Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Need a 2 channel receiver.

I was thinking more along the lines of the $149 refurbished Kenwood 6050 that I saw today at their outlet store. I'm not sure that my upstairs set-up is going to get much action so I don't want to go crazy.

"Don't want to go crazy"? We're talking audio, Big Will.

Well, there are always the Antique Sound Labs Wave 8 monoblocks for about $100 each. They've gotten RAVE reviews, and have been tested with M3Tis which several reviewers found to be a terrific match.

How did you know I was thinking of using M3s upstairs?

I almost came to the conclusion that I should use my wife's old Fisher receiver (circa 1984 from The Broadway) to drive some white Bose cubes that I have laying around, but the prices of these low-end recivers and the price of the M3s has me thinking, "Why not?"

Because the M3Tis make such beautiful, sweet music.

Bose cubes? Bose Bad. No midrange.

and no treble, and no bass...

Mark,
this should be the link you were looking for on receiver output:

Sound & Vision

Thanks Sid, but that page won't display on my computer for some reason. I found it last night on my own with the same results.

I was finally able to view that S&V page on a computer at work, but neither of the two cheapie receivers I'm looking at - Kenwood 6050 ($149) and Pioneer VSX-D711 ($179) - were included in the testing. Power ratings aren't that important but I would like it to sound clean. Any input would be appreciated. I'm going to google both of them right now. Adios.

Mark, there's no reason that either of the receivers that you're considering wouldn't give you audibly clean amplification. Distortion when listening to music doesn't begin to become audible until it's over 1%. If you can find a feature that you like and it's just on one, go with that; otherwise maybe pick the one that looks better to you.