Sony STR-DH810

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Hi

I am looking into replacing my old Sony surround package but there is not sufficient in the budget to replace the receiver and speakers at the same time. So I was thinking of replacing the receiver first with the above.

However my existing speakers are passive and I cannot see a speaker connection for the sub.

The future speakers are planned to be Kef or the new CA both I believe are active but are waiting to be auditioned.

 

[laserman16]

You'll need an active subwoofer to run with that amp,AFAIK the passive sub cannot be run.

As well, your old speakers will probably be 6 ohm and I'm not sure whether its a good idea to run those on that amp.

There are others on here better qualified than me though to give a more definative answer

 

[Anonymous]

I checked the impedance as I thought that maybe the 'first hurdle' and are 8 ohm but didnt give the active / passive sub a thought as my old system is passive and wrongly assumed the newer systems would support either.

Looks like I will have to more than double the initial budget and was considering either the KEF KHT1005.2 or the CAMBRIDGE AUDIO MINX S215

Of course I will audition both but does anyone have any views on either?