Speaker Pairing With Amplifier

So it is an AVR, a very old one with a composite input and output, the only reason I'm using it is because MartinLogan claims compatibility with 8 and 6 ohm amps with the 35XTis, and I owned it already, I picked it up a bit ago for $25 or so, and for that it was worth it, but it's still cheap.

So my budget is well, low as possible, but $500-$1000. I just got the MartinLogans, I like the AMT tweeters in them.

I'll look into some Rotel or NAD or Krell stuff, I can't afford the Parasound even on the used market. The other thing I was thinking of was a Scott 299.

The only way I would go with something more expensive is something like a NAD C700 since it has a digital streaming section and all that which is convenient as I don't need another box for it.

I appreciate all of your guy's time.

I’m looking around, would a NAD C368 with a BluOS card be a good thing to grab? I can grab them just under $1000 used, I can find them cheaper looking around for cheaper. Class D doesn't bother me as long as it sounds good. Also the MDC expansion is interesting to me although maybe a gimmick.

Sounds like I found my answer. NAD C368 from SafeandSound

I'm ordering some other stuff from them as well so I'll bundle it all.

@elliottbnewcombjr That’s odd, mine DOES have composite input, you can see it on the front, along with VCR selection. I wonder why they made multiple versions with the same model number.

Must’ve been a quiet revision or something... I’ve used it for composite video switching for some of my older stuff.

Also I haven’t ordered the NAD yet, but that was the plan since it’s got the feature set I’d like and is a good price.

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It’s wild that they did that, as an amp it’s mediocre as expected but for the $25 I paid for it I can’t make any real complaints, it’s competent with my old JBL Studio S38IIs, but the pairing with the slightly more exotic ribbon tweeters is not a good one. They sounded better when I demoed them for sure with a Marantz on them, but nearly 40 years of technology improvements can do that.

On your recommendation with power, I'm going to try and stretch to a refurbished C388, 350W 4 ohm dynamic power, which should really help them shine. If I can't I'll go C368 @ 200W.