AVR or Stereo amp recommendation for Monitor Audio Silver 300

[MNSLD2]

Hi guys

I am on dilemma here. I purchased MA Silver 300 few months back. Currently running on Rx v475 Yamaha (80wpc). Mostly used for music. Occassionally movies.
Speakers are 89db sensitivity with 80-200W capacity.

What amplifier or avr (with how much wattage) will be best to get best output from them. From best i mean more relaxing aound than causing fatigue.

The reason I am asking is because the speakers do cause fatigue if I play FLAC or any other loose audio file.
Mp3 320kbps or low resolution are still okay with it. But still sometimes i feel the speakers are causing bit of fatigue after 3-4 songs.

They are setup in a small room setup 20x11ish.

I dont mind higher wattage but again all the high wattage dont sound good Id assume.

I am hoping high wattage good sounding amp will give extra headroom to give more relaxing sound from them.
I am not much concerned with loudness here that comes with high watt amps or Avr.

I am pro warm and airy sound quality person than crisp or digital sound quality.

I dont mind having high watt good sounding amp or avr in small area. As it is less about the loudness and more about better sound.

Some of the amps or avr in my mind are as follows:

Yamaha aventagrle -3040 or 3050/60 (used costing about CAD1400)
Yamaha aventage 800s + emotiva gen 3 ot higher or any other good stereo amp
Anthem mrx720

 

[awillia6]

You need EQ or speaker/room correction software to tame the speaks and allow you to tailor the sound to your liking. Look for AVRs with various versions of Audyssey or Anthem's ARC.

 

[MNSLD2]

You need EQ or speaker/room correction software to tame the speaks and allow you to tailor the sound to your liking. Look for AVRs with various versions of Audyssey or Anthem's ARC.

Yamaha comes with one. Ypao i think. Have heard that its not as accurate as audyssey. But it does calibrate the speakers according to room.
And i have done that already.

 

[awillia6]

Did you attempt to tailor YPAO's correction to suit your tastes, or are you employing one of the standard correction modes (flat, typical, etc. - guessing here as I don't know the YPAO system)?

It's possible, though unlikely, that the MA 300's high end simply cannot be "tamed" to anything you can stand. If so, your way is clear, and it doesn't go through more AVRs or outboard amps...

 

[MNSLD2]

Did you attempt to tailor YPAO's correction to suit your tastes, or are you employing one of the standard correction modes (flat, typical, etc. - guessing here as I don't know the YPAO system)?

It's possible, though unlikely, that the MA 300's high end simply cannot be "tamed" to anything you can stand. If so, your way is clear, and it doesn't go through more AVRs or outboard amps...

The receiver that i have doesn't has manual calibrations or manual room corrections. It is a low end receiver ($300-400).
I dint understand by "it doesn't go through more AVRs or outboard amps..."? What do you mean by that?

 

[awillia6]

Ah, then you need a more customizable speaker/room correction capability in your AVR in order to make a final determination on whether you can live with your speakers on a go-forward basis. I didn't realize that any processor's calibration EQ would lack the ability to tailor the setups to user preference. Thus, I was wrong in suggesting your next move isn't to go upmarket in AVR/pre-pro selection. Unless and until you apply customizable EQ to the MAs, you won't know if the speakers CAN be adequately "tamed" to make them keepers. Don't waste your time on an amp; that won't do anything to address your EQ issues. It might make sense for you to see if you can somehow get ahold of a more sophisticated AVR or pre-pro as a "loaner," set it up and run its calibration routine, then customize it to suit your preferences. If the speakers come back sufficiently from the ragged edge, you know they can be tamed, and have only to decide on which permanent head unit with advanced EQ capability to procure (or keep). Good luck.

P.S. In my previous message, I meant that if you had already exhausted customization of your AVR's EQ curves and still found the speakers lacking, then the ONLY remedy is to get new speakers regardless of AVR and/or amp choices. However, as explained above, that was NOT the case, so the earlier conclusion does not apply–yet. Let's hope it never does.

 

[awillia6]

Checked the Anthem, and it looks like it tops out at 5kHz, so if the fatigue is coming from higher than 5k, ARC isn't gonna do you much good.

Suggest you download each manual for your candidates and make sure their EQ is full frequency AND can be user-adjusted. Good luck.

 

[Djcoolray]

For those speakers I would go with a tube system, both pre and amp. You just have to make sure the equipment has enough inputs and outputs. Then if you must get a real EQ....and create your sound !!