Speaker Pairing With Amplifier

jason

you know I like Vintage

To increase the sound quality I would recommend going to an integrated audio amp. AVRs have too many functions in one box… and particularly older stuff. Given your interest in old stuff…I would look at NAD and Rotel integrated amps. They will supply far greater current and sound quality… I would only consider wattage within these brands because wattage is not really the parameter to judge the power of the amp… it is current. NAD and Rotel have competed on real power and sound quality for decades. Most of the rest of them on how many cool knobs and functions they had.

the 80s wasn't a great decade, kind of the forgotten one, in the age of Hi-Fi

I wonder how recently you bought the MartinLogans?

I would go with a Rotel or NAD integrated amp from Crutchfield, if you don't like it, return it. And then you will have to decide about your speakers :)

OP what is your budget? I used to own Martin Logan quest. They love Krell , you can find them used.

So it is an AVR, a very old one with a composite input and output, the only reason I'm using it is because MartinLogan claims compatibility with 8 and 6 ohm amps with the 35XTis, and I owned it already, I picked it up a bit ago for $25 or so, and for that it was worth it, but it's still cheap.

So my budget is well, low as possible, but $500-$1000. I just got the MartinLogans, I like the AMT tweeters in them.

I'll look into some Rotel or NAD or Krell stuff, I can't afford the Parasound even on the used market. The other thing I was thinking of was a Scott 299.

The only way I would go with something more expensive is something like a NAD C700 since it has a digital streaming section and all that which is convenient as I don't need another box for it.

I appreciate all of your guy's time.