Connecting Amp to a Reciever

[Miller5103 10+ year member]

I am new at home audio and recently purchased a reciever, 2 loudspeakers and a QSC RMX 850 amplifier. However, I am unsure of how to hook up the the inputs from the reciever to the amp. Can anyone help me. Thanks

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[surftb15 10+ year member]

what reciever is it? there should be outputs on there that will say.

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

You are gonna be looking for a set of preouts on the reciever that say "preout front left, preout front right, or the entire group will be labeled as preouts and then just have each channel labeled as left, right etc. Please note that not all recievers have preouts. Anyway if you have preouts than they will run to the back of the amp where is states "Inputs"

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Also, the amp most likely doesn't have RCA ins so you need to get a 1/4 inch to RCA adapter. They are cheap and can be picked up online or at Radio Shack.

 

[surftb15 10+ year member]

a question related to this:

im recently redoing my home theater and am going to be using a 72 inch DLP TV, a HD DVD Player, PS3, 360, and a DENON AVR Reciever (to name a few).

but if i get an amp for the speakers, how does this affect dolby digital or any of the methods they have for equalizing the music internally?

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

If you use the reciever as your preamp, than all processing is done BEFORE the signal is sent out so it will not affect your surround sound processing at all.

 

[surftb15 10+ year member]

oh thats good to know because now i can get 2 or so amps. I wouldnt need one for the sub because it has one built in i believe. What ones do you reccomend? CROWN?

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

Whats your price point you wanna stay in for each amp and what kinda speakers are you running

 

[surftb15 10+ year member]

Crystal Audio

http://www.crystalaudiovideo.com/product.aspx

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

that link didnt work and you still didnt give me a budget. I can reference amps that are 2g or 20g or 500 bux so I need a ball park

 

[surftb15 10+ year member]

that link didnt work and you still didnt give me a budget. I can reference amps that are 2g or 20g or 500 bux so I need a ball park

around 1,000 dollars

http://www.crystalaudiovideo.com/

 

[surftb15 10+ year member]

then click north america then THX 3D12 System

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

I would definatly buy used, here are some options of good stuff

http://cgi.ebay.com/ROTEL-RB-1090-POWER-AMP-380-WPC-MINT-CONDITION-2CH_W0QQitemZ300058166066QQihZ020QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/BRYSTON-2B-SST-C-series-audiophile-amp_W0QQitemZ150066368962QQihZ005QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mint-COUNTERPOINT-SA-220-Hybrid-Power-Amp-orig-owner_W0QQitemZ290056828787QQihZ019QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/McIntosh-MC-2205-Power-Amp-200-watts-per-channel_W0QQitemZ160059795973QQihZ006QQcategoryZ71548QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Conrad-Johnson-2250-Power-Amp-Like-New-and-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ190057934733QQihZ009QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/hafler-9500-studio-2ch-amp-solid_W0QQitemZ330058424084QQihZ014QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Counterpoint-SA-100-Tube-Stereo-Power-Amp-Blk-Beauty_W0QQitemZ120060337740QQihZ002QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rotel-RB-1080-Silver-Power-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ230062204578QQihZ013QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Aragon-8002-2-channel-amplifer-by-Mondial-RARE_W0QQitemZ330060295697QQihZ014QQcategoryZ39783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Those are all good amps, your link did not tell me what speakers you were buying or already own so you will have to figure out what kinda power you actually need.

 

[surftb15 10+ year member]

yea because the other one link didnt work, i todl you the speaker setup above.

i like that top Rotel Amp.

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

yea because the other one link didnt work, i todl you the speaker setup above.
i like that top Rotel Amp.

Ya I was gathering links when you posted that, my bad, Ill check it out right now.