Hi all, let me give you a little history of the beginning of my speaker obsession.
Just before I began my fall last year, my brother and I visited our aunt and uncle in Little Rock, Arkansas. BTW Arkansas is beautiful, nothing but green hills with beautiful trees, and many big lakes.
Anyway, we we're there for a week, and upon getting settled in my aunt had made us lunch, so we all sat down and caught up with each other and what we had going on. During the conversation I had mentioned to my uncle that I was looking into purchasing some speakers for our living room back home to start a HT system. I had asked him if I should get one of those completed systems with the little satellite speakers and powered sub. He said that they were all right, but if I wanted some real sound that I should give his system a listen to. So we headed to the living room, and low and behold he had a MINT, and I mean MINT pair of Cornwall I's, not a scratch, ding, dent on them. He got them for a steal too. His daughter-in-laws father is a A/V buff, and he actually had his last house's entertainment room build around his four Cornwall's. Anyway, I think my uncle ended up paying $800 for basically a brand new pair of Cornwall I's. Just for the ones wondering what the rest of his HT speakers consisted of, I think they were KG 4's in the rear, some Klipsch sub, and a Klispch center channel.
Continuing on, he had my brother and me sit down and have a good long listen to them, and within the first 10 minutes I was hooked. I have never heard such a big presentation with such clarity, a preciseness as these speakers were able to produce. I know, people will argue that there are better speakers out there, and I'm sure there are, but for this price range, and in my own audio listening experiences I had never heard anything quite like it. So after enjoying we week with my family, ( and the speakers =P ) my brother and I headed home. As soon as I got back, I put what spending money I had left for my trip in my bank account, fired up the computer and started my search for my own pair of Cornwall's.
From last September I had found a decent amount of Cornwall's online, however they were pretty much always out of state. And I didn't want to pay a whole bunch of money for shipping, and risk them getting damaged in the process. Well about two weeks ago, my dreams were answered. I found a pair of Cornwall II's on eBay, about 40 miles east of where I live. Cosmetically, they were in almost excellent condition. Just one minor nick on the right side of one of the speakers. I had contacted the seller and he gave me the history on them. Well the next day I drove out to his storage room, and he gave me a demo of them. Boy oh boy, the same clarity and full presentation was there, and best of all the pictures I saw online were right on, speakers were indeed in great condition. So I brought them home, and have been enjoying the heck out of them. Prior to the Cornwall's I had purchased a pair of Heresy I's I believe they are.
Well now that my story is done, ( or should I say my ranting, =P ) my question is, what type of amp? receiver? should I hook these up to? I've been looking at a Yamaha RX-V661 HT receiver. It gives 90 watts per channel . Will that be enough power for the Cornwall's and Heresy's. Is there a different type of amp I should consider looking at. I'm pretty new to this stuff, so everyones advice , insight is appreciated .
Thanks!