Looking at the Airmotiv T2

[adams50131]

Good Morning!

I'm currently researching new speakers and I was looking at many brands, (SVS,RBH, Aperion Audio,Ascend, Axiom. I think Emotiva Airmotiv is the way to go. I currently have an Onkyo 609 receiver. I plan to upgrade to better equipment next year. I was wondering if the Onkyo has enough power to drive these speakers?

[davidl81]

Aug 17, 2018 6:45:15 GMT -5 adams50131 said:

Good Morning!

I'm currently researching new speakers and I was looking at many brands, (SVS,RBH, Aperion Audio,Ascend, Axiom. I think Emotiva Airmotiv is the way to go. I currently have an Onkyo 609 receiver. I plan to upgrade to better equipment next year. I was wondering if the Onkyo has enough power to drive these speakers?

Your amp specs out at 100W per channel with 2 channels driven.  They will power the T2 fine, but any tower speaker will benefit from a separate amp IMO.  Are you using these for 2 channel music, or as part of a surround sound system?  For surround sound (HT) useing a larger amp won't really make much of a difference, but in a dedicated 2 channel use then a larger amp section  will make a pretty good difference.  This will hold true for the Emotiva towers or really any other brand of tower speakers you look at.

I would recommend getting your speakers now and then look at upgrading your amps next year as you stated.