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Re: M100 max spl
AAAA #427733 12/19/17 04:38 AM
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I humbly bow to Norimasa Kitagawa and all the other great TX-NR818 engineers who are responsible for the electronics in my audio path. Without their ingenuity, my room-speaker-source system would still sound like total dog shit.

This is the last great receiver Onkyo built and the team that designed it, lived and breathed electronics and had a deep passion for audio. They worked around the clock to deliver functionality and performance you can't find in a receiver 3x the price. And the good folks at Visions let 7 of them go to me and my friends for what amounted to a song and a dance. I'll forever be in the debt of all those who had anything to do with this purchase and when I can no longer source components to repair it if it ever breaks down, I will keep it and take it to the crematorium where it and I can fuse for eternity.

I'm in a 4,200 ft^3 room, 14' away from my M80s and this integrated receiver ROCKS!

BTW, I see the same passion at Axiom. Passion matters. The 160 and 800 just might be coming on that joyride to eternity.


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Re: M100 max spl
MMM #427734 12/19/17 05:24 AM
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Sorry, I didn't realize you were specifically talking about the pre-amp portion of the pioneer.

Not all pre amps are created equal and I agree with what you are saying for sure.

Id say perhaps my experience with pre amps outside of the big box store is limited (spanning equipment from 1970 to 2005: rotel, pioneer, denon, Yamaha, Bose, Kenwood, Marantz, Harmon kardon, onkyo).

Id say for pre amp purposes the pioneer has been my favourite. I bought a Marantz SR7005 but after 3 days took it back and opted for the pioneer


I've only heard amazing things about the anthem. I was also eyeing up the emotiva pre amp at one time. Any experience with them?


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2 Cerwin Vega CMX 12's
Pioneer SC-57
Re: M100 max spl
Mojo #427735 12/19/17 07:37 AM
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Hi Mojo,

This is all correct. It is big rooms, big parties, and/or just wanting to be able crank-it-up where the power requirements go up fast. As an example if you are 28' away your starting point is 77 dB. That means four times the power is required to reach the same levels as being 14' away. Or if you wanted it to be twice as loud to keep up with the alcohol consumption, that is around another 10 dB required. Now you need 40 times the power in your bigger room. After all this I am sure someone will ask you to turn it up just a bit more. smile


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Re: M100 max spl
Ian #427736 12/19/17 03:51 PM
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Ahhh good old alcohol and the volume button lol *grin*

I've had people dancing in my medium sized living room and dining room to the m80s (when I had my rotel power amp running that is). The axiom speakers have some serious muscle. They are deceiving to anyone I've cranked them for.


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2 Axiom QS10HP
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Re: M100 max spl
AAAA #427737 12/19/17 05:21 PM
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I want it all! smile


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Re: M100 max spl
AAAA #427757 12/20/17 03:25 AM
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Mad_Chesser. you are likely very right that the older stuff did more right than an awful lot of the newer stuff. As I eluded to in a previous post, the sound I got from my old Nakamichi AV1 seemed to blow away anything that I had bought post (except for my Anthem).

I think that the trend with modern mainstream receivers and pre's is to put far too much post-processing inside the unit that has a detrimental effect to the sound when you have some great speakers that are very revealing like the Axioms


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Axiom: ADA1500, LFR1100 Actiive, QS8, EP500, M3, M3comp, M5
Re: M100 max spl
AAAA #427759 12/20/17 04:16 AM
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My tube integrated amp has no chips that I know of. Therefore no processing except what comes out of my CD or SACD players.

It is connected directly to the Hi Level Inputs of my EP400s that do the heavy lifting down low - each outputting 500W. The mids/highs are handled mostly by the tubes that easily drive my M2s for a nice clean, articulate sound.

There is never any stress or nastiness that I can detect. I like it...

TAM

Re: M100 max spl
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I didn't know you have M2s. Are they v4?


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Re: M100 max spl
AAAA #427762 12/20/17 04:46 AM
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My EP400s are V3s, M2s are V3s just like my M3s (not used with subs).

They all sound just fine & will not require replacing...

TAM

Re: M100 max spl
AAAA #427764 12/20/17 05:07 AM
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Do the M2s sound better than the M3s?


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