I am currently powering a pair of HPM-100 speakers with a Yamaha M-85 and when I bought a pair of Polk RTi A3 speakers for one of my M-70 powered rigs, I suddenly realized that the HPM's are simply no longer sufficient for anything other than "Time to rock the neighborhood" listening.
I have always loved me a Polk speaker so they are the front runners in consideration. I am hoping someone might have powered Some LSi7 or LSi9 with the M-80/85 and could tell me their thoughts. I figure someone has run something polk on a Yamaha M series so yeah... thoughts especially to that end.
Is the M-85 enough rig for the gig? I have read several anecdotes saying as much as possible and I know the M-85 is good for 300 watts and change, just really curious.
Unfortunately the only local shop I have been to that has both LSi 7 and 9 that i have have found on display and hooked up doesn't have anything on display that explicitly supports 4 ohm output so I figure I will pick the most powerful Yamaha and Denon HT receivers on display and run the speakers through the gauntlet. I am still quite concerned a lack of 4 ohm support explicitly stated is going to mean what I hear in the store is going to be wildly different than what its going to be like through my system.
I would really like to know what speakers I should avoid for an M series amp. I have read opinions that Klipsch LaScalia's sound terrible on Yammie M's. When I bought these amps I didn't really have a whole lot of cash and they made everything I had sound so nice. Now that I am shopping with an expanded budget...
for the mod, I put it here instead of speakers because I am chasing opinions for good speaker matches for Yamaha M amps
Thanks.
I have always loved me a Polk speaker so they are the front runners in consideration. I am hoping someone might have powered Some LSi7 or LSi9 with the M-80/85 and could tell me their thoughts. I figure someone has run something polk on a Yamaha M series so yeah... thoughts especially to that end.
Is the M-85 enough rig for the gig? I have read several anecdotes saying as much as possible and I know the M-85 is good for 300 watts and change, just really curious.
Unfortunately the only local shop I have been to that has both LSi 7 and 9 that i have have found on display and hooked up doesn't have anything on display that explicitly supports 4 ohm output so I figure I will pick the most powerful Yamaha and Denon HT receivers on display and run the speakers through the gauntlet. I am still quite concerned a lack of 4 ohm support explicitly stated is going to mean what I hear in the store is going to be wildly different than what its going to be like through my system.
I would really like to know what speakers I should avoid for an M series amp. I have read opinions that Klipsch LaScalia's sound terrible on Yammie M's. When I bought these amps I didn't really have a whole lot of cash and they made everything I had sound so nice. Now that I am shopping with an expanded budget...
for the mod, I put it here instead of speakers because I am chasing opinions for good speaker matches for Yamaha M amps
Thanks.
