Bloated bass and the panasonic digital receiver

I'll try that today and get back....

The XR45 does not output 100wpc, it's more like 70wpc. Also the amp does require about a week of running in for it's tonal balance to settle in. You need to tell us more about what kind of load the Piega's present in the bass region. Does it work best with a high current, high damping factor amp? If you're not matching SPL levels in your comparison, then your results can be very misleading. Also, party mode has no effect on sound quality.

The Panasonic XR45 is a marvelous value at a little over the $300 street price. It's a strong sonic performer in an all digital system competitive with anything I've heard for less than $1,000.

The most experience I've observed concerning the new Panny Digital Receivers is over at www.audiocircle.com. Check out the digital domain forum and the BolderCable manufacturesrs forum. There are lots of folks there using the Panny XR25 and XR45 for HT and 2-channel using "party mode".

Is it possible that the Panny is not happy with the load provided by your "big rig" speaker? If I remember correctly, the Panny is going to be more happy with an 8 ohm speaker.

I'll caution that, as always, these highly hyped "product of the week" might be very good values, but they generally don't hold up to truely hi-end products. I owned the Panny SA-XR45 and it was a very good reciever for $300, but it didn't hold a candle to my "real system"!!!

Enjoy,

TIC

Did you experiment with speaker placement? Are they too close to the walls or corners or both?

I've got the new xr50 model. Speaker placement is 3.5 ft from front wall. The piega's are said to like high current/power. They dip to 4 ohms. That's prolly the problem. Like i said, i'm giving this to my father pretty soon. I'm waiting for the release of the new concerto integrated. I was using the Belles 250i integrated before this and it sounded much better. I think it's a good amp but not a replacement for a high quality 2 channel amp.