I am pretty new to all this and would really appreciate some advice from some of you people who clearly know a whole lot more than I do.
I have the following speakers and need some help with matching them with an AV Receiver and some advice on what speaker cable to get.
Speakers: Front - Mission M35 Centre - Mission M3C2 Rear - Mission 31i
Use: 50:50 Music and Movies
Budget: I would like an amp that will do the speakers justice but wont require me mortgage a house I don't own. I was considering the following but would welcome any other ideas/models that might be suitable. Denon - 2109 or 2805/7 Harmon Kardon - 435,635,735 Yamaha - RX-V659B, RX-V2600B, RX-V559B, RX-V1500 Marantz - SR5600, SR4600
You may have noticed I don't yet have a sub. That will be a question for another time.
I would really appreciate any thoughts you have on matches and cable.
That HK 635 is going for around $600 at onecall.com and jr.com --- that's what I'd get. That's a sweet deal considering that i used to sell for closer to $1000.
Edster: Thanks for the heads up on the HK and the onecall and jr sites and the good price. Do you say HK because they make great Receivers and amps or because they are especially suited to the Mission type sound. Nuck: Is there much difference between the 5600 and the 4600 Eric: The denons always get written up well. Will they suite the Missions? Is there much of a difference between the 2807 and the 3805?
actually the ONLY difference i know of between the 2807 and the 3805 is that the 2807 has HDMI upconversion for video.
Other than that they have the exact same features.
the 3805 receiver is very warm and neutral, i have it running with Radiient Hyperion towers and the sound is just fantastic and clean, even at higher levels, there is not crackle in the mids or highs.
> Edster: Thanks for the heads up on the HK and the onecall and jr sites and the good price. Do you say HK because they make great Receivers and amps or because they are especially suited to the Mission type sound.
The former. I have never heard Mission speakers myself, but as I understand it the only kind of speakers you wouldn't want to hook up to a warmish receiver like a Marantz would be an overly warm speaker...and I have never heard the Missions being described in those terms.
Thanks for the advise Edster. What amps would you tend to steer away from? What are typically considered in the "bright camp". Are the Yamahas typically considered bright, how about the Denons? I take it from your first note that the HKs are not. I really like the look of the HK - very nice styling. They are doing something a bit different in that area.
HKs are somewhere between neutral and warm, at least to my ears. I also like their looks too, but some people can't stand it.
The lower end Yammies are known to be bright, the RXV-xxxx models are said to be neutral. Ditto with Denon, though some people find even their higher end models to be on the bright side---for example I think Hawk does.
Hi Edster, Love for you to come over and calibrate it but I think the airfare to Australia will cost more than the receiver and thereforw will have to settle for an auto set up because I am not prepared to back myself.
Hi Edster, Love for you to come over and calibrate it but I think the airfare to Australia will cost more than the receiver and thereforw will have to settle for an auto set up because I am not prepared to back myself.