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Post by dtsaholic on Dec 5, 2017 9:16:48 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I am considering on purchasing a mc /700 and an a/700 and I am very excited. I have been using the highend receiver for a long time and my question is, Can you hear and feel a difference between the two set ups? My home theater has always been anemic and my sub has always made up the difference so I am just curious. thank you.
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Post by mgbpuff on Dec 5, 2017 9:22:43 GMT -5
We probably need a little more info on what you have now and where you want to go with your system.
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Post by dtsaholic on Dec 5, 2017 9:29:57 GMT -5
OK I guess your right. So , I have Fluance xl series speakers the front tower speakers are bi amped . All speaker are brand new and they are replacing Yamaha. I have a dayton audio 115 inch behtmoth sub with a 500 watt amp. I am running a Samsung led high def tv and a new Samsung 4k blueray player. I have sewell interconnects.
I want more feeling from my speakers, they feel lacking. I am running a highend Sony 4k 7.2 reciever, but it just does not give me the feeling I am looking for. I can only run the system at around 26 volumn it just is too loud at that point. so I am wondering if i am even hitting the sweet spot in the power range of the unit.
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Post by rbk123 on Dec 5, 2017 9:45:31 GMT -5
Where are you located? In the US or outside? Btw, a 115 inch sub - that IS a behemoth...  |
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Post by dtsaholic on Dec 5, 2017 9:47:35 GMT -5
sorry typo 15"
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Post by adaboy on Dec 5, 2017 9:48:19 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I am considering on purchasing a mc /700 and an a/700 and I am very excited. I have been using the highend receiver for a long time and my question is, Can you hear and feel a difference between the two set ups? My home theater has always been anemic and my sub has always made up the difference so I am just curious. thank you. I not sure if the MC700 is a good choice for you as your first AVP. Looks like you have a 4k tv and 4k BDP, and the MC700 has it's limitations. I would recommend that you read the issues threads etc before committing to it as it may prove more of a problem than a cure for what you're looking for. |
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Post by creimes on Dec 5, 2017 10:02:40 GMT -5
Emotiva offers a 30 day trial just for the reason you present, try it and if you don't feel the upgrade is worth it you return it shipping on you, we can only recommend something but can't tell you if you will have the same findings that we would have.
I say give it a try, I have yet to be dissatisfied with anything I have owned from Emotiva/Sherbourn
Chad
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Post by mshump on Dec 5, 2017 11:30:11 GMT -5
Does your Sony have pre-outs? If so you may want to consider adding an amp to the Sony at least for the 3 front speakers.
Mark
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Post by rbk123 on Dec 5, 2017 14:27:47 GMT -5
Emotiva offers a 30 day trial just for the reason you present, try it and if you don't feel the upgrade is worth it you return it shipping on you, we can only recommend something but can't tell you if you will have the same findings that we would have. I say give it a try, I have yet to be dissatisfied with anything I have owned from Emotiva/Sherbourn That was going to be my suggestion, but I'm guessing he may be outside the US which could negate that; which is why I asked where he was located. |
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Post by garbulky on Dec 5, 2017 17:49:06 GMT -5
I wouldn't pick the MC-700.
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Post by mgbpuff on Dec 5, 2017 18:23:18 GMT -5
I think you need to move up to the X line, the XMC-1 and a XPA-7. The A-700 is power wise on a par with typical receivers, but the XPA will provide the extra oomph you are missing. Also the XMC-1 Dirac room correction will make your speakers sound even better.
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Post by macromicroman on Dec 6, 2017 9:07:02 GMT -5
I think you need to move up to the X line, the XMC-1 and a XPA-7. The A-700 is power wise on a par with typical receivers, but the XPA will provide the extra oomph you are missing. Also the XMC-1 Dirac room correction will make your speakers sound even better. The X-series amp and processor probably will sound great, but you have to put out some money to get them. As with most things you get what you pay for. You might want to try the amp first (assuming your AVR has pre-outs). i found adding an XPA-5 to my system made a huge difference even before I added the AV7005. |
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Post by edrummereasye on Dec 7, 2017 23:26:04 GMT -5
I agree with maybe adding an amp first, if your receiver has pre-outs... also agree with X-series if budget allows... but I wanted to comment on "I can only get to 26, then it's just too loud"... yes, I think separates will give you what you're looking for! Many moons ago, I went from a receiver that was I guess good in it's day, but old by that time... I had already upgraded my speakers, which was a big boost... really my first step was ditching my old Sony carousel CD-changer, one of the first ones out, for a Sony DVD player, also one of the first ones at a near-reasonable price... the difference was not small there, this was before CD decoding and DACs were pretty much perfected...
Anyway, that opened my ears to the fact that there was better sound to be had... my first foray into separates was with an Outlaw 950, and an old but still very functional SAE 2200 amp that I had inherited from my father... at first I thought I heard some...weirdness... I later realized that I just was hearing more detail, especially in the higher frequencies... my brain needed to sort it out, kind of like driving with glasses for the first time in many years, just a lot more information to process... once I got used to that, the next thing that happened was, I would suddenly realize that I had it turned up really, really, like REALLY loud... which I hadn't realized, because it sounded so damn good/clean/distortion-free/etc... and I have experienced the same phenomenon (the initial "what's *that*? with the high end, and the later-on "oh damn, I better turn that down lol") mostly when upgrading my pre-pro... so yeah, if you're getting to a point where you're thinking, "ugh, I don't want to turn it up any more", then - while I'm not familiar with your speakers - I do think separates, or at least outboard amplification, may be what you're looking for... good luck!
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Post by ehmokey on Dec 10, 2017 9:25:37 GMT -5
I had a similar experience as Edrummereasye. My mains speakers are B&W CM1 bookshelf speakers and I was driving them with my Yamaha HTR-6060 AVR. The music did not sound like at the store when I auditioned them. They were driven by a Macintosh integrated. But when I added a pair of XPA-1Ls to the mix, everything changed for the better.
Adding external amplification for me worked like magic. I have play music at low volumes and some how the volume knob ends up pretty high without me realizing it.
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