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acritzer · 10-18-2009, 02:46 AM

Found some specs on my receiver onkyo 520. Apparanty it does 75W per channel. Is that going to be a problem for my Polk 60's and cs2? I'm pretty clueless when it ones to the finer points on audio stuff. At this point I just know my blu Ray player decodes the HD and the receiver accepts them via multichannel analog. BUT will the receiver handle the new speakers?

Here's the link to the info. http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=...s=Receiver&p=s

Kryptonic · 10-18-2009, 08:24 AM

Your Polks will sound great. The 60's handle up to 200 watts and the CS2 up to 175 watts and the lowest for both I believe is 20 watts, so you're fine.

Steve · 10-18-2009, 01:30 PM

OP I've never liked the way Onkyo writes their specs for power output. I seriously doubt you're really getting 75 watts/channel with all channels driven. You're probably getting about half that. Even so your Polk speakers should still sound pretty good. However, something you may want to look at down the road is upgrading your receiver to something with some power.

acritzer · 10-18-2009, 02:12 PM

Well for sure I know my receiver is old and on the entry level. I bought it years ago from some friends advice before I was serious about HT. I think I got a little lucky though with the multichannel inputs. Since I just upgraded to a panny plasma and new sound stage I'll have to bide my time on a new receiver.

Thank for the input guys.

10-18-2009, 02:46 AM	#1
acritzer Expert Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Cincinnati, OH Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:32 Trading Score:1	One more receiver question Found some specs on my receiver onkyo 520. Apparanty it does 75W per channel. Is that going to be a problem for my Polk 60's and cs2? I'm pretty clueless when it ones to the finer points on audio stuff. At this point I just know my blu Ray player decodes the HD and the receiver accepts them via multichannel analog. BUT will the receiver handle the new speakers? Here's the link to the info. http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=...s=Receiver&p=s

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10-18-2009, 08:24 AM	#2
Kryptonic Suspended Member since:Jul 2009 Trading Score:45	Your Polks will sound great. The 60's handle up to 200 watts and the CS2 up to 175 watts and the lowest for both I believe is 20 watts, so you're fine.

10-18-2009, 01:30 PM	#3
Steve Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Anna, TX 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:41	OP I've never liked the way Onkyo writes their specs for power output. I seriously doubt you're really getting 75 watts/channel with all channels driven. You're probably getting about half that. Even so your Polk speakers should still sound pretty good. However, something you may want to look at down the road is upgrading your receiver to something with some power.

10-18-2009, 02:12 PM	#4
acritzer Expert Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Cincinnati, OH Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:32 Trading Score:1	Well for sure I know my receiver is old and on the entry level. I bought it years ago from some friends advice before I was serious about HT. I think I got a little lucky though with the multichannel inputs. Since I just upgraded to a panny plasma and new sound stage I'll have to bide my time on a new receiver. Thank for the input guys.

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