Hi
After long hours of reading, I have come to the conclusion I must admit defeat, in my endeavour to attempt to establish wether I need a power amp, or I can do something to actually make do with what I have.... hence I reach out to the experts
Long story short, I have a 5.1 setup, with a Denon AVR-2310 (Aged - yes I know, but it has served me well), 2 x Dali 8008 fronts (same), a newly purchased SVS SB16 Ultra sub, and some not so interesting surround/center speakers.
Basicly what Im focusing on here is not surround, rather 2.1 Stereo. In the past I was the volume 11+ guy, and recently refound my love for _loud_ music in the rock and techno genre (nope - the missus is still there )
Im no audiophile by any means - I can't distinguish the fine tones, however what I want is to crumble the wall with high tones and heavy bass.
Sadly it seems the Denon isn't quite up to the task, and cuts out overheating way before the Dali's even start sweating... Now the Denon is specced mainly at 6/8 Ohm's, and the Dali's are 4 Ohm.
Crossover freq. is currently set at default - because I quite frankly don't know how to deal sensibly with that.
I am looking at getting bass from both the sub and the Dali's, however I realize it puts further strain on the amp (as far as I've read), as opposed to if I submit all LFE to the sub, keeping the fronts at a "Small" speaker setting - and besides, Im not even sure its such a great idea, but my thinking is something along the lines of utilizing those extra 8"'s = more umph.
So the key question - to which I seek advice would be - taking the above into consideration, is there anything I can reconfigure or tweak in the above setup, to make my amp cope, or am I simply out of power (and luck ) here, and need a power amp to drive those Dali's (which I like, and aim to keep)??
Any feedback and advice will be highly appreciated - many thanks in advance for taking the time to read all this.
And please forgive any technical inaccuracies - I am by no means (far from) an export.
Best Regards.
After long hours of reading, I have come to the conclusion I must admit defeat, in my endeavour to attempt to establish wether I need a power amp, or I can do something to actually make do with what I have.... hence I reach out to the experts
Long story short, I have a 5.1 setup, with a Denon AVR-2310 (Aged - yes I know, but it has served me well), 2 x Dali 8008 fronts (same), a newly purchased SVS SB16 Ultra sub, and some not so interesting surround/center speakers.
Basicly what Im focusing on here is not surround, rather 2.1 Stereo. In the past I was the volume 11+ guy, and recently refound my love for _loud_ music in the rock and techno genre (nope - the missus is still there )
Im no audiophile by any means - I can't distinguish the fine tones, however what I want is to crumble the wall with high tones and heavy bass.
Sadly it seems the Denon isn't quite up to the task, and cuts out overheating way before the Dali's even start sweating... Now the Denon is specced mainly at 6/8 Ohm's, and the Dali's are 4 Ohm.
Crossover freq. is currently set at default - because I quite frankly don't know how to deal sensibly with that.
I am looking at getting bass from both the sub and the Dali's, however I realize it puts further strain on the amp (as far as I've read), as opposed to if I submit all LFE to the sub, keeping the fronts at a "Small" speaker setting - and besides, Im not even sure its such a great idea, but my thinking is something along the lines of utilizing those extra 8"'s = more umph.
So the key question - to which I seek advice would be - taking the above into consideration, is there anything I can reconfigure or tweak in the above setup, to make my amp cope, or am I simply out of power (and luck ) here, and need a power amp to drive those Dali's (which I like, and aim to keep)??
Any feedback and advice will be highly appreciated - many thanks in advance for taking the time to read all this.
And please forgive any technical inaccuracies - I am by no means (far from) an export.
Best Regards.