Receiver Speakers
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How to choose a receiver and speakers?
I'm looking to buy a home system with speakers separate, not an all in a box system. How do i choose speakers/receivers because most of the time the watts on the speakers do not exactly match up with the output of the receiver. Is it better to have the output bigger than the speaker can handle, or should is it better for it to be the other way around, the speakers underpowered? And should the impedence be the same?
Ah, time for an update I presume? Or is this a fresh start? No matter the case, home theater shopping is always a fun and exciting time but can cause a mist a confusion, so let me help out.
Word of advice: never exclude online purchases, things are always cheaper online, but you will want to make sure that it is %110 legitimate. That being said, In order to buy speakers, you will most definitely want to hear them before you spend the money. Its not crucial that you do this with receivers, but it is definitely recommended.
Recommended receiver brands would be Denon, Pioneer, Onkyo, Sony, and Yamaha. It's kind of hard to recommend speakers given that its such a personal taste but based on reputation alone B&W, Boston Accoustics, Polk Auido, Definitive Technology, Martin Logan, Meridian, Paradigm, Klipsch. (thats not all of them, just the ones I can think of)
As for the your wattage question, the short answer is no, but with limits. If you were to get a receiver that puts out 175w per channel and a speaker with a max power input of 250w, that would be perfect because you know you won't blow your speakers. on the other hand, say you got the same receiver paired with speakers that have a max power input of 100, you would bust your speaker at high decibel levels. So ideally want a higher wattage speaker than receiver.
But as far a impedance goes, the lower the better, although they are interchangeable. If you get a 8ohm receiver with 4ohm speakers that would be fine. You just wouldn't have the benefit of having the low resistance speakers, but most hi-end speakers and receivers come at low impedance levels anyway. So that's nothing to worry about really.
If you have any more questions you can e-mail me at ckeels@sbcglobal.net