In Reply to: How many of you have tried "Low powered" Marantz receivers with your Pi speakers??? posted by spkrman57 on March 27, 2003 at 18:15:01:
I had a 50 watt Yamaha receiver and later purchased a 120 watt model of their product line. I was impressed that they took the time to make sure that when the volume knob was at 100%, you were just hitting clipping if the input signal was 0.775v. It only takes a one-tenth cent resistor for each channel to limit the volume potentiometer this way, but I was impressed that they took the time to actually do it. Nice touch for a product like this, I always thought. And back then, I was running seven π's with JBL 2205's, 2105's and 2405's - An incredibly good sounding speaker, by the way. I still like that system and remember it to make some of the best sound I've ever heard.Anyway, this is the first time I've owned a small-signal power amp in, well, maybe forever. I don't know that I've ever owned an amplifier under 25 watts except maybe an embedded amp in something. I guess you probably read that I purchased a couple of Paramours, and I really like those little amps. After hearing what my π's do with these little SET amps, I'm incredibly proud. No EQ, no subwoofer. And just a smidge of power. It sounds great!!!
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