Evening all,
I am looking to invest in an AV amp at some point over the next year (gives me plenty of time to research and more to the point, save...) What makes it an "interesting" task is that my speakers aren't the easiest load to drive. I have two pairs of Dali Suite 2.8 floor-standers and a C0.7 centre speaker. The floor-standers are big and have a nominal impedance of 4 ohms which makes finding a suitable amp tricky, as most amps don't state that they will drive 4 ohm speakers.
My intention is to still run the front (L+R) speakers from my stereo amp as that will give me the best stereo sound from them, which is very important. The centre shouldn't be an issue as that is a 6 ohm speaker, so a bit easier for an amp to drive. The rears are where I have a potential issue... I was thinking of using 2 pairs of channels on the AV amp rather than the just the rear (L+R) channels. Would this work ok? I know that it is common to use 2 pairs of channels for front speakers but what about the rears???
Being that the amp will only be used to drive the centre and the two surround speakers (maybe more in the future if I get a bigger house), it makes sense to me to use both the surround and surround back channels to drive the surround speakers. Am I likely to have any issues with this? Is there a better way of doing it than what I have suggested? Would I have an issue with different signals from different channels clashing?
I was thinking provisionally about the Yamaha RX-V3067, would this be a suitable match for my setup? It is very early days at the moment, as I said at the top I need to save so it will be a while before I am in a position to be buying an amp...
Thanks in advance for any help/input []
I am looking to invest in an AV amp at some point over the next year (gives me plenty of time to research and more to the point, save...) What makes it an "interesting" task is that my speakers aren't the easiest load to drive. I have two pairs of Dali Suite 2.8 floor-standers and a C0.7 centre speaker. The floor-standers are big and have a nominal impedance of 4 ohms which makes finding a suitable amp tricky, as most amps don't state that they will drive 4 ohm speakers.
My intention is to still run the front (L+R) speakers from my stereo amp as that will give me the best stereo sound from them, which is very important. The centre shouldn't be an issue as that is a 6 ohm speaker, so a bit easier for an amp to drive. The rears are where I have a potential issue... I was thinking of using 2 pairs of channels on the AV amp rather than the just the rear (L+R) channels. Would this work ok? I know that it is common to use 2 pairs of channels for front speakers but what about the rears???
Being that the amp will only be used to drive the centre and the two surround speakers (maybe more in the future if I get a bigger house), it makes sense to me to use both the surround and surround back channels to drive the surround speakers. Am I likely to have any issues with this? Is there a better way of doing it than what I have suggested? Would I have an issue with different signals from different channels clashing?
I was thinking provisionally about the Yamaha RX-V3067, would this be a suitable match for my setup? It is very early days at the moment, as I said at the top I need to save so it will be a while before I am in a position to be buying an amp...
Thanks in advance for any help/input []