Will an Onkyo TX-NR808 be enough to power these things? I need to replace some monitor 70s, but already have CSI-A6 ,and OWM5s for Front-high/wide.
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That depends on many things (your room, how loud your listening...type of music... crossover to sub etc ) your receiver is rated @ 135 / channel - when running in mutli-channel that output will be less however bottom line they are much better than the 70's ( I went from 60's to the RTI no contest) Some ideas to share (1.) take some time with speaker placement in your room... get them out into the room as much as you can at least out in front of other equipment especially the TV. (2.) Run your speaker calibration on the AVR but plan to run again 30 days once the speakers break-in or if you move speakers (3.) there are pre outs on that AVR to add external amp if you feel you need more power. (4.) Enjoy them ... the A9's are large and sound fantastic! FYI the Efficiency spec is 90 dB on the A9 you should be very happy with these speakers connected to your Avr
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Yeah, it will barely work, but ideally you want to drive it with something like an Emotiva XPA-2 to really help it hit its potential. I run my RTI A9s using that XPA-2 through the pre-amp output of a Yamaha RX-A2010BL 9.2-Channel and it sounds amazing. If you don't plan to upgrade to an auxillary amp like that, I'd say the RTI-A7 is a better fit. As others have said, the lack of power is much more noticeable in multichannel mode because the power per channel of your amp will not be 130w when you drive 5.1+ channels. BTW I am also running CSi-A6, F/XiA6, and a PowerSound Audio Sub XS-30.
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Yes, your Onkyo TX-NR808 will power the A9s without any problems. In larger rooms I've noticed that I have to increase the volume to fill the room but even at a higher volume the A9s sound fantastic. They start to really sound good after a few weeks of use after they're really broken in.
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As a current owner of the A9s, I would say no. These speakers are pretty hard to push (or to push right). There will be sound from the speakers of course, but the sound may not be optimal (full potential) with an AV receiver.
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Yes it should, considering its got bit more power than the receiver I'm using. However, I'm sure the receiver will be working hard to drive these. So, if you are running a 5.1 setup, the receiver may struggle to power these to full potential in medium to large rooms. But it should still sound better than anything else in the RTi series. Dynamic range on these speakers are too good for movies.Having said that, if you have the cash, please check monitor audio gold series. They are easier to power and sounds lot better than this.
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Yes it will, you will love the sound of these speakers, for me they are the best so far.
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Richard, I am powering A-9's in the front with an A-6 center and A-7 rears with an Onkyo TX-NR 5009. There isn't much difference in wattage between the two receivers. I can only speak for the 5009 which does a fine job; I am using a pair of 140mm fans to cool the receiver- more load the more heat produced.
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I have a 200X5 powering my center front and high speakers, with the UPA-500 powering the rear and rear side channels. It does take a little bit of adjustment w/in your receiver to balance the levels, but my system sounds great. Hope this helps.
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I have the Onkyo TX-SR702 that I like very much. I just wanted more watts and the new Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio but not for full price. If the 807 comes out I might take a look but Sony ES or Denon would be just fine.
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50 - 500 watts is the range provided by the manual. 50 watts per channel is what you need for a minimum. I have an Onkyo TX-NR818 with 135 watts per channel powering the units along with 7 other speakers for a 9:2 surround system.
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I looked up the tuner and i can say it would be perfect match my friend, because the tuner is the right amount of watts 80 watts just get a 12 inch woofer at least ok because the speakers do sound good but really would sound better with a bigger sub, please you have to make sure you separate the sound good, i sold them ASAP because my tuner was at 120 watts per channel way too many, they feel cheap but much better them a lot of speaker i have owned, if you want a very good sounding speaker take your time and by piece by piece polk you can buy on ebay but go with polk.com and down on the right click on polk ebay and get the refurbished- they are good as new trust me i have the TSI300 & Monitor 50s like new you cant tell- so take your time man trust me with the Onkyo will sound so good it would blow you away, if you have any other Q.A please email me bro?
