JohnWick2016 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Hello everyone. My first time here, I think I have chosen the right place in the forum to ask. I have a pair of RF82 II and a Yamaha Aventage RX-A1020. Knowing that the 82 work with 150rms and my receiver have 110, to be exact: Rated Output Power (20Hz-20kHz, 2ch driven) 110 W (8 ohms, 0.09% THD). Can get damaged my rf82? Would you recommend me to get a Yamaha RX-A 3040 which has 150w per channel? Thank you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 JohnWick2016, Welcome to the forum. The RX-A1020 will not damage your RF-82IIs unless you are crazy with the volume knob and trying to fill a huge room with very loud dBs. With that said, the RX-A3040 is a newer flagship AVR with more features, better parts, and more power. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 10, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2016 Welcome to the forums. As mentioned, your receiver will not damage your speakers and yes more power wouldn't hurt it. I've driven RF83 & RC7 with a Harman Kardon AVR55 (55 wpc) and later upgraded to a Yamaha RX-V1800 (130 wpc) powering RF83, RC64 and RS52 in a 5.1 configuration. When I added RB35 as surround back, the volume was greatly reduced and was not near as impactful. Even though it was a $1200 receiver, 7.1 was just too much load for it to handle effectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWick2016 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 JohnWick2016, Welcome to the forum. The RX-A1020 will not damage your RF-82IIs unless you are crazy with the volume knob and trying to fill a huge room with very loud dBs. With that said, the RX-A3040 is a newer flagship AVR with more features, better parts, and more power. Bill Great. Thank you for your answer. So I'm fine with it but if I can get the upgrade it would be better and I will have all my speakers potential? And one more question, perhaps you know. Sometimes with treble sounds I feel a bit of distortion, for example when I use my PS4. I set up DTS on the ps4 sound configuration. And about the avr I used the YPAO and nothing more, I didn't put my hands over the parametric eq. Could be a matter of settings? In that case where there is a topic or something in the forum that helps me to understand and use the eq? That's all, thank you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comay Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Welcome to the forum. I used to have a Yamaha RX-A1030 (110W) driving a pair of RF-82II’s and eventually a pair of RF-7II’s in a small to medium sized room. I don’t really know how much the speakers or receiver could handle because the dB level would get uncomfortable (in 2ch Stereo mode) before reaching that point. Recently, I upgraded to a RX-A2050 (140W) still running RF-7II’s and have yet to push the receiver to its limits. My only complaints are that Yamaha took away the Audio In and the HD radio tuner that were on the 1030. Power wise, the RX-A3040 would be a good choice. However, long term I’d be wary because it is not HDCP 2.2-compliant and will not support copy-protected 4K video content. Meaning if you got a new TV or Bluray player in the near future they might not play well together. Just food for thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWick2016 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Welcome to the forum. I used to have a Yamaha RX-A1030 (110W) driving a pair of RF-82II’s and eventually a pair of RF-7II’s in a small to medium sized room. I don’t really know how much the speakers or receiver could handle because the dB level would get uncomfortable (in 2ch Stereo mode) before reaching that point. Recently, I upgraded to a RX-A2050 (140W) still running RF-7II’s and have yet to push the receiver to its limits. My only complaints are that Yamaha took away the Audio In and the HD radio tuner that were on the 1030. Power wise, the RX-A3040 would be a good choice. However, long term I’d be wary because it is not HDCP 2.2-compliant and will not support copy-protected 4K video content. Meaning if you got a new TV or Bluray player in the near future they might not play well together. Just food for thought. I did not know that. So I will wait until the rx-a 3050 be available in my country to make the change. But at last what I don't completely understand is: if clipping comes out when you have a avr that handle less power that what needs the speaker and it happens with loud volume, as far as I read about it, why could be damage the speaker? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 An amplifier that is clipping is increasing the average voltage sent to the voice coil. The voice coil is capable of dissipating heat to an extent. _If_ the heat comes in faster than it is dissipated, then it just gets hotter and hotter until damage occurs. That is how clipping can damage a speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWick2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 Ahah ok great, thank you all for your answers, you have been helpful Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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