dorm setup question

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

Did you not read my post? The woofer and tweeter both handle 50WRMS. Why would you give them 3x their rated power?
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onkyo-TX-SR304-5-1-Dolby-Home-Theater-Receiver-TX-SR304/sem/rpsm/oid/178237/catOid/-12851/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do#proddesc

wouldn't you add the RMS ratings of the 3 drivers to get 150 rms? its 2 mids and a tweeter all wanting 50 rms, so all together thats 150 per side, right? never combined my own speaker set, let alone messed with home audio, but my understanding was 3 drivers rated at 50rms each, the math would be 50+50+50=150rms

 

[bumpinaintEZ 10+ year member]

perhaps make it simple and just use car audio in your dorm? get a 12volt converter and use an hu and amp.....you wont need alot of wattage to fill a dorm room.....your just looking for complaints against you that way

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

technically, yeah you could run 150WRMS since they each would be splitting the wattage but seriously I doubt you'll need it. Quality > Quantity. Thus why I recommend Denon, Onkyo, Harman Kardon, Marantz, etc.

If you want more around there, get a Pioneer receiver. They typically put out around 120WRMS @ 8ohms. But in a dorm, 50W is plenty. I got a ton of complaints when I got my little stereo here (two 3" pioneer speakers each off ~100W).

My "home theater" consists of JBL L1 (Fronts..oldddd but amazing), Infinity Entra center, Infinity Entra sub, and some in ceiling rears (forgot brand) all running off a Pioneer Elite 5disc DVD changer and Pioneer reciever. The JBLs are getting ~100WRMS and believe me, they are PLENTLY loud.

My dorm setup is a Pioneer home theater in a box deal...DVD player and reciever plus 4 matching satelites and center. I'm only using two of the satelites as fronts (no space in here for all) and a JBL Venue 12 sub. The little Pioneer's don't sound great but they get loud easily off the 100WRMS. I'd like some real shelf speakers (JBL/Infinity, Paradigm, or something like that) but it's all money money money... Just something to think about...

http://www.jr.com/pioneer/pe/PIO_VSX818V/

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

is the pioneer receiver you showed bridgeable? I was looking at some onkyo receivers b/c they are pretty good and relatively inexpensive, but I would like something bridgeable

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

there really isnt a reason to bridge that 818V. 120WRMS @ 8ohm is plenty.

 

[is_250 10+ year member]

so does anyone know of a good receiver that would fit my needs? like 150rms x 2 channels @ 8ohms? this figure can be in bridged mode also. I need a pre-out for a sub too
would like to keep it under $200 if possible

check shoponkyo.com they have some pretty good deals on refurbs from time to time. they have pretty good reviews too..

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

You're not going to find a sub $200 receiver that you can bridge channels on. Unless things have drastically changed within the past year, 99% of home receivers arent bridgable

Find yourself a cheap 5.1 receiver and just run it in stereo or direct mode. If you add a powered sub 100-150 watts per channel to the mains will be plenty

60 watts from a Denon, Onkyo is cleaner and louder than 100 watts from a POS Sony

Look on your local cragslist or if you are interested PM me. I have two receivers I am not using that would work for you