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Thank you everyone. RP280FAs on the way!

Thank you "...kid." From what I've been reading, timbre matching is a must for the front soundstage and mixing/matching speaker brands for surrounds is not an issue but am now rethinking the strategy since I'm a pair of Floorstanding Dolby Atmos speakers away, I might just splurge for the RP280FAs. A little more research on the way!

The Pwr Amp takes over the heavy work for driving the Front L/R RP280FAs and the "Yammy" drives the remainder of the speakers. Like "Willand" said: "Headroom Baby!" My surrounds are RP280Fs and I'm seriously thinking about picking up another pair of the RP280FAs instead of the R260FAs for rear surrounds since they're both on sale; RP280FAs have a deeper discount than the R260FAs. Home Theater bug is much less expensive than car collecting, I can tell you that much, so I'm "going 'wit' it!" You can only live so many times with the time we have on earth :-) I went with Emotiva's Basics line because the amp I have puts out 150W per channel, perfect for the RP280FAs and yes, I can hear the difference - not an instrumented test. The price was right so I simply had to experiment and "me likes." Just sounds more robust and then if you're into 2 channel stereo music, now you have a dedicated amp for those duties as well. As I mentioned earlier, I am a novice and eventually - when the budget permits - I will step up to a true Pre/Pro & Pwr Amp separate set up but for now, just looking to finish off the 11.1.4 setup I have in mind, then add an extra Sub before settling down to watch the show! 11.2.4 - Almost There!

I posted this as a response to a member asking about the YAMAHA RX-A3070 and I think I may have hijacked the thread so any opinions are welcome. Thank you in advance. "I have the Yamaha for the past few months and it is outstanding! I'm a novice but I have a pair of RP280FAs up front with the RP450C in between; pair of RP280FAs for surrounds; SVS PB2000 for sub; Emotiva BX-A300 Power Amp running the front speakers. All I can say is WOWSKER!! Just saw the R26FAs on sale and am thinking of purchasing a pair for the back surrounds then I will have a bonafide 11.1.4. All that's left after that is the 2nd sub. quasi hijack of thread: i've read that rears and surrounds are not important to timbre match the front soundstage and if true, any opinions on running the R26FAs as the rear surrounds? Before I lost my mind with this setup, I tried the soundbar route on a few occasions but got tired of compromising! :-) "

I have the Yamaha for the past few months and it is outstanding! I'm a novice but I have a pair of RP280FAs up front with the RP450C in between; pair of RP280FAs for surrounds; SVS PB2000 for sub; Emotiva BX-A300 Power Amp running the front speakers. All I can say is WOWSKER!! Just saw the R26FAs on sale and am thinking of purchasing a pair for the back surrounds then I will have a bonafide 11.1.4. All that's left after that is the 2nd sub. quasi hijack of thread: i've read that rears and surrounds are not important to timbre match the front soundstage and if true, any opinions on running the R26FAs as the rear surrounds? Before I lost my mind with this setup, I tried the soundbar route on a few occasions but got tired of compromising! :-)