jh5783

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Hi RX8, I love it. For our third floor family room which is 18x13x8 it's pretty sufficient. For movies it;s slams pretty hard and gets low. I was watching The Martian last night and it shook the room in a couple of scenes. Now for music that's another story., it SHINES! It's precise and punchy and doesn't overpower the music it just blends in . It's kinda hard to explain. I used to listen to music in pure direct mode with my old set up but now I find myself listening to most of my collection in 2.1 now because I really like the subs range and sound quality. If you have a bigger room I would suggest getting 2.

Thanks and I intend to !!

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I had Marantz hooked up to my Polks RTI-8's and swapped it out for a Yamaha A740. I liked both of them but favored the Yamaha more.

That's my experience as well!! The clarity is outstanding.

Didn't know where to put this but wanted to say hi. I just recently moved from Chicago to Northern Cali and had to sell my old gear due to the fact that was took much to ship lol. The old system consisted of" Yamaha A740 (which I still have), and a Marantz 1504 slim (no longer have) Polk RTI 8 speakers, Polk RTI-6 bookshelf, Polk CS5 Center DCM Sub2 ( I actually miss the sub it was a front and boom dual sub). The new system setup consists of: RF-82II speakers RB-61 bookshelf RC-62 SVS Sb2000 sub So far I'm really enjoying the sound!! It really is a huge step up from the RTI's I had. Not saying the Polk's were bad but they weren't the most sensitive speaker took a lot to drive them. right now I'm getting the bug to upgrade the receiver loll but right now the Yamaha is doing a really good job at handling the setup.