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Stewart C
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I have M&K Speakers and a relatively old Yamaha Receiver (795RDS). I bought the speakers knowing that I would be upgrading the amplifier at some date, well now is the time to preferably a THX Amplifier to go with my THX Speakers. I was initially interested in the Pioneer 909RDS as the price is fantastic at the moment, see post below. But I am growing more and more concerned about something.
Looking more closely at the HCC Review on this site, the power drops from 110watts as specified by the Company to 76-84 watts RMS with some or minimal THD when the amp is pushed. Now this isn't much more power than I have already with my Yamaha (70watts - although I wonder what I'm really getting with my hard to work with speakers !!) Any ideas ?
My speakers are 4 ohms and demand good amplification and my Yamaha while adequate does not push the M&K's to their full capacity, according to everyone I speak to. What does this mean though. What difference is extra power, apart from volume.
I read a similar review recently in another magazine with someone who had the same problem and the reviewer stated that indeed the M&K's were hardly being taxed at all.
THX does not necessarily mean the best sound I realise that but the 909 got very good reviews at £1200 and I can get it at a fraction of this but I am still worried about the power output and whether I would be better waiting and saving for the Yamaha AX1 or one of the Denon THX beasts.
Any comments?
Regards
Stewart C
Looking more closely at the HCC Review on this site, the power drops from 110watts as specified by the Company to 76-84 watts RMS with some or minimal THD when the amp is pushed. Now this isn't much more power than I have already with my Yamaha (70watts - although I wonder what I'm really getting with my hard to work with speakers !!) Any ideas ?
My speakers are 4 ohms and demand good amplification and my Yamaha while adequate does not push the M&K's to their full capacity, according to everyone I speak to. What does this mean though. What difference is extra power, apart from volume.
I read a similar review recently in another magazine with someone who had the same problem and the reviewer stated that indeed the M&K's were hardly being taxed at all.
THX does not necessarily mean the best sound I realise that but the 909 got very good reviews at £1200 and I can get it at a fraction of this but I am still worried about the power output and whether I would be better waiting and saving for the Yamaha AX1 or one of the Denon THX beasts.
Any comments?
Regards
Stewart C