plenty. I'd shop around and decide based on what else you'll be using a receiver for, such as video. If audio is all you want/need then finding an amp should be a cinch. Onkyo, Pioneer and Harman Kardon would all be great choices for these speakers, it will just come down to personal taste and preference, as well as price considerations. Hope that helps and good luck!
1390672
Personally im using dedicated receiver for my speakers outdoors with a Zone 3 line ran to it. I am using a dedicated receiver for the purpose of the "A" & "B" so that i can control two separate zones in my yard. Ex. Zone "A" is around the pool and Zone "B" is the BBQ lounging area and when we are having a party Zone's "A" and "B" at the same time. But these speakers do need a dedicated amp to run them but any amp with a minimum of at least 100 watts per channel will be ok. but it really comes down to how much you want to spend. Check out "Sony STRDH130 2 Channel Stereo Receiver" or even some cheap Pyle stereo amps here on amazon.
235723
I got two and I have a mono block spl 6000 watt so your gonna need something big and hook it up parallel not series to get the most out of the amp and do the same to the speaker if you get it but I love the speakers and wouldn't get a different brand for nothing
1995808
I wouldn't. I would home run them all back to the amp/receiver. But there is a good discussion on parallel vs. serial wiring here including amp considerations for different types of wiring. http://www.avsforum.com/t/1109592/pro-and-cons-of-wiring-speakers-in-series
888485
Depends what ya want, front would let you essentially shape your pickup sound and back would dramatically shape your whole input tone. Personally I got this for the fx loop of my mesa dual rec so I could do some fine shaping on my guitar in the power amp.
1723834
I use mine for the subwoofer so it is between the receiver and the sub amp - no problem. If you want to use it on an amplified channel then you will need a receiver that has a processor loop.