do you use the beringer to drive your left and right speakers? would it make sense to buy one per speaker for left right and center its 170 at amazon right now that would be quite tempting
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Yup, the A500 is for my L/R (got it used for $100!). Others have bench tested this amp to be clean and clear for 180W @ 4 ohms (spec is 230W @ 4ohm), which is better than any AVR will do
The NR818 is awesome, I couldn't be happier. It is so feature-laden that it's in my opinion one of the best deals on AVRs right now. The XT32 does an amazing job, and extra features like being able to apply individual graphic EQ to L/R, C, SW, and surrounds all seperately is nice. My only "complaint" is its size and weight, it's a couple inches taller and about twice as heavy as the ordinary entry/mid-level AVR. As we all know, that is not a valid complaint
I'm kind of tempted to try bi-amping my L/R (monkey coffins), but I'm not sure that it would be a big enough power increase over my A500 to be worth the trouble. Chances are I will get bored one of these days and try it...
What is it they say? Size matters? I would love to have a personal listen to the 818 and compare the difference between XT32 and XT. That's a nice AVR you have there sir.
I'd like to listen to one also. My 808 is still awesome but, xt32 is on my future wish list. Love the coffins too! Jbrax, I also had a few Technics pieces growing up. Mine were coupled to a pair of cerwin vega, D-9s. They had 15" woofers, and externally adjustable mids, highs, and horn tweeters. I got a lot of "turn it down"s too. Thanks for your service!
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Love that sub. I'm using your photos as ammo (for WAF) to improve my chances of building some big lfe units for our lounge. It will take some time I think. Very good work mate. I'm sure it rocks.
I'm really happy with XT32. Everything sounds awesome. By default it pegs the sub really low, but that's because it's meant to put it in the middle of the regulation range of the LFE output. Plenty of info on the net about this. After running XT32 setup, gain up the sub as far as you like and Audyssey will know what you've done in the 818 settings and compensate accordingly. I'm running +10dB on the LFE channel and movies are great and rumbly, with the AVR volume on -10 to -12.
I recently upgraded to a Denon X3300W and with it, a new sitting position and room layout. I also added 12v trigger mod to turn the inuke on and off with the AVR.
Now that I have a receiver that will pass through 4k60/HDR and do Atmos, I could probably get rid of the UBD-K8500 UHD bluray player. I got it for its dual hdmi outputs so I could run 4k and hd audio before the AVR upgrade. I haven't been all that impressed with the player, in fact it's fairly buggy. Now that the Xbox One S supports Atmos I could just use it as my uhd bluray player.
The panels seem to be working great, re-running XT32 and everything images great. I think the rears image better with the panels in 5.1 than they did without panels in 7.1. Fronts/stereo are as clear as ever. Panel locations considered reflections but also were at the mercy of visual appeal.
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