A/V receiver and Legacy Focus SE speakers


I am going to up grade my Home theater, I have been using a Yamaha A/V for a very long time with Klipsch speakers….so wondering if anyone has been using Legacy Focus  speakers, will they be good non-fatiguing for two channel music…manufacture recommends over 30 watts so more then that would be better…

Is there a A/V with enough power for the Legacy in the main channel without a external amplifier?

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The issue with these speakers is the impedance is punishing in the bass.  

I remember going over these speakers with anohter A'goner who managed to do a lot of measurements.  The entire speaker crossover left me scratching my head as to their goals.  It seemed a better speaker for an active crossover and separate amps. 

@soix …You guys are awesome, with my Klipsch speakers going bye bye in my home theater I need new front mains and center channel speakers…at 72 lately my ears are ringing a lot so looking for some non-fatiguing speakers and the Legacy Focus se were recommended…the Yamaha RX-A2060 I bought new has been ok.. It has preouts and have been using the Pass Labs XA-25 amp powering the Klipsch Fortes IVs..sounds mediocre at best..

I am selling off my two channel system and want to be able to have home theater and two channel listening all in one system. Lately my ringing ears is making it impossible for extended two channel listening so what’s the point. So an integrated with a decent Dac, enough power and airplay that plays nice with the Yamaha A/V and the Legacy speakers..for home theater and two channel when desired. And has a trigger so everything comes on and stays in standby when off..damn I don’t want to much…or different speakers if there is a better option..

 

 

 

While I have a dedicated Martin Logan home theater system and separate two-channel audio system(s), if I had to do it all over again, I'd ditch the home theater setup altogether, and just go back to a fully dedicated two channel stereo system for both. 

A few years back I went into one of the upper tier Magnolia Audio stores within a BestBuy, and had the sale guys put their best 2-channel systems in play, dragging amps over from the audio room into the AV room.  We played the same BluRay concert tracks back and forth several times. Tried 2-3 multi channel movies too. The higher power 2-channel stereo system with the two larger front speakers was simply amazing. They seemed quite puzzled by it all, LOL. Was funny, shoulda seen their faces :)    All of the tracks were recorded in stereo tracks to begin with before they became multi-channel. Just sounded better too, overall.  Maybe sometimes simple is better in some cases, fwiw.  Go figure. 

 

I believe the PS Audio Stellar Strata also has a HT bypass feature and should have enough power.  They have a free trial period so you can return it if it doesn’t work for you.  I don’t own one…I have a 2-channel system with a Yamaha rn-2000a receiver and use HDMI-arc for TV and movies.

@soix I do have a Pass Labs preamp XP-12 with HT by-pass wondering if I get a different amp and keep my preamp, dacs and streamer …