Quick one for audiophile.?

Question

I'm planning to hook my Onkyo 605 with definitive Pro Cinema 100/1000. Will there be any problems & will it decrease the performance of the this great speaker?

The "definitive" sales guy try to convince me to a Denon receiver (which I don't like, coz they don't support HDMI) and makes me worried with the fact the Onkyo is with 6 Ohms Impedance and doesn't really matched with the speaker. When I check the specs of the speaker however, it says it can handle 4-8 Ohms, so I think it should be ok, shouldn't it?

Answer 1

The Pro Cinema 100 and newer 1000 certainly get good reviews, but so does the Onkyo 605. While there are better speakers and better electronics, unless you have an exceptional ear I doubt you will be limited by the Onkyo.

A couple of small "issues". At 90 dB 'efficiency' (presumably for 1 watt input and measured at 1 m ... but not stated) the speakers are not going to give you exceptional loudness from the 90 watts/ch Onkyo, but for the vast majority of listeners I don't think this will be a problem. One observation on the 1000's is that the tweeter requires excellent electronics to give it's best. I find that a bit hard to swallow, and would take it with a grain of salt.

The combo are both going to perform above average in comparison to the competition at their price point.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

i sell both Denon and onkyo, and denon does support HDMI. Although the Onkyo will do a fine job with the Definitive's a Denon will sound better. Denon just has a smoother more balanced sound than Onkyo, trust me i know i sell these things all day.

And im not the guy that hates Onkyo, I do have an Onkyo reciever and honestly i think Denon is better.

Answer 3

The DefTech speakers should work fine with that receiver.

You might also check again about Denon - this brand has a great reputation. Perhaps the specific model at your price-point did not have HDMI switching or up-conversion, but Denon does support HDMI.

Answer 4

lol - can't find either product ANYWHERE!!! (any chance of a coupla links?)

still - cabling DOES make a difference. i prefer to make my own because of the omg silly prices (google valhalla nordhost !!!) and thought the advice i got off the IPLAcoustics site was good as was the co-axial cable/hook-up wires i bought to make my own, kinda unwieldy but yummy sounding, cables...

i'd hook 'em up and see what they sound like after a coupla days of burning in...if you like modding then check out the simple rfi suppressing resistors you can introduce between your + and - runs (can't recommend graphite rfi suppresssion as i've built it into cables in various ways and not heard any difference but the computer industry seems to believe in it, at least for power supplies - ever seen a laptop cable WITHOUT the tell-tale lil lump?)...and lastly, if you wanna hear something weird - stick your cables in the deep freeze(carefully sealed in something water-tight!) for a couple of months and listen to the difference! (strange to me cos i'm not so sure about the 'crystal-aligning theories' that, again, the omg cryo-treatments for cabling cost...still, it really DOES work!)

hope i haven't bored ya!

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