Polk, Martin logan, Definitive, Which floorstanding speakers best for this receiver?

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Originally Posted by lojack1976

I've demoed the Motion 10 and 12 as well as the Def Tech 8060ST and they are not as difficult to power as one might think. I've turned up the volume quite a bit on the receivers I demoed them with. Most of these receivers had similar power to the TX-NR709 and some of them had a little less. The more powerful receivers could open them up more, but the lesser receivers I used never sounded strained.

I don't think the 4ohm dips with these speakers happen very often, so the 709 will be fine like Callas said. I also agree that the 8060ST is the better sounding speaker. The Motion 12 is pretty good, but the 8060ST has a fuller sound to me. It just sounds right to my ears. I think both are better than the Monitor 70 myself, but I'm not a Polk fan so I'm a little biased there.

Ditto, however I am unbiased because I enjoy and have owned Polk speakers.
OP, listen and demo for yourself and pic the ones you like- that being said ... I would go Definitive Technology myself---just my 2 cents