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Only change was going from a Yamaha 657 to Emotiva LMC / LPA combo.




There's certainly nothing wrong with that Yammy but I am sure if you are trying to get 90W out of it with the M80s, it may be badly distorting. On the other hand, the LPA should have no problem with 90W since it's rated 225W (clean) into 4 Ohms. Do you think that this may be the difference that you are hearing?