trickster is meaningless
Novice Member
Hi all,
I've been lurking on here for ages, and I'm very grateful to some of the users for educating me. I'm finally at a place where I'd like to upgrade my front, centre and sub channels, however I'm doing it slowly due to finances. I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up with KEF R3s and an R2C from what I've auditioned, and I'm toying with a SVS SB2000. However these are likely to be purchased one at a time.
I'm currently using a Pioneer 1021K receiver, which has been fine for my current setup. However, I've seen a few posts suggesting the R3s sing best with a lot of power, however I've not seen any numerical values. The pioneer manual says Front stereo 90 + 90 W, power output (1khz, 8ohm, 0.05%, 1ch driven) 120W per channel. Does this seem adequate? I expect I'll upgrade the amp in the next few years, but I can't do it all at once.
For reference, the room is a kitchen/lounge/diner approx 6x4m. My rears are Kef T101s. The usage is 60% music, 40% TV/HT etc but music is most important, mainly alt rock which is in ALAC format from my media server.
Happy to provide any details I've missed, and thanks in advance
I've been lurking on here for ages, and I'm very grateful to some of the users for educating me. I'm finally at a place where I'd like to upgrade my front, centre and sub channels, however I'm doing it slowly due to finances. I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up with KEF R3s and an R2C from what I've auditioned, and I'm toying with a SVS SB2000. However these are likely to be purchased one at a time.
I'm currently using a Pioneer 1021K receiver, which has been fine for my current setup. However, I've seen a few posts suggesting the R3s sing best with a lot of power, however I've not seen any numerical values. The pioneer manual says Front stereo 90 + 90 W, power output (1khz, 8ohm, 0.05%, 1ch driven) 120W per channel. Does this seem adequate? I expect I'll upgrade the amp in the next few years, but I can't do it all at once.
For reference, the room is a kitchen/lounge/diner approx 6x4m. My rears are Kef T101s. The usage is 60% music, 40% TV/HT etc but music is most important, mainly alt rock which is in ALAC format from my media server.
Happy to provide any details I've missed, and thanks in advance