Rupert123
Novice Member
Hi everyone, I have managed to acquire the secondhand pair of 803D3 speakers from Bowers and Wilkins. I have an Arcam avr 850 and my set up includes, a centre speaker, a rel t9i subwoofer and a pair of 707s2 rear surrounds in a 5.1 system.
I am bit concerned about my amp as to whether infill be able to power the new speakers. I’m wondering about either changing my amp or bolstering it up with a preamp.I have read that 803D3 are power hungry speakers I need a lot of power to perform.
I don’t have a massive budget left to upgrade my amp and spend a lot of time listening to music on 2 channels with music streamed through a Naim uniti atom. I really value the best audiophile music I can achieve!
I also use my amp for surround sound for movies and I thought Arcam is a good trade off amp which could do both.
I’m also wondering about going for a separate stereo amp just for music and use the Arcam for movies only.
Has anyone tried powering these speakers with an Arcam receiver and if not, will I have to change my amp? I don’t have a huge budget left so looking for all the advice I can get to either bolster up my amp‘s power or change to something else.
Thank you very much!!
I am bit concerned about my amp as to whether infill be able to power the new speakers. I’m wondering about either changing my amp or bolstering it up with a preamp.I have read that 803D3 are power hungry speakers I need a lot of power to perform.
I don’t have a massive budget left to upgrade my amp and spend a lot of time listening to music on 2 channels with music streamed through a Naim uniti atom. I really value the best audiophile music I can achieve!
I also use my amp for surround sound for movies and I thought Arcam is a good trade off amp which could do both.
I’m also wondering about going for a separate stereo amp just for music and use the Arcam for movies only.
Has anyone tried powering these speakers with an Arcam receiver and if not, will I have to change my amp? I don’t have a huge budget left so looking for all the advice I can get to either bolster up my amp‘s power or change to something else.
Thank you very much!!