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Thinking about getting amp for fronts
#74269 01/02/05 05:21 AM
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Alright heres my problem. I am wondering if i should get an amp to power my fronts. I have m60s vp150 center and 4 qs4s. They are all being powered by a yamaha rx-v1400 receiver. I ran into a little money and have been thinking of getting an amp to power the fronts. I was looking at mostly getting 2 outlaw m200 amps. I am 50/50 with 2 channel audio and watching movies in surround sound. Will there actually be a difference in sound if i go to those amps. I know there will probably be a difference but is the difference worth the money. The room size is 11x13 if that helps at all. I am not a psycho diehard audio fanatic. If anyone is into car audio would the difference be like going from having good speakers being ran off a head unit to them being ran off a good amp that has more power.

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#74270 01/02/05 05:30 AM
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hey man, I’m car audio (phoenix gold amps, Boston pro’s, and JL’s....) and home audio...


Honestly I don’t think there would be a huge difference, with what you are planning on doing. I think a possible better idea would be to save up your money, and get a good 7 channel amp, that way you can power everything from separate amp with less distortion..


The amps in the home theater receivers, you cant even compare to in dash amps for cars.. Just about every head unit manufacture puts crap amps in the head units, due to limited space, and power constraints.. with the home theater the manufactures have a larger amount of power at their disposal. So the quality of amps they can put in the receivers is surprisingly good. I would think you would either get no positive results, or possibly negative results, because the outlaw amps are not the cleanest amps, from what I remember…

Save, your cash, and get a nice 5-7 channel amp, if you want to go separates route…


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#74271 01/02/05 06:03 AM
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Oach, especially in your rather small listening room, it's highly likely that your 1400 has more than enough power for your setup. Adding even more headroom with separate amps would make no improvement at all; unused headroom is simply wasted. If you have some money that you'd like to spend on AV rather than investing it, why not buy something that'll make a real difference, such as more CDs and DVDs?


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#74272 01/02/05 01:09 PM
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why not buy something that'll make a real difference, such as more CDs and DVDs?




Or room treatments.


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#74273 01/02/05 01:55 PM
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I agree that your Yammie has enough power to push your M60's especially considering the smallish room size; however, if you want a cleaner more open and unconfined sound that plagues all but the absolute best receivers, then get an external amp. Since I actually own an M200, I can honestly say that it is an excellent little amp. I use one for my center channel speaker and plan on replacing the B&K Reference 2220 that I use to drive my mains with two more M200's soon. Give the M200's a shot and be sure to let us know how it turns out.

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#74274 01/02/05 06:06 PM
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alright everyone thanks a lot i will probably not get an amp. Yeah my dvd collection has been getting bigger fast lately. Im up to about buying 2 movies a week which is a lot for me. You guys are a great help I will just keep the setup the same.

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#74275 01/02/05 06:14 PM
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oachalon, The RX-V1400 has plenty of power for your speakers. M60s are very efficient. If you had watt meters, you'd see 0.1 watts (yes 0.1) is pleasantly loud, and 1 watt is very loud. That sounds impossible, but it's true.

You'll get vastly more audible difference by getting a subwoofer, or a multichannel SACD/DVD-A player and some multichannel high-res discs.

As a side benefit a powered subwoofer will further offload your receiver, as most power is spent on bass frequencies.

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#74276 01/02/05 08:16 PM
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agree on the sub,i didnt see one on your list do you have one?if not and you have some cash burning a hole in your pocket consider one for your room and one for mine, if there is any money left over....


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#74277 01/02/05 09:42 PM
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oh i forgot to mention my sub is an adire audio tempest i built seeing 7.8cubes tuned to 15.4hz. Its getting about 300watts so the bass department is pretty much covered.

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#74278 01/02/05 09:45 PM
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I would think you would either get no positive results, or possibly negative results, because the outlaw amps are not the cleanest amps, from what I remember…

This would be an excellent opportunity for you to go listen to an Outlaw amp. It may jog your memory
BTW, they are very clean.


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