Recently picked up this receiver and now want to replace my old mission bookshelves. I was considering some JM labs chorus 706 or totem rainmakers but have only been able to hear them off of denon hardware. Anyone know if these match well with HK? And can the HK run a 4 ohm speaker ? As I do believe the rainmakers are 4 ohm. What other speakers should I consider? Thanks.
not familiar witht the receiver you have, I am speaking in generalities here. The avr 65 and the avr 435 that I ran would power speakers with 3.2 ohm loads quite well.
My old missions are hand me downs, and I would like to replace them with something newer, and better. My main concern with the totems, as I will get 4 of them, is overdriving the receiver. What speakers did you run with your HK?
The H/K's that I ran had a lot of guts against tough speakers. The Totem's that you are looking at would do better with better gear, like a lot better. If a receiver is the best for you right now, so beit.
Personally, I don't believe you need to match speakers to your receiver so much as be aware of the limitations of your receiver. If the receiver can't drive a hard load, don't give it a hard load. For that, you'll need to know the impedance curves of the speakers you are considering. Few are purely resistive at 8 ohms across the frequency band.
If a receiver has a grainy sound, then I don't see the situation where that could ever an advantage. But I guess you wouldn't want to use revealing speakers with it.
I agree that matching the speakers to the receiver isn't always the best issue, but if you have a receiver with a known "issue", you need to be careful of your speaker choice.
My favorite combo for Klipsch is still Pioneer Elite.
I agree that matching the speakers to the receiver isn't always the best issue, but if you have a receiver with a known "issue", you need to be careful of your speaker choice.
Absolutely.
My favorite combo for Klipsch is still Pioneer Elite
H/K and Denon both sound good with the Klipsch due to the low floor noise. Never tried the Pioneer Elite. There are two Klipsch dealers in my city and both carry Denon for the match. I wonder if NAD would sound good with the Klipchhorns due to its laid back warm sound a well Gavin. The Pioneer Elites also have that warm midrange.