Scar_Begonia
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Recently got a pair of AR9’s.... they are pretty sweet. From what everyone has told me I have obtained some of the best speakers ever. I agree, they are sweet sounding. Ill get to those in a minute....
I REALLY miss my previous modest set up with a Pioneer sx-1050 running my ADS L400’s to play my TV... (I know, a waste of a beautiful receiver) but to its defense, the pioneer was my main with ADS L710’s for everything (tv, TT, digital music) until I restored a Dynaco st-70, and that became my main music source and pioneer was demoted to tv and eye candy. The Dynaco and 710’s were perfect together.... then someone made me an offer I could not refuse on a pair of AR9’s... friends told me to run, the guy selling them asked me what my problem was when I hesitated. Couple hours later my wife was grudgingly helping me unload them from my Wrangler and into the house. Ok problem.... power hungry speakers. Back to the pioneer 1050, yeah, it works but I don’t want to stress it out and I want to listen to these when I am outside doing yard work sometimes (because I can). Can’t bi-amp with a Dynaco on top end and pioneer on the bottom I don’t think? So I have an onkyo m5060r.... 260wpc into 4 ohms. They crank pretty good now.... just using a nad preamp, (my pioneer actually needed some work so I’m cleaning and diagnosing.) The Dynaco is a decoration on top of the rack now sadly until I figure out where it can go next.
I was thinking of bi-amping with the pioneer when I finish service on it and the onkyo using the pioneer on top end and onkyo on the bottom end. I know logistically this doesn’t sound doable without extra headaches. So I was thinking of building a little volume control box for the onkyo and splitting the signal off the pioneer through it. The pioneer would be fine by itself into the high end with its own volume control. Music would be a pain adjusting the low end to match the high end for different recordings, tv would be cool being able to up the low end for movie night but, I am thinking there is something I don’t understand about doing this that I am missing so any insight would be welcomed. Another thought I had was using the pioneer as a preamp and getting another onkyo or just using the single because that drives them pretty good... but that’s a waste of a good receiver, and I don’t have Enough space for two amps and receiver. I am really torn because I appreciate sound (and I know someone is going to throw rocks at me for saying this) but, I also appreciate the esthetics of a sweet looking setup. I really want to be able to implement my pioneer, the onkyo and utilize both amps. It just does not satisfy me to look at an ugly NAD preamp right now running the onkyo(nobody wants to look at nads...) sitting on top of the beautiful onkyo. And god, I wish I was playing my tubes again through these but that’s probably a bad idea to even try. Buying more gear is not an option right now because I spent my wad on the amp and speakers... and plus I am, like many, a cheap audiophile scavenger that enjoys the hunt of a flea market/yard sale score. I don’t know? I guess I just don’t know how to really get what I want from what I have.... I’m sure this all seemed pretty weird and maybe you are asking why did I even buy the speakers if this was going to be my fate but again, it was an offer I couldn’t resist, I know these are lengendary speakers, and I want to enjoy something I normally wouldn’t have the means to aquire unless I got a smokin’ deal. I want to stay vintage, nothing that has plastic parts or has a video input next to the rca’s ya know what I mean? Also thinking about a tube preamp and lending the pioneer to a family member. That might satisfy the tube kinda sound I am missing.... but the pitfall is that these do run my tv and I have two kids and wife that have no patients for proper audio protocol when it comes Time to put on cartoons or the Kardashian’s.
Sorry, scatterbrained. Audiokarma at 4:30am in Boston lol
I REALLY miss my previous modest set up with a Pioneer sx-1050 running my ADS L400’s to play my TV... (I know, a waste of a beautiful receiver) but to its defense, the pioneer was my main with ADS L710’s for everything (tv, TT, digital music) until I restored a Dynaco st-70, and that became my main music source and pioneer was demoted to tv and eye candy. The Dynaco and 710’s were perfect together.... then someone made me an offer I could not refuse on a pair of AR9’s... friends told me to run, the guy selling them asked me what my problem was when I hesitated. Couple hours later my wife was grudgingly helping me unload them from my Wrangler and into the house. Ok problem.... power hungry speakers. Back to the pioneer 1050, yeah, it works but I don’t want to stress it out and I want to listen to these when I am outside doing yard work sometimes (because I can). Can’t bi-amp with a Dynaco on top end and pioneer on the bottom I don’t think? So I have an onkyo m5060r.... 260wpc into 4 ohms. They crank pretty good now.... just using a nad preamp, (my pioneer actually needed some work so I’m cleaning and diagnosing.) The Dynaco is a decoration on top of the rack now sadly until I figure out where it can go next.
I was thinking of bi-amping with the pioneer when I finish service on it and the onkyo using the pioneer on top end and onkyo on the bottom end. I know logistically this doesn’t sound doable without extra headaches. So I was thinking of building a little volume control box for the onkyo and splitting the signal off the pioneer through it. The pioneer would be fine by itself into the high end with its own volume control. Music would be a pain adjusting the low end to match the high end for different recordings, tv would be cool being able to up the low end for movie night but, I am thinking there is something I don’t understand about doing this that I am missing so any insight would be welcomed. Another thought I had was using the pioneer as a preamp and getting another onkyo or just using the single because that drives them pretty good... but that’s a waste of a good receiver, and I don’t have Enough space for two amps and receiver. I am really torn because I appreciate sound (and I know someone is going to throw rocks at me for saying this) but, I also appreciate the esthetics of a sweet looking setup. I really want to be able to implement my pioneer, the onkyo and utilize both amps. It just does not satisfy me to look at an ugly NAD preamp right now running the onkyo(nobody wants to look at nads...) sitting on top of the beautiful onkyo. And god, I wish I was playing my tubes again through these but that’s probably a bad idea to even try. Buying more gear is not an option right now because I spent my wad on the amp and speakers... and plus I am, like many, a cheap audiophile scavenger that enjoys the hunt of a flea market/yard sale score. I don’t know? I guess I just don’t know how to really get what I want from what I have.... I’m sure this all seemed pretty weird and maybe you are asking why did I even buy the speakers if this was going to be my fate but again, it was an offer I couldn’t resist, I know these are lengendary speakers, and I want to enjoy something I normally wouldn’t have the means to aquire unless I got a smokin’ deal. I want to stay vintage, nothing that has plastic parts or has a video input next to the rca’s ya know what I mean? Also thinking about a tube preamp and lending the pioneer to a family member. That might satisfy the tube kinda sound I am missing.... but the pitfall is that these do run my tv and I have two kids and wife that have no patients for proper audio protocol when it comes Time to put on cartoons or the Kardashian’s.
Sorry, scatterbrained. Audiokarma at 4:30am in Boston lol
