Is it the watts?

[sdifox]

Honestly, I don't think I'm pushing them too hard anyway. The highest I keep the volume when I'm watching tv or a blu ray during the day is around -26. A few times when I wanted to see how it sounded louder, I raised the volume to around -15 and there wasn't even any difference so I never did that again. Also, I've never heard the speakers distort at -26 so I think I'm ok for now.

I'll be replacing the receiver and speakers soon enough

as long as you are not driving it past the amp's capabilities, you should be fine.

I have 165w x 5 @ 8 Ohms and 500w x 2 @ 4 Ohms

 

[Muse]

If your receiver has pre out, you could just get a multi channel amp.

I had such a receiver (Sony STR-V55) but one channel crapped out. I didn't investigate whether the preamp out was OK, my GF asked if she could have it and I gave it to her.

OP, I have to wonder because where I live I hesitate to turn up the volume to those levels. I hear my neighbors all the time. I listen with earbuds, it's just stereo, but it isn't disturbing anybody so I don't feel conflicted. Also, I don't have to deal with all the complexities of room acoustics, amps, speaker systems. I have a 5.1 system and AVR but don't use it for big sound.

 

[MrGrim999]

I had such a receiver (Sony STR-V55) but one channel crapped out. I didn't investigate whether the preamp out was OK, my GF asked if she could have it and I gave it to her.

OP, I have to wonder because where I live I hesitate to turn up the volume to those levels. I hear my neighbors all the time. I listen with earbuds, it's just stereo, but it isn't disturbing anybody so I don't feel conflicted. Also, I don't have to deal with all the complexities of room acoustics, amps, speaker systems. I have a 5.1 system and AVR but don't use it for big sound.

What were u wondering?

 

[spacejamz]

Frys has a pretty good deal on Polk Audio RTi8 speakers right now...

$119 each with free shipping...

http://www.frys.com/product/6895286

 

[sdifox]

op is buying from bb

 

[Muse]

What were u wondering?

I wonder where you live, whether you have other people in your house/apartment, whether neighbors have to endure noise pollution when you turn up your system... just that kind of stuff. In my case, I live alone, but when my neighbors turn it up at all, my sense of solitude is challenged unless I have my own equipment working. I don't do that all the time and don't necessarily want to turn on my stereo to combat intruding noise from outside. Sometimes I feel like I have little choice. I have some pretty much state of the art noise-cancelling headphones that I turn to occasionally, but my situations don't often call for that, instead it's generally music. Still, I prefer to want to listen to some music rather than do so to combat external sounds.

Edit: Too, I have to wonder at your uses for your bedroom. I've heard it said by some expert that there are but two legitimate core uses for a bedroom:

Sleep
Sex

 

[sdifox]

Or uhd porn and 7.1 surround :whiste:

 

[truckerCLOCK]

Everyone is talking about more watts and bigger speakers but speaker placement / room environment also plays a HUGE role. I was about 2 seconds away from returning my Paradigms until someone suggested moving them and adding a throw rug to my hardwood floors. My center channel was dull and sounded muffled. The towers sounded hollow. Bass was boomy. I tilted my center channel up, moved the towers out about 14" and angled in a little. My sub was behind my sofa but the ideal spot ended up being in the far left of the room. Took about an hour playing a sine sweep and a long cable moving the sub around until I found the sweet spot. After I got everything sounding good I then ran Audyssey. The sound was open. Bass was tight. There is alot more to a great sounding system than just bigger speaker and bigger power. But hey Tim the Toolman would be proud of you guys.

 

[sdifox]

Everyone is talking about more watts and bigger speakers but speaker placement / room environment also plays a HUGE role. I was about 2 seconds away from returning my Paradigms until someone suggested moving them and adding a throw rug to my hardwood floors. My center channel was dull and sounded muffled. The towers sounded hollow. Bass was boomy. I tilted my center channel up, moved the towers out about 14" and angled in a little. My sub was behind my sofa but the ideal spot ended up being in the far left of the room. Took about an hour playing a sine sweep and a long cable moving the sub around until I found the sweet spot. After I got everything sounding good I then ran Audyssey. The sound was open. Bass was tight. There is alot more to a great sounding system than just bigger speaker and bigger power. But hey Tim the Toolman would be proud of you guys.

:biggrin:

I agree 100%. people are forgetting this is going in a 12'x12' room.

 

[MrGrim999]

Lol...my bedroom gets plenty of both sleep and sex. Sometimes the sex is louder than the 5.1 surround track And noise pollution is not a concern. Because of the room being 12 x 12 and the bedroom furniture, floor speakers arent an option and cant move anything around. At least the floor is carpeted. But just like everyone said, Im using an underpowered receiver and the satellites only have 3.5 drivers. When it comes time to set up the new stuff, maybe I'll take pictures of the room for any pointers on placement in case something needs to be corrected....

 

[Gunbuster]

Should have just gotten some good headphones

Joking aside there is no replacement for displacement. But if you have a wife it's usually a balance as spousal acceptance factor decreases as speaker size and number rises.

 

[truckerCLOCK]

:biggrin:

I agree 100%. people are forgetting this is going in a 12'x12' room.

Exactly!!! The room is 12'x12'. Having 4 speakers, a monster sub, and a 50w AVR should be plenty.

 

[sdifox]

Exactly!!! The room is 12'x12'. Having 4 speakers, a monster sub, and a 50w AVR should be plenty.

Only caveat is the avr needs to be truly able to deliver 50w rms @ 8Ohm all chanels driven.

There is a lot of junk out there.

 

[Muse]

Only caveat is the avr needs to be truly able to deliver 50w rms @ 8Ohm all chanels driven.

There is a lot of junk out there.

That's a ton of power. In my bedroom and kitchen I am using 20watt Lepai T-series stereo ~$25 amps to run stereo speakers. It's plenty loud enough for me.

 

[sdifox]

That's a ton of power. In my bedroom and kitchen I am using 20watt Lepai T-series stereo ~$25 amps to run stereo speakers. It's plenty loud enough for me.

More about damping factor than loudness.

 

[sdifox]

Just because I can turn the volume up to 11 doesnt mean I do :awe:

 

[MrGrim999]

Im probably gonna go with the Denon X2200. I'm sure the X1200 would do the job but since I might be upgrading my tv, I like that it has 4k upscaling. I'm getting the receiver before the speakers so I'll see how my current speakers will sound with a better amp.

Hey Fox! What you think of these
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/definit...lack/4756502.p?id=1218540196643&skuId=4756502

 

[rchunter]

In my bedroom I have Yamaha R-N500, KEF Q300, SVS SB-1000. It's a good size room but this system is plenty for it.