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I can't thank you guys enough for this help. I appreciate it.
I'm pretty sure I can hook up a pre amp to this receiver. Will a pre amp boost power? Can i daisy chain another amp into this receiver?

No, a preamp is NOT what you need.

I sense your reluctance to sending your receiver to a repair shop for a good checkup. But, that may be exactly what you need to do.

It wouldn't hurt to check your cables and connections again. Maybe have a friend check them. Sometimes a second set of eyes will see things a little different.

I agree with the other posts that it does seem extremely odd that you have received so many "bad" tweeters. No, in all probability, something other than the tweeters is causing your problem.

I think that you know what has to be done, but, my friend, you just don't like it.

The Rat.

In one sentence he says an amp in another he is saying receiver.I think I'm now confused,though that's not so hard to do

From the manual: "The RX-1050 provides a pair of variable-level RCA preamp audio outputs and a pair of RCA amplifier inputs that allow you to use external amplifiers in place of, or in addition to, the built-in amplifiers."

Is that my ticket to more power? If so how much should I add? The 1050 is 100 watts/channel.

You should probably retitle this thread to "receiver trouble". I wouldn't throw good money after bad to add components to the Rotel.
Where did you get it? How long ago? Scrapping it for a 2 channel Denon with sub preout would cost you $200.

Well you sensed correctly since the nearest repair shop that i would remotely trust is a 3 hour drive away. If it must be done it must be done. Regardless, I'm getting a sense that it might be prudent to beef up the power for the sound I want. correct?

I picked it up in Halifax the same time I got the M60's, Jan of last year. I had it ordered in.

Ok so get the Rotel checked out...

Problem is that we don't really know how loud you are playing. The RX-1050 is rated for 100W per channel and that seems to be a pretty "honest" rating so with M60s it should be able to play pretty darned loud without overheating.

Rather than buying new wire, I'm tempted to ask you to buy or borrow a Radio Shack SPL meter and let us know how loud you are playing. We don't know whether your problems are because your receiver is not putting out as much power as it is supposed to, or whether you just like to play really loud.

If the former, you need to get the receiver looked at (or have a friend bring their receiver/amp over) and then will probably be happy with the power that you have.

If the latter, yes a big honkin' amp would be a real good idea.

There are several people on the board who just like loud, clean music and ended up buying some fairly significant amplification to get that sound. One board member, "Tharkun", ended up with a stack of Parasound amps and a room full of M80s. There were some questions about whether he was throwing away money until people started going over and *listening* to the system... and nothing but amplifier envy after that

NSC, as I indicated before, in my view the 1050 should have plenty of power for the M60s if it's in good operating condition. So no, there should be no need to "beef up" the power beyond insuring that the 1050 is working as designed.

It it possible that he is pushing the receiver behond what its capabilities are.I once had a 220 watt amp shut down on me because of this.So some people who do like loud clean music could have a need for more power.

I would still get the Rotel checked out,it does have a 5 year warranty.