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Originally Posted by BigAl87
My personal choice would lean towards a Marantz. As good as RMS power is, ratings differ from one company to another and if you feel that your sound is tiny and would prefer something with serious kick, I strogly recommend looking into Marantz receivers.
Power Supplies on those are built like tanks and provide higher current with lower voltage for the same power making them really good candidates to run lower impedance speakers. Even a 8ohms speaker you will notice the difference in sound.
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You said ridiculously overpriced did not think that the smallest Marantz avr was selling for 1300$ AUS $ wow
600$ more expensive than Canada.
What about the AVR-260 from HK a bit over 800$ using High Current design with preouts. Something we don't find in North America, we have the 2600 but it ain't the same the 2600 is a bit more powerful but without preouts. Current is the Key here,higher wattage could be an indication of higer current but could also be higher voltage or combination of both.
You have to double wattage anyways to get 3db more.
I just hope that if you pull the trigger on an HK you don't get HDMI issues or other problems, but they are great sounding units warm and can make your speakers really rock