Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Should I buy a more powerful receiver?

Make sure you have the 1910 calibrated properly. If you haven't tried Audyssey, give it shot. Also, make sure you all you speakers are set to small (this allows the sub to handle the all the bass).

Dave-

The 1910 is properly calibrated, ran Audyssey and I'm very pleased with the results. The system sounds awesome! I was just wondering if upgrading to the 2310 would in any way make my system sound...um...awesom-er!

Sounds like I would just be paying for features that I don't need.

Yep, I agree with the others. Enjoy what you've got now and wait for upgraditis to strike on something else you'll appreciate more than a few more watts.

Jason

I'm in the agreeance with everyone in telling you to save your $300 dollars for your set-up. However I do have once question for those who state that 105 db's is completely indistinguishable from 106 db's... In discussing the differences between my Emotiva that has up to 400 watts per channel to power my M80's, it's been made very clear to me that I'm not actually achieving much more than I could have with my Denon's 125 watts per channel output. And as I do not know all the technical aspects of amplifiers, SPL levels and how they relate to eachother, I have accepted that I'm not actually able to achieve many extra db's with my external amp. Ok, I now understand that. So if my Denon was capable of powering my M80's upwards of say 120 db's in my living room and my Emotiva can only help them gain a max peak of say 123 db's (I'm just throwing random numbers out there since I don't have an SPL meter), then I must say, there is a HUGE difference between 120 and 123 db's. Perhaps the numbers don't make it look like you're gaining much volume, but I'm here to testify that there is a very real, and almost scary difference between my two power sources top ends.

So, while 25 extra watts per channel may not be distinguishable from your starting point, a few db's is indeed noticable, if the information I've been given is correct. Then again the M22's are rated for 200 watts max, so at 90 watts per channel you're pushing them with a good percentage of their maximum recommended power. You should be fine with the 1910.

Its a logarythmic scale, so +3 db is much more than 3 times +1 db and would indeed be noticable. Some claim to be able to hear as little as 1db difference in levels.

I would be interested to hear Johnk and Alan's opinions, but I would think that if you are in a situation where you are close to the limits of your receiver, it would be possible to hear more subtle effects from the clipping of peaks in music with a lot of dynamics. In such a situation another 100w might not get you a lot of extra volume, but if it eliminates clipping of peaks, you would hear it.

The $300 difference between the 1910 and the 2310 could also go into a nice little power amp if the OP felt his system needed a "little" extra. I'm not sure why there's such a difference in $$ between these two Denons, they are spec'd pretty close.

The 1910 is 'Kosher'.

It's blood was drained before butchering?

After it is hung by it's HDMI cables.

1910 is popular, around here they were backordered for a month or so and I didn't want to wait so I "was forced" to upgrade into the 2310. The 2310 does have the higher end Anchor Bay video processor but really, not many people will see much difference. The extra HDMI input is nice though.