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Well the Onkyo puts out 130W (8 Ohm) in 2 channel driven. If you want to take advantage of that power I would recommend getting a Polk Audio Monitor series system. The towers can do almost 300W 2 channel driven and sound great with a lot of power. In fact I think they are the best performance/dollars speakers out there unless you go the DIY route.
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Please google it. I think you might find something on avsforum.com. If I remember, it has been addressed or will be shortly. Not sure if this applies to specific Onkyo models.
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Andrew:>Got to upgrade the receiver for the HD, at which point I'll just use the HDMI. As for what you guys are discussing, maybe the manual is outdated, since a firmware update enabled this unit to output the DTS-HD Master Audio Decoding via the HDMI, without having to go the analog route.Yeah. I would go ahead and upgrade; there are so many good deals on quality receivers right now. I have an Onkyo TX-SR706 with everything I need. I've had it for a week now and it blows me away.
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Justin -Nice, very powerful speakers to began with (700 Watts). For PA, something like an XR 8300 wound be a good choice (2 x 300 Watts).That would give you 300W to the mains and 300W to the monitors.If you want to elaborate, please give me a call.Thanks,Hugh800-806-7774318-614-0422 Cell
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I agree with Andrew. Get a 90* RCA adapter. Amazon sells these also, and they are not expensive. They are sold as DB Link right angle adapters. Have used these myself, and they work great. Hope this helps!
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Which of the two optical inputs on the Onkyo do you feed the optical cable from the TV to? I'm not having success in getting satellite video and audio through the Onkyo to play at the same time.
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Hey Matt, we just purchased the Onkyo cs-355. we attached a pair of Yamaha speakers to it.... works great!
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these Infinity speakers will handle 75 watts. I have an Onkyo at 65 per channel @8 ohms and the work wonderfully. It is hard to beat Infinity speakers. Good luck.
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I was considering these as well. Interested to see what others post. Here is my research has yielded for 7.1 systems with Dolby True HD and DTS HD audio. A lot of people worry about upscaling, I only have blu ray player, so not much need for upscaling. Few do upscaling very well according to my research. Sony STR-DN1000: Nice HDMI connectivity, cleaner look, 100 watts per channel at 1% THD. I've heard upconversion is poor. $330 Sony STR-DH800: Does not upconvert analog sources. 100 watts per channel at 1% THD $250 Onkyo RC-160: Upconverts only to 1080i. 80 watts per channel at .08% THD $330 Onkyo SR-607: Upconverts to 1080p with okay quality, 90 watts at .08% THD $400 Pioneer VSX-919AH-K: .05% THD at 120 watts per channel, just 3 HDMI inputs, no upscaling capability $400 I realize these are Audio/Video Receivers, but it seems to me the main goal of most of them is for superior audio. After all, many TVs do a decent job making SD sources look better, even if you have to run an additional cable or two. To me, everything is going to be HDMI based, so I am leaning toward the Pioneer due to better power and less THD. $400 is very much on the high side of my budget. So if I decide to go with a cheaper receiver, I'll probably go with the Sony STR-DH800.
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What exactly do you mean that a 7.1 system will never be used? I was planning on getting a 7.1 and putting 4 speakers in the living room with the TV and two in the adjoining kitchen area. No? Do you still get surround sound with 7.1 and are the Onkyo speakers really that bad? I was looking at either the 7200 or 6200.
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for that kind of money--why buy anything with onkyo crappy speakers.. i am in the audio business and just received the onkyo 607 receiver 2 pair of bic america speakers "62 bic 10 inch sub 160 watts and bic #62 center channel speaker-- entire system was under 750 delivered to my door --no tax... your other option onkyo 607(with 6 hdmi inputs)polk 705 package 6 speaker including 100 watt subwoofer for 620.00 delivered.. my brother just got his 3 days ago.. he just loves the polk speakers...
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Hey Balaji did you get an answer I'm shopping the same recievers and I'm stuck between the two I hear the onkyo runs super hot maybe the 707 is more comparable, anyway I'm leaning towards the denon 1910 Jeff Helmlinger