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The Axiom speakers are very efficient and require minimal wattage to play very loud, so most likely external amps are not required. Any reputable brand receiver will have no problems driving those speakers, even the Sherwood Newcastle. So are you sending it back for a replacement, or to get your money back? Any receiver in the $300-900 range will have no issues, as long as you get one that has the features you want. I just upgraded to a Denon 3808, since my 2805 did not have HDMI hookups. Both can drive my 80's, 150, qs8's, etc in my 8,000 cubic ft room to insane levels with no distortion. No reason to fork out 2grand, I would use that money for bigger Axiom speakers.
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Just wondering; do you have the rears set to small? Those Hsu horns go rather low in impedance.
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Ahhh, I missed the post where he said he is using horns in the back, most likely that is the issue. As Rick mentioned all speakers should be set to small with appropriate crossover for the sub to reproduce.
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The sherwood does not have the big or small setting just xover which I have at 80.
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The Hsu horns lowest impedance is above your crossover setting. Can you higher it to see if the shut downs continue.
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Maybe try the QS8s on the rear channel, just to see if it has to do with the rear amp section not liking the horns. Which S/N model are you using?
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Is this a newer Sherwood receiver? So your saying you can't set the individual speakers to small/large? That is the whole point of the crossover, either the speaker gets the full range, or sends the frequencies below the crossover point, for those speakers designated as small.
What model Sherwood is it?
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Is this a newer Sherwood receiver? So your saying you can't set the individual speakers to small/large? That is the whole point of the crossover, either the speaker gets the full range, or sends the frequencies below the crossover point, for those speakers designated as small.
What model Sherwood is it? SirQ we've been through all this before with 33guy. His receiver has a crossover option for each speaker called "full range". As long as he selects any other numeric setting the speaker is considered small.
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That is what I was thinking, just wasn't familiar with the Sherwoods...that makes sense..
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Okay, Guy; you've eliminated wiring as the problem. The possibility that one of the back surround speakers is defective still remains. As was said before, you should temporarily connect other speakers to the back surround terminals to check this before you return the receiver.
If it becomes necessary, there are several fine receivers available for well under $2,000, especially the Denon and Onkyo models.
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