Speaker Pairing With Amplifier


Hello everyone! Just joined. I recently just bought a pair of MartinLogan Motion 35XTi speakers and I’m enjoying them, however my amplifier is... A bit lackluster for them. I’m running a Technics SA-R230 AVR from the late 80s, it has enough power, but it’s just not driving them to the full potential.

 

I’m thinking if I go vintage of getting a Harman Kardon Citation 12, or going modern and getting a PM6007 or PM7000N. Maybe a Rega io, was curious if anyone has some real world experience with good pairings for ribbon tweeter speakers. They can be a bit... Picky.

 

Wondering if anyone has any recommendations to go with?

 

Thanks everyone and I’m happy to be here.

 

astal

Showing 7 responses by elliottbnewcombjr

you wrote AVR, which means audio video receiver. you also mentioned it has enough power.

a quick look shows it is an am/fm receiver, not an avr, and has only 50 wpc into 8 ohm speakers. It is not rated to drive 4 ohm speakers, see the back plate: 8 to 16 ohm range is shown.

your speakers are high sensitivity, however they are 4 ohm speakers, not 8 ohm. thus you need to look at an amp's rating at 4 ohms, AND, it it has 4 ohm connections for 4 ohm speakers.

I agree, get more power, jason's recommendation is 300 wpc into 8 ohms

power needs double for each + 3db of sound level, so 50wpc, 100wpc, 200wpc, 400wpc. each increment only providing +3db increase.

IOW, don't think a 70 or 100 wpc is a LOT more power than 50 wpc. Thus, for those speakers, not necessarily to get louder, but to have the power/reserves to drive them, and handle instantaneous peaks, 300 wpc is not too much.

that parasound amp is expensive, perhaps the best choice if that price is in your budget.

to get into more affordable solutions, I would look for a less costly solution, perhaps 150 wpc into 8 ohm, with 4 ohm taps, particularly the type of amp that doubles it's power into 300 wpc at 4 ohms.

yogiboy

that outlaw feature set is both vintage and modern, impressive. 110 wpc 8 ohms, 165 wpc 4 ohms 

a discussion about it here (just found it, didn’t read it)

 

New 2160 is $999. If over budget, Prior 2150 with less features on hifishark $450.

100 wpc 8ohms; 160 wpc 4 ohms. Perhaps wait for a cleaner one.

 

 

https://outlawaudio.com/products/rr2150.html

 

astal

not to be argumentative, but to clarify for your understanding.

either you got the model wrong in your post, or, it is a 2 channel stereo receiver with no video features.

AVRs, audio video receivers, have video.

OP found his NAD.

For anyone else interested, a used one popped up, $700.

Music Room, excellent condition they say